Congress is preparing to vote on a sweeping spending package designed to accelerate the nation’s transition to and create thousands of jobs in clean energy.
The soundtrack to American Electric Power’s summer is set.
When Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced last week that he was backing a climate spending package sought for months by Democrats, he noted that Democratic leadership had agreed to advance pipeline permitting reform.
West Virginia lawmakers were presented with data during their latest legislative session showing how much greater reliance on coal is in the state than other states in the regional electric grid.
The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill designed to curb mining-caused water pollution.
The new budget bill championed by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., containing $369 billion in climate and clean energy spending mentions the word “energy” 428 times across its 725 pages.
After a year of impasses and impassioned pleas, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has given his blessing to budgetary legislation that would be the largest climate investment in U.S. history.
The gas well on Susan Dennison’s Harrison County childhood home has failed her smell test in more ways than one.
Appalachian Power has asked West Virginia officials to consider a tool that proponents have touted as an effective way to finance retiring coal-fired assets.
Last month’s steep drop in federal drinking water health advisory levels proposed for a group of industrial chemicals common in everyday life suggests the chemicals are more dangerous than previously thought.
West Virginia environmental authorities have scheduled another public meeting on a chemical whose emissions drove up Kanawha County’s estimated cancer risk after federal regulators classified it as a carcinogen.
A federal judge has ordered a prominent coal company to pay $1,000 a day for a 51-day period after finding that the company has been unwilling to comply with court mandates to show how it will address pollution at two Mingo County mine sites.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has attracted intense national scrutiny for holding out against a federal budget package that would increase taxes for high-earning Americans.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission’s legal staff has decided the membership of a task force the commission approved to consider how to lower energy costs for electric utility customers.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is in no hurry to stop blocking climate action that experts say is needed to hasten the nation’s energy transition and fend off effects of climate change to which his home state is especially prone.
PINEVILLE — Richard Altizer stepped around the holes in his yard to ponder the bigger hole in which his family finds itself.
Miner health advocates are welcoming proposed congressional legislation to bolster federal support for miners with black lung disease.
EQT wants its Mountain Valley Pipeline money sooner rather than later.
West Virginia renewable energy advocates want a seat at the table as state utility regulators prepare to convene a task force to get coal-fired plants running at higher capacity levels.
A request from the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to federal regulators for four more years to finish the project has provoked strong opinions.
A Kanawha County Circuit Court judge has determined that a class action is the best way to resolve a lawsuit alleging that West Virginia American Water neglected its infrastructure.
The United States Supreme Court did more than limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate power plant emissions at West Virginia’s request.
Will West Virginia have enough manpower and oversight to make the most of an unprecedented amount of federal funding to plug and reclaim orphaned gas and oil wells?
A mine worker with a quarter-century of experience was killed in a Logan County underground mine in November because of a mine operator’s safety failures.
West Virginia lawmakers got lessons on a key asset to power grids poised to shape the future of energy in and out of the Mountain State Monday.
The federal government set up the production of synthetic rubber in Institute during World War II as the U.S. fought in the name of freedom.
When Brian Corwin first skimmed West Virginia Senate Bill 694 over breakfast, stomaching the bill still seemed possible.
The solar industry says its days have been darkened by an investigation announced last month by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Environmental groups say a prominent area coal company should be held in contempt of federal court for not submitting a court-ordered supplemental cleanup plan for two Mingo County mine sites.
Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies have been issued a long string of environmental violations and faced scrutiny for not cleaning up their mines.
2002 was the year the West Virginia coal miner memorial statue at the state Capitol Complex in Charleston was dedicated. It also was the year Gary Hairston had to quit mining coal because of black lung disease.
Frustration, not gas, is flowing freely for backers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Appalachian climate groups are making another push for federal climate action as time grows short on Congress’ window to pass clean energy and climate legislation before midterm elections that could keep that window shut for the foreseeable future.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the United Mine Workers of America against a Wyoming County mine operator for allegedly not giving advance notice prior to a mass layoff as required by federal law.
Workers at West Virginia mines suffered an average of 1.3 injuries a day in fiscal year 2021.
Kentucky state utility regulators have issued key approvals of American Electric Power proposals for the future of the Mitchell Power Plant — with certain conditions.
West Virginia’s state legislative leaders have joined their federal counterparts in pursuing an in-state hydrogen hub that would be funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
American Electric Power is eyeing increases in regulated renewable energy and touting sustained earnings growth as its Appalachian Power customers and their advocates rail against another rate hike.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline keeps getting costlier while the project’s completion date keeps drifting further into the future.
All is often not well when wells end.
A West Virginia panel charged with helping determine the state’s energy future heard one presentation urging the state to hang onto staples of its energy past and another offering a new clean energy solution at its latest monthly meeting.
During a joint state legislative committee meeting Tuesday, West Virginia fossil fuel industry leaders acknowledged limits in how much in-state coal and natural gas production can support Europe’s transition away from Russian energy.
Appalachian environmental advocates are calling on the Biden administration and congressional leaders to do more to fill cracks in the coal mine cleanup process, fearing a wave of coal company bankruptcies amid the industry’s decline will leave states responsible for unfunded reclamation obl…
The West Virginia Public Service Commission delivered a ruling last week that could delay in-state utility-scale solar development.
American Electric Power’s proposed $297 million rate increase could cost customers even more if regulators approve the utility’s larger plan, according to opponents, including the coal industry, environmental groups and consumer advocates.
West Virginia utility regulators have issued approval of FirstEnergy’s first proposal that follows the provisions of a 2020 state law that encouraged utility-scale solar development. But the approval came with conditions changing key aspects of the solar projects proposed by two FirstEnergy …
American Electric Power subsidiaries have proposed a rate increase that would raise the monthly bill for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours by $18.41 starting Sept. 1.
