WISDOM in EDITORIALS in WEST VIRGINIA ~ Energy Policy Requires Insight for the Future

June 9, 2022

Avoid Sinking More Dollars Into a Losing Proposition Editorial from the Beckley Register-Herald, June 3, 2022 Chris Hamilton, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, made a preposterous late game pitch this past week, calling for partial government ownership of the economically endangered Pleasants Power Station. He wants the West Virginia Public Energy Authority – [...]

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Social Cost of GHG Emissions Approved for Planning Environmental Protection

June 8, 2022

Supreme Court rules Biden admin can use climate metric From an Article by Niina H. Farah, E & E News, May 26, 2022 In a reprieve to the Biden administration, the Supreme Court today allowed federal agencies to continue using a climate metric important to rulemaking. The justices issued an emergency order denying an application [...]

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UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE ~ “Do Not Lose Hope or Focus Now, Let’s Get on With the Work Ahead”

June 7, 2022

UN Climate Chief Urges Leaders ‘Not to Lose Focus’ on Climate Change During ‘Challenging Times’ From an Article by Abigail Adams, People Magazine Online, June 06, 2022 Now is not the time to lose focus on climate change, United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa says. During an address Monday at the opening ceremony of the [...]

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Frack! The Band Had A Diverse Collection of Songs

June 6, 2022

Comments on writing songs and performing in Morgantown and in Florida From the Entries of Greg Leatherman, Facebook & ReverbNation Over the Years! Frack! is Greg Leatherman (bass, vocals, knobs), Lee Clendenin (drums), Scott Leatherman (guitar), Kim Bietl (guitar), Warren X (keyboards/synths), and Marnie Thompson (violin), and Gypsee Root (vocals). For more music like this: [...]

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Large-Scale Renewable Energy Storage is Also Quite a Challenge

June 5, 2022

The Renewable-Energy Revolution Will Need Renewable Storage From an Article by Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, April 18, 2022 The German word Dunkelflaute means “dark doldrums.” It chills the hearts of renewable-energy engineers, who use it to refer to the lulls when solar panels and wind turbines are thwarted by clouds, night, or still air. [...]

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ENERGY Secretary Granholm & INTERIOR Secretary Haaland Visit West Virginia

June 4, 2022

U.S. Energy & Interior secretaries join Interagency Working Group in visit West Virginia on March 18, 2022 From Staff Reports, West Virginia News, March 18, 2022 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — United States Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and representatives from the Interagency Working Group on Coal [...]

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US DEPT. of INTERIOR ~ $ 1.5 Billion for Plugging Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells

June 3, 2022

Interior Department approves $1B to clean up abandoned wells ~ What does that say about the industry? From an Article by Drew Costley, Associated Press, February 1, 2022 The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to cap abandoned oil and gas wells across the United States. There are over 3 million abandoned oil and [...]

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IMAGINE Cleaning Up Coal Ash Impoundments to Benefit our Region!

June 2, 2022

New report on economic, environmental benefits of coal ash cleanup in Ohio River Valley From an Article by Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette Mail, October 13, 2021 PHOTO ~ Marion County native Jeremy Richardson, a senior energy analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists, is pictured during an online event Wednesday touting the release of a [...]

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“Little” Blue Run Impoundment Full of Coal Power Plant Wastes

June 1, 2022

Coal Waste in the United States Continues to Accumulate From an Article of Global Energy Monitor, June 2019 . . Coal Ash: One Valley’s Tale A January 2009 study by The New York Times following the enormous TVA coal ash spill found that there are more than 1,300 surface impoundments across the U.S. containing coal [...]

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Extended Exposure to Toxic Coal Ash Involves Death of Workers and Ongoing Law Suits

May 31, 2022

Coal ash workers dying as lawsuit over illnesses drags on From an Article by Travis Liller, AP News, May 30, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 2013, the first of more than 200 workers who labored to clean up the nation’s worst coal ash spill filed a suit against the contractor, blaming Jacobs Engineering for [...]

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