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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Twelve demonstrators have been arrested following a protest by mine workers and their supporters in a dispute with St. Louis-based Patriot Coal. More>>
Worth an estimated $1.7 billion, Jim Justice is a prominent member of Lewisburg, but his coal operations are struggling as business owners have filed at least nine lawsuits since late 2011. More>>
As energy companies vie to exploit vast reserves west of the Mississippi, fracking's new frontier is expanding to the same lands where crops have shriveled and waterways have dried up due to severe drought. More>>
While gas drilling thrives throughout the state, a large swath of northeast Pennsylvania still remains off-limits. More>>
Drilling mud, sludge, and some other shale wastes would be subject to radioactivity testing; classification of drill cuttings is in question. Some hope to separate measure from budget bill entirely. More>>
The investigation by the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization, based on ratepayer complaints, adds to one announced last week by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. More>>
Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine. More>>
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has published for public comment a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule adopting updated standards for administering and interpreting digital radiographs for the Federal Black Lung Program. More>>
Patriot Coal says allegations that it "walked out" of post-bankruptcy negotiations with the United Mine Workers of America are "inaccurate and distorted." More>>
According to the UMWA, negotiators from Patriot Coal walked out of bankruptcy talks with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) yesterday.
The company also cancelled negotiations that were scheduled for the remainder of this week and into next week. The union says it will now take to a vote to determine if they will work under the bankruptcy approved plan. More>>
Senate President Pro Tempore Larry Edgell, D-Wetzel, announced Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, and their Senate colleagues from the northern panhandle, have secured funding for the completion of the Benwood Mine Disaster Memorial. More>>
The U.S. Department of Energy says West Virginia drivers could be getting around for just $0.93 cents an "eGallon." More>>
The release of more than 1,400 documents related to the explosion of the Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline, destroying three homes and ejecting 20 feet of people more than 40 feet from it's original location. More>>
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of up to $98.6 million to support the production of advanced biofuels, and an opportunity for eligible producers to submit applications. More>>
LOCHGELLY, WV (AP) — State regulators plan to conduct more water tests near an injection well in Fayette County that pumps oil and gas drilling waste underground. More>>
Laboratory test results of brine show extremely low pH and elevated levels of heavy metals and radioactive constituents, a professor from Wheeling Jesuit University tells Wheeling City Council. More>>
New figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show technically recoverable world shale gas resource estimate up 10 percent from a 2011 estimate.
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The oil and gas industry, increasingly visible in West Virginia, is still working to ensure that citizens of the regions where it's present see the industry as a valuable partner in the community. More>>
Former president of the West Virginia Independent Oil and Gas Association Mike McCown was promoted in his position at Gastar Exploration following the closing of a major reserve and leasehold interest acquisition from Chesapeake Energy. More>>
West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave announced today that Larry Hughes of Kimball has claimed a total of $302,600 in winnings from last night's Daily 4 drawing.
A Canadian pipeline company is planting more than 100 mature spruce trees around a pump station in southeastern North Dakota to help hush noise at the facility and quiet complaints from nearby residents. More>>
Alpha Natural Resources is shutting down a Boone County mine, leaving 160 in Madison potentially losing their jobs. More>>
The legislation will take effect 18 months after Capitol Power Plant's planned cogeneration facility becomes operative. More>>
"Water & Wellness II: What is the Future of Our Drinking Water?" will take place June 29-30 on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. More>>
The Utility Workers Union of America Local 304 was formed in October 2010 and still does not have a contract. Negotiations with FirstEnergy are scheduled to begin afresh on June 18. More>>
The deadline to submit nominations for "Because of You" awards to honor people who have made significant contributions to West Virginia's coal mining enterprise and the state's mining heritage has been extended to June 28. More>>
Rep. David McKinley is rallying stakeholders to take another stab at passing legislation that would make it easier to reuse the residual product of coal combustion. More>>
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. says it will close two coal-powered generating stations near Walterboro by the end of the year. More>>
WEST UNION, WV (AP) — The Doddridge County Commission has lifted a moratorium on permits allowing oil and gas drilling in its flood plain, tentatively settling a company's legal challenge. More>>
The IG's office said in memo dated Monday that it will review data and interview EPA staff, environmental groups, industry associations and scientists. There's no estimate of when the investigation will be complete. More>>
Here's perhaps the fundamental question in FirstEnergy's proposal for Mon Power to pay an affiliate $1 billion for the Harrison power station: What arguments were made on behalf of ratepayers to improve the deal? More>>
The assets consist of more than 40 miles of new high-pressure gas gathering pipelines, rights-of-way associated with the pipeline and two compressor stations. More>>
Protecting the nation's critical infrastructure is all about monitoring for explosives and other physical threats – today's attacks are sometimes purely digital. More>>
The Tuesday protest by the United Mine Workers of America outside the Henderson County Courthouse ended with the arrests of about a dozen union members who briefly demonstrated in the street. More>>
The Charleston Area Alliance's third annual "Women With Energy" conference is scheduled June 20 at the Charleston Marriott Town Center ballroom and will feature a roundtable discussion. More>>
Following a bankruptcy court ruling that clears Patriot Coal to modify its contract with United Mine Workers of America employees and retirees, the union is regrouping for a rally in Kentucky. More>>
Intervenors said on the last day of PSC hearing that Mon Power should consider gas over coal-fired Harrison, that its ratepayers were not represented vigorously, and that the PSC could stay the case. More>>
The commission is responding to a high volume of complaints, primarily from Potomac Edison customers, over the past year. The company said the problems already are on the way to resolution. More>>
What if it were possible to track groundwater contamination to a specific hydraulically fractured gas well? More>>
(AP) — West Virginia's third "green" public school is opening Saturday. More>>
FAIRMONT, WV (AP) — A Republican congressman sought common ground in the climate change debate Thursday but found the same clash of science and ideology that paralyzes Washington had followed him to West Virginia, a state long built on fossil fuel production. More>>
The Energy Corporation of America broke ground on its new Eastern headquarters and celebrated with a donation of more than $600,000 to the Clay Center. More>>
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