MORGANTOWN — Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) announced on Friday that it has selected West Virginia for an 1,800-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas power station using carbon capture and […]
Environment
Manchin, Capito not quite eye-to-eye on permitting reform, MVP legislation
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito both want to pass permitting reform legislation and get the Mountain Valley Pipeline completed, but aren’t quite on […]
Capito holds off support of Manchin permitting reform bill until she can see it
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin are on the same page on getting the Mountain Valley Pipeline completed. But Capito said on Thursday that […]
Manchin, Capito air common interests, political differences at WV Chamber Summit
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito made appearances at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce 2022 Summit on Thursday, cordially airing their common interests […]
Pure Watercraft will make electric pontoon boats at Brooke County factory, state leaders announce
MORGANTOWN — Seattle-based Pure Watercraft will begin making electric pontoon boats at a revitalized former steel plant in Brooke County in the Northern Panhandle. Economic Development Secretary […]
Richard Mine AMD treatment plant begins to take shape
MORGANTOWN — The Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant is starting to take shape. The Dominion Post visited the site on Tuesday for a construction update. […]
State to receive $25 million in federal funds to plug orphaned gas wells; first installment from bipartisan infrastructure bill
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced that the state will receive $25 million in federal funds to cap 160 orphaned oil and gas […]
State butterfly gains endangered species status
By Kaitlyn Eichelberger Since 1976, West Virginia has lost 90% of its state butterfly. This summer, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) designated the migratory […]
Manchin hosts Charleston roundtable to tout benefits of Inflation Reduction Act
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Joe Manchin led a roundtable in Charleston on Friday featuring leaders in business, energy and senior issues to tout the benefits of the Inflation […]
WVU researchers study gas pipeline impact on potentially endangered wood turtles
MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University research team is studying how oil and natural gas pipeline construction may be creating threats to wood turtles, a semi-aquatic reptile […]
