Three U.S. House members from West Virginia have proposed creating an Appalachian Storage Hub to store and transport large amounts of natural gas liquids in the region. One of those House members is West Virginia Republican David McKinley. In a news release announcing House Resolution 4433 — the Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative — […]
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Fact-check: Are 1,600 New Coal-fired Power Plants Being Constructed Today?
The president of the United Mine Workers of America — a union representing coal miners, many of them in West Virginia — sees a future for coal in electricity generation despite concern that coal’s carbon emissions could bring about climate change. In a Sept. 4 speech at the National Press Club in […]
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