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Starting the work week off on a warm note. Highs stay in the mid to upper 80s through Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon may even make a play for 90 degrees. With the daytime heating Monday and Tuesday, an isolated
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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.
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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.
Sunday, May 19 2013 1:22 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:22:41 GMT
CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — Alpha Natural Resources faces a proposed $6,000 civil fine for a fatal accident at one of its West Virginia mines. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/Z59HQk) reports that the
Alpha Natural Resources faces a proposed $6,000 civil fine for a fatal accident at one of its West Virginia mines.
A judge has rejected EQT Production Co.'s lawsuit against the Doddridge County Commission over a floodplain permit it rescinded.
Doddridge County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Sweeney ruled Dec. 17 that his court has no jurisdiction in the case.
EQT sued the commission in May over a floodplain permit it rescinded in its capacity as the floodplain appeals board. The company had done site work based on the permit and said it had spent $300,000.
But the county's floodplain ordinance denies surrounding landowners notification and due process and therefore is unconstitutional, the judge ruled on Dec. 14. The Dec. 17 ruling follows that decision by saying that, because the ordinance is unconstitutional, EQT's requests for summary judgment and for an injunction that would restore its permit are denied.
"Compliance with an unconstitutional ordinance is insufficient to grant plaintiff such right since the ordinance is constitutionally deficient," Sweeney wrote.
The County Commission has placed a moratorium on permits for drilling in the floodplain until a new ordinance has been adopted.
Floodplain Manager Dan Wellings said he has been working with lawyers to write the new ordinance and that they hope to have it completed by the end of January.
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