Saturday, May 18 2013 1:26 AM EDT2013-05-18 05:26:49 GMT
This is the sixth year that local sheriff's deputies, police officers, and state troopers were invited to join local firemen on Main Street as part of the "Fireman's Parade.
This is the sixth year that local sheriff's deputies, police officers, and state troopers were invited to join local firemen on Main Street as part of the "Fireman's Parade.
Friday, May 17 2013 5:58 PM EDT2013-05-17 21:58:49 GMT
Everyone gets a lead foot every so often. But a study showing that West Virginia has more fatalities from car wrecks than other areas in the United States may have drivers on Interstate 79 hitting the brakes.
Everyone gets a lead foot every so often. But a study showing that West Virginia has more fatalities from car wrecks than other areas in the United States may have drivers on Interstate 79 hitting the brakes.
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.
Thursday, May 16 2013 6:00 AM EDT2013-05-16 10:00:09 GMT
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va, has been working on behalf of coal miners since 1964 when he came to work in West Virginia as a VISTA worker.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va, has been working on behalf of coal miners since 1964 when he came to work in West Virginia as a VISTA worker.
A new post by the Energy Information Administration points to fuel-switching and cleaner coal-burning processes for sharp reductions in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions.
In 2012, the electric power sector emitted less sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide than any year since passage of 1990 Clean Air Act amendments. The EIA post points to increased retrofitting of flue-gas desulfurization, or scrubber technology, less use of high-sulfur coal and technologies dedicated to burning coal that reduce or eliminate sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.
The decline, the EIA's post points out, is also attributable to the switching from coal to cheaper natural gas.
The amendments to the Clean Air Act were primarily written to address the issue of acid rain.
"Because coal-fired units accounted for a large share of SO2 and NOx emissions, the program provided an economic incentive for coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions by installing pollution control systems, burning lower sulfur coal, or, for high-emitting plants, dispatching less electricity," the EIA wrote. "… The reduction in SO2 and NOx emissions through the late 2000s was primarily the result of coal plants employing strategies to reduce emissions, not a reduction in the use of coal overall."
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