High Costs for Constructing the Plant Would Reach West Virginians’ Energy Bills CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sierra Club submitted Direct Testimony on Friday in the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) case for Mon Power’s proposed $2.48 billion, 1,200 MW combined cycle gas plant. The plant, according to the utility, … [continued]
Despite Public Concern, State and Federal Agencies Continue to Shield Details from the Public CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the past month, 304 West Virginians have submitted comments to Governor Patrick Morrisey expressing concerns over a $1.44 billion U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loan to West Virginia utilities to refurbish six … [continued]
The Groups are Challenging the State’s Abysmal EPA-Approved Regional Haze Plan CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the agency’s approval of West Virginia’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan has advanced in the United States Court of Appeals for … [continued]
Despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the smart money is steering over to landfills, derelict coal mines, and other industrial sites for conversion into solar power plants.
NAOMA, West Virginia — Today, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled in favor of Coal River Mountain Watch, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club, blocking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant a Clean Water … [continued]
Repowering old wind farms with new turbines can extend the useful life of the site, add more capacity, reduce the number of turbines, or all three.
West Virginians Are On the Hook to Pay DOE for Short-Sighted Projects with Big Health Impacts CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following two postponements, the West Virginia Department of Commerce has informed Sierra Club’s West Virginia Chapter that there are “no non-exempt records” responsive to the Club’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) … [continued]
US coal jobs continue to decline, with Trump’s tariff war among the factors credited with mangling the all-important overseas market for domestic metallurgical coal (courtesy of Congressional Research Service).
Analysis Shows Clean Energy Investments Dropped from $4.7 Billion Peak to Stagnation Under Trump Administration, Threatening Over 61,000 Good-Paying Jobs View a recording of the release webinar here. APPALACHIA — A new report released this month by ReImagine Appalachia reveals that 67% of the region’s 92,282 projected clean energy jobs … [continued]
Utility-scale solar power plants are still a rarity in West Virginia, but a new solar grazing project in Monongalia County could help spur more activity in the future.
