EPA gives West Virginia authority to approve carbon underground storage
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving the state of West Virginia the authority to approve projects that will store captured carbon dioxide deep underground. Coal and gas-fired power ...
WV DEP, WV DOH and Cora Fire Department on scene of mine break in Logan County
Firefighters with the Cora Volunteer Fire Department and workers with the West Virginia Department of Environmental ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail13h
Blowout of abandoned Logan County mine floods nearby roadway
The weekend’s torrential rainfall and subsequent flooding resulted in the blowout of an old coal mine in the Holden area on ...
Casper Star-Tribune13h
Bill to reduce coal's severance tax rate moves through Senate
A bill reducing coal’s severance tax rate — a tax on the extraction of natural resources — is moving through the Senate after ...
The Daily Nonpareil20h
Study shows ash disposal at Iowa coal plants leads to contaminated groundwater
The study looks at four plants across the state, including the Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center near Council Bluffs.
Abandoned mine blowout closes roadway
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A blowout at an abandoned mine due to high water has caused a road closure Monday night in the Holden area, according to Cora Volunteer Fire Department firefighters. The ...
Crews working to drain Logan County mine after hillside leak
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the West Virginia Division of Highways is on ...