Sunday, May 19 2013 1:22 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:22:41 GMT
CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — Alpha Natural Resources faces a proposed $6,000 civil fine for a fatal accident at one of its West Virginia mines. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/Z59HQk) reports that the
Alpha Natural Resources faces a proposed $6,000 civil fine for a fatal accident at one of its West Virginia mines.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:21 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:21:18 GMT
Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kathy Surratt-States
Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday.
Thursday, May 16 2013 2:27 PM EDT2013-05-16 18:27:18 GMT
The gas industry brine processing facility GreenHunter Water proposes to build and operate in Wheeling would, in a sense, pay operators to take their clean brine back out with them.
The gas industry brine processing facility GreenHunter Water proposes to build and operate in Wheeling would, in a sense, pay operators to take their clean brine back out with them.
Thursday, May 16 2013 1:48 PM EDT2013-05-16 17:48:30 GMT
Compressed natural gas has cost less than 60 percent as much as gasoline, on an energy-equivalent basis, over the past few years. Several public CNG stations are in development in West Virginia.
Compressed natural gas has cost less than 60 percent as much as gasoline, on an energy-equivalent basis, over the past few years. Several public CNG stations are in development in West Virginia.
The Energy Information Administration reported this morning that gasoline prices as a percentage of household income were nearly at a three-decade high.
The average U.S. household spends about $2,012 in gasoline expenditures annually, representing about 4 percent of income before taxes. In the past 30 years, gasoline prices represented such a large part of annual household spending only in 2008, when the percentage was similar.
"Although overall gasoline consumption has decreased in recent years, a rise in average gasoline prices has led to higher overall household gasoline expenditures," the EIA posted on its Today in Energy blog. "However, these expenditures as a percentage of overall household income are still low when compared to the early 1980s, when the estimated portion of household income spent on gasoline surpassed 5 percent. Although travel per household has increased significantly since the early 1980s, vehicle efficiency has also risen significantly, reducing the amount of gasoline used per mile."
Higher prices, the EIA state,s has largely offset the effects of efficiency gains that lead to lower overall of consumption of gasoline.
The EIA added that expenditures rose over 26 percent from 2011 to 2012 while household income increased just 3.4 percent.
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