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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 ...
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 ...
