Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:29 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:29:23 GMT
HUNTINGTON - A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy. Marshall University's Center for Environmental,
A new Marshall University energy project will demonstrate hydroelectric power using acid mine drainage from coal mining as its source of energy.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:35:02 GMT
As domestic use of coal slows and gas resources expand so rapidly that prices have plummeted to historic lows, the nation's fossil fuel giants are looking across the ocean for a solution.
As domestic use of coal slows and gas resources expand so rapidly that prices have plummeted to historic lows, the nation's fossil fuel giants are looking across the ocean for a solution.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:59 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:59:37 GMT
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
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.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:57 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:57:15 GMT
VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - 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
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.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:11 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:11:52 GMT
The new law requires drillers to disclose chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and to test water before and after drilling as well as hold the companies liable for contamination.
The new law requires drillers to disclose chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and to test water before and after drilling as well as hold the companies liable for contamination.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:03 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:03:22 GMT
A woman on Huntington's south side had a close encounter with a man who walked right up to the door of the home she was watching and insisted that he had to come inside to fix something, according to police.
A woman on Huntington's south side had a close encounter with a man who walked right up to the door of the home she was watching and insisted that he had to come inside to fix something, according to police.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:11 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:11:14 GMT
Pine Creek where people saw the body. Photo Courtesy: Chris Holtzapfel, Photojournalist
A woman's body is now being examined by a coroner after being found in a creek in Scioto County.
A woman's body is now being examined by a coroner after being found in a creek in Scioto County.
GRUNDY, Va. (AP) - The Coalfields Expressway project in Virginia
is getting a thumbs-down from the Sierra Club.
The national environmental group ranks the project among its
50 worst transportation projects in the nation.
The Coalfields Expressway would run from Pound in Wise
County through Dickinson and
Buchanan counties to Raleigh County
in West Virginia.
In a recent report, the Sierra Club says there's little
traffic demand for a four-lane highway in the region. The group also claims the
highway is being built solely for fossil fuel development.
Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Michelle
Earl tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph (http://bit.ly/WSDPKI ) that the Coalfields Expressway will
open the region to economic development.
Coal companies are recovering coal reserves as they prepare
road bed for the highway. Earl says that synergy makes the project feasible.