When the Environmental Protection Agency announced its new carbon emission rules for coal-fired plants, there were a lot of numbers that got thrown around — and quite […]
Tag: coal
May 5 letters to the editor
Recreating Sunnyside with downtown PODA? For decades, Morgantown city government looked askance at the bars and related activity in Sunnyside. Gatherings in the streets, couches burned and […]
From coal mine to solar farm
Tomorrow is Earth Day: a celebration of our planet and a call-to-action to help take care of it. This often involves community-wide clean-up efforts and education outreach. […]
With solar veto, Justice put self ahead of state
Gov. Jim Justice went on a vetoing spree last week, shooting down the vaccine exemption bill but also killing the research funding for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute […]
Guest essay: U.S. needs coal
by Syd Peng It’s not hard to sense that something extraordinary is happening in the United States: Digital technology has been neglected by policymakers in the nation’s […]
Hansen at COP28
The future of energy and the Mountain State The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, came to a close this past […]
Oct. 1 letters to the editor
Regarding WVU cuts to library funding I had to laugh when I read The Dominion Post story “Transformation moves on to Academic Units” (9-21-23) about cuts to […]
More bad news on the climate
A study published in the journal Nature Communications this past week suggests part of the Atlantic Ocean’s most important circulation system is on the verge of collapse. […]
Documentary examines W. Va. relationship with coal
BY ALISE CHAFFINS Coal has been a part of West Virginia history since before the actual formation of the state. Which means there has been an uneasy […]
Do Justices always pay their debts?
Early last week, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against James “Jay” Justice II (Gov. Jim Justice’s son and current CEO of Bluestone Coal Sales Corp.) […]