Study: Oil, natural gas stimulate state’s economy

By BRANDON ROBERTS HUNTINGTON - A new Wood Mackenzie study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute revealed pro-development regulations for oil and natural gas production in the United States could dramatically improve the nation's economic prospects for the foreseeable future. The study shows nationally by the year 2035, pro-energy policies could yield an additional 2.3 ...

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2016-11-15T16:51:40+00:00August 12th, 2015|

Obama spurns natural gas in climate rule

By Timothy Cama - 08/05/15 06:00 AM EDT President Obama’s love affair with natural gas is over. The president once touted gas as an essential clean bridge fuel to wean the United States off dirtier fossil fuels and onto renewable energy, and it was seen as a key to his landmark climate change rule for ...

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2020-02-21T19:24:44+00:00August 7th, 2015|

Study: Drill waste in landfills unlikely to get in water

By Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A study by state regulators says it’s unlikely that significant amounts of untreated natural gas drilling waste in landfills will impact groundwater or surface water. In the event that the waste’s runoff did hit nearby water untreated, however, the material would likely exceed chemical limits for ...

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2016-11-15T16:51:40+00:00July 22nd, 2015|

Electric Power Monthly: Gas power generation surpasses coal

The gap between natural gas- and coal-fired power generation has been closing for a couple of years, but natural gas power generation actually surpassed coal-fired power for the first time in April, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest “Electric Power Monthly” report. The June 25 report showed natural gas provided 92,516 ...

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2020-06-01T14:54:34+00:00July 13th, 2015|

DEP releases state of environment report

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Environmental Protection recently released the fifth edition of its State of the Environment Report. “It’s a snapshot of as many measurements as we can realistically come up with for the health of the state’s environment; air, land and water,” state DEP Secretary Randy Huffman said. The DEP draws no ...

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2020-06-01T14:54:37+00:00June 17th, 2015|

Marshall County plant loses fracking fight

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia judge has thrown out new legal challenges to a plan for natural gas production near a Marshall County chemical plant. Late in December, Marshall Circuit Judge David W. Hummel dismissed legal complaints filed by Axiall Corp. over the natural gas drilling and production operation proposed by Gastar Exploration near ...

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2020-02-21T19:24:01+00:00January 6th, 2015|
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