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Charleston police are investigating a shooting that happened near the intersection of Glenwood ave and Grant St in Charleston just after midnight Sunday. According to dispatchers one person was shot in
Charleston Police investigate a shooting near the intersection of Glenwood Ave and Grant Street.
Thursday, May 16 2013 7:55 AM EDT2013-05-16 11:55:29 GMT
No one should be upset because no one picked the correct numbers to win the large Powerball jackpot last night. It didn't stop people from walking up to the lottery outlets to buy a chance at a multi-million
No one should be upset because no one picked the correct numbers to win the large Powerball jackpot last night. It didn't stop people from walking up to the lottery outlets to buy a chance at a multi-million
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:21 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:21:18 GMT
Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kathy Surratt-States
Active and retired members of the United Mine Workers, along with labor and community supporters, will march and rally in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday.
Thursday, May 16 2013 2:27 PM EDT2013-05-16 18:27:18 GMT
The gas industry brine processing facility GreenHunter Water proposes to build and operate in Wheeling would, in a sense, pay operators to take their clean brine back out with them.
The gas industry brine processing facility GreenHunter Water proposes to build and operate in Wheeling would, in a sense, pay operators to take their clean brine back out with them.
Thursday, May 16 2013 1:48 PM EDT2013-05-16 17:48:30 GMT
Compressed natural gas has cost less than 60 percent as much as gasoline, on an energy-equivalent basis, over the past few years. Several public CNG stations are in development in West Virginia.
Compressed natural gas has cost less than 60 percent as much as gasoline, on an energy-equivalent basis, over the past few years. Several public CNG stations are in development in West Virginia.
Thursday, May 16 2013 8:15 AM EDT2013-05-16 12:15:26 GMT
Driving, fueling and maintaining a natural gas-fired vehicle is essentially the same as a traditional vehicle. The difference is natural gas gets you there for less than half of the cost at current prices.
Driving, fueling and maintaining a natural gas-fired vehicle is essentially the same as a traditional vehicle. The difference is natural gas gets you there for less than half of the cost at current prices.
Increasing tax credits and transitioning the state vehicles to use natural gas and propane are among recommendations issued Feb. 21 by the Governor's Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force.
"We have the opportunity to reinvest in our own economy, provide drivers with lower costs at the pump as well as support the establishment of more good-paying jobs for West Virginians — all by using a clean burning energy source harvested right here at home," said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on receiving the report.
Tomblin established the 21-member board of public and private industry experts in June 2012 to come up with recommendations for increasing the use of the state's growing natural gas production as a transportation fuel.
The task force identified a chicken-and-egg problem inherent in transitioning to any new fuel.
"Infrastructure developers want to see demand by numerous vehicles needing the fuel, but the would-be purchasers of the vehicles require the infrastructure in place first," the report reads.
Other challenges, are identified as well, including the need to tax natural gas as a motor fuel in the same way that gasoline is taxed in order to maintain the state Department of Transportation road fund.
Among the task force's 16 recommendations:
Priority consideration for infrastructure development should be in counties with greatest vehicle fleet concentrations: Berkeley, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Monongalia, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Wayne and Wood counties.
Private retailers can afford to develop infrastructure where there are high populations, willing partners requiring fuel, access to natural gas and level sites with constant flows of traffic.
To convert state fleets, state agencies should be directed to assess opportunities to transition segments of their fleets to natural gas vehicles and develop eight-year implementation plans. A target rate of conversion could be one quarter of the state's fleet, or nearly 2,000 vehicles, within four years.
The state should add bi-fuel vehicles to the fleet to balance supply and demand during the transition.
The Department of Education's definition of alternative fuels for school buses should add propane and compressed natural gas.
The community and technical college system can help by preparing natural gas vehicle-trained technicians.
Tax incentives on compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas or propane vehicles should be continued for private sector purchases.
A commercial alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure tax credit of 20 percent up to $400,000 should be offered.
Excise taxes on natural gas used in motor vehicles should be imposed on the basis of energy content, or gasoline gallon equivalents, to help maintain the road fund.
The task force also recommended that a transition team be formed to monitor technology and economic issues and make further recommendations.
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