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Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy Completes Third Year
More than 35 students participated in the third annual session The Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy hosted another successful class this year. The third annual session was held July 14-16, 2015, at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W.Va. More than 35 high school students attended, representing 18 counties across ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
