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Historic game changer

Will EPA veto or regulate the plunder of Appalachia? 1
Posted 1 month ago In a historic move, Lisa Jackson's EPA threw down the gauntlet on mountaintop removal mining last Friday -- after they had just compromised on another massively destructive mountaintop removal operation.
West Virginia redefines dirty energy as “alternative” 2
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
In the recent legislative session, Gov. Joe Manchin (D) championed and state lawmakers approved an energy portfolio standard bill requiring 25% of generation to come from "alternative and renewable" sources by 2025. But the new standard, which goes into effect this month, has defined "alternative" to include natural gas, old tires, coal gas and even waste coal.
Who needs teeth when you've got cheap power?

West Virginia celebrates the blessings of a coal-based economy 27
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has declared coal the official state rock. Here are some suggestions of other ways he could celebrate the blessings coal brings.
Is Gov. Manchin the new Bilbo?

Where’s the national outrage on Blair Mountain? 3
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
When Walmart recently announced its intention to build a super-center near the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, filmmaker Ken Burns and a host of Pulitzer Prize-winning historians denounced the move for its obvious offense to our national heritage site.

We need that same outrage for another battlefield under assault.
Myth: Democrats support good climate policy and Republicans oppose it 13
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Energy and climate scramble the usual left-right political divisions. Many of the big fights are not among parties but among regions and levels of government.