Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:29 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:29:23 GMT
HUNTINGTON - A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy. Marshall University's Center for Environmental,
A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:35:02 GMT
As domestic use of coal slows and gas resources expand so rapidly that prices have plummeted to historic lows, the nation's fossil fuel giants are looking across the ocean for a solution.
As domestic use of coal slows and gas resources expand so rapidly that prices have plummeted to historic lows, the nation's fossil fuel giants are looking across the ocean for a solution.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:59 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:59:37 GMT
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has published for public comment a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule adopting updated standards for administering and
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has published for public comment a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule adopting updated standards for administering and interpreting digital radiographs for the Federal Black Lung Program.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:57 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:57:15 GMT
VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive veto of a water pollution
Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:11 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:11:52 GMT
The new law requires drillers to disclose chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and to test water before and after drilling as well as hold the companies liable for contamination.
The new law requires drillers to disclose chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and to test water before and after drilling as well as hold the companies liable for contamination.
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — A proposed three-year moratorium on
ridgeline wind energy projects in Vermont could dampen any future
investment in renewable energy, a developer says.
But Caledonia
Republican Sen. Joe Benning, a proponent of a three-year moratorium,
said the Northeast Kingdom is being targeted by wind developers and a
time-out is needed so the state can study the cost and the environmental
impact of the projects.
"We would share the view with a number of
others that feel that a moratorium is unnecessary," said Jack
Kenworthy, manager of Seneca Mountain Wind, which is working on a
40-turbine project in three towns in the region that would become the
state's largest. "It certainly sends a clear signal to investors in
clean energy in Vermont that it's not a safe and reasonable place to
make those investments. And I think it would serve to certainly stifle
those investments."
There are two industrial wind power facilities
in the Northeast Kingdom. A 16-turbine project in Sheffield went online
last year. A 21-turbine project in Lowell is just beginning operation.
The last turbine there was connected to the electric grid Nov. 21.
Benning said the moratorium, which has bi-partisan support in the Senate, is needed.
"The
Northeast Kingdom does not need to be the pinwheel cushion for the rest
of the state of Vermont just because some politicians have decided
industrial strength wind is the way to go," Benning said.
Vermont Public Radio says the moratorium proposal is likely to face strong opposition in the House.
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