MORGANTOWN — In 2022, the state Legislature lifted the ban on construction of nuclear power plants. Part of the motivation was finding ways to repurpose coal-fired plants […]
Tag: Shelley Moore Capito
Capito announces $7M for programs
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, announced $7,094,905 from the […]
New EPA Good Neighbor Plan could close 13% of nation’s coal-fired power capacity
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan released this week requires power plants in 22 states to further reduce emissions by 2027, and EPA projects the […]
Capito talks Biden budget, EPA and energy, Medicare solvency with West Virginia press
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday, covering the Biden budget, carbon sequestration, the Pleasants Power Station and […]
$8.72 million in energy assistance available for West Virginia families
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delays northern long-eared bat listing
Following a letter from U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and 11 of her colleagues, the […]
Why doesn’t Sen. Capito support more clean water?
We find it mind-boggling when West Virginia politicians — ones who have grown up here, not just swooped in to fill an elected office — don’t support […]
Capito talks inflation, energy, water with West Virginia reporters
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito held one of her regular virtual conversations with members of the West Virginia press at the end of last week, covering […]
Guest essay: Capito and colleagues have made elections more secure
by Greg Boso At the end of 2022, Congress approved a nearly 1,000-page $1.7 trillion omnibus package to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown before […]
A look at Manchin and Capito earmarks for local projects, from $1.7T federal budget
MORGANTOWN — Earmarks have returned to Congress and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin — both Appropriations Committee members — have put out their lists of […]
