Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:41 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:41:36 GMT
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A massive tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, killing over 50 people, including children. It also demolished an elementary school and reduced home to piles of splintered wood.
A massive tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, killing over 50 people, including children. It also demolished an elementary school and reduced home to piles of splintered wood.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:44 AM EDT2013-05-21 08:44:41 GMT
Our warmest day of the next week pushes temperatures towards 90 degrees in some places. With the daytime heating, an afternoon/evening thunderstorm exists for the area. The cold front begins to push through
The West Virginia University baseball team remained in Oklahoma following its regular season finale at Oklahoma State. That is because the Big 12 tournament is set to begin Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
Devastating tornadoes just missed the WVU baseball team in Oklahoma. They did their part to help by purchasing clothing and other supplies to hand out to victims. (Photo Courtesy: @WVUBaseball via twitter)
Monday, May 20 2013 7:10 PM EDT2013-05-20 23:10:53 GMT
There's already been one close call in Arden when three people were stranded in the Tygart Valley River, and the Barbour County Sheriff's Department hopes that's as bad as it gets this year.
There's already been one close call in Arden when three people were stranded in the Tygart Valley River, and the Barbour County Sheriff's Department hopes that's as bad as it gets this year.
Monday, May 20 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:48:08 GMT
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Following May 17 rebuttal testimony and a coming hearing on Mon Power's bid to buy Harrison power station, the PSC will decide if a billion-dollar coal plant is the best answer to future power demand.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:36 AM EDT2013-05-20 15:36:01 GMT
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West Virginia.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:56:57 GMT
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club. The Coal Club proceeds will be used to fund the Remember
Remember the Miners, a West Virginia campaign dedicated to honoring fallen coal miners and the sacrifices miners make for U.S. energy, is kicking off the Coal Club.
Monday, May 20 2013 8:58 AM EDT2013-05-20 12:58:30 GMT
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, a newspaper reported.
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper.
It's been a tough year to produce coal. It's probably more of the same for 2013.
The Energy Information Administration on Dec. 3 highlighted in its daily energy post that coal production in 2013 will be close to its 2012 level. The analysis was pointed out in the November 2012 Short-Term Energy Outlook.
Between 2012 and 2011, coal production declined 7 percent. The drop in coal has been driven by increasingly more attractive alternatives.
Natural gas, for example, is now abundant and cheap and easily meets current and proposed environmental regulations. New coal-fired power plants are required to install more cost-prohibitive pollution control systems.
The idea that coal production will be largely the same doesn't show the whole picture. Western coals are expected to reverse course and actually grow five percent in 2013.
Appalachian coal, along with its Interior-region neighbor, is expected to fall in production again.
The overall decline will happen despite high export activity, though exports of coal are also expected to decline next year. The reason, EIA said, is economic weakness in Europe and increased coal production Asia.
The Today in Energy post from the EIA is available on its website.
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