Recent Press
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 ...
3rd Annual Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy Held in Buckhannon
High school students from around West Virginia got a glimpse of the natural gas industry. About 40 students from 18 counties were selected for the Third Annual Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy in Buckhannon. . The three day academy starts with an Energy Career Day, followed by field trips to ...
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 ...