MORGANTOWN — A Senate bill to allow for carbon sequestration under state lands cleared the House on Thursday and will return to the Senate. SB 162 allows […]
Environment
House Judiciary OKs Senate bill to allow DNR to lease underground pore spaces for carbon sequestration
MORGANTOWN – A Senate bill that would enable the state to make money from carbon sequestration projects under state lands cleared its first House hurdle on Monday, […]
Manchin permitting reform legislation fails again; tie vote keeps it from attaching to National Defense Authorization Act
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin is disappointed that his effort to pass permitting reform legislation again failed in the Senate. Manchin had hoped to attach his permitting […]
Mountaineer Audubon hosts Christmas Bird Count, measures local bird populations
On Dec. 17, the Mountaineer Audubon brought together dozens of birdwatchers to participate in a century-old tradition and one of the largest international citizen science projects – […]
PJM and Mon Power prepare for increased energy demand during cold winter months
MORGANTOWN – As winter prepares to set in, PJM – which oversees the 13-state regional energy grid – and its member utilities and power suppliers are preparing […]
Wolves infected with parasite become pack leaders
When I read that wolves that had a parasite had a much higher chance of becoming the leader of the wolf pack, I was astounded. A parasite […]
AG Morrisey leads multi-state brief in lawsuit against Biden Administration proposed national fuel economy standards
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading another multi-state effort against what it considers another Biden Administration end run on Congress to hasten its green […]
SAMUEL: How are deer able to find food?
I know hunting season is drawing to a close, but last week I wrote about deer vision, and one of my readers wrote and asked why I […]
A look at federally funded gas well plugging, and a visit to a Diversified Energy plugging site
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia has 15,655 total abandoned wells – about 6,300 considered orphaned. That doesn’t include wells at or near the end of the useful lives […]
SAMUEL: Eye position important for turkeys and deer
Years ago one of my graduate students was taking imprinted wild turkeys into the field to see what they ate. Often I’d tag along. Several times I […]
