New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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Company Invests In Extracting Rare Earth Minerals From Coal Waste
A company is making a big financial investment to find new uses for the state’s coal mining waste.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Research Finds Toxic Risks For Some Coal Waste Disposal In W.Va.
Two of coal’s pollution legacies are acid mine drainage, the waste from mining coal, and fly ash, waste from burning coal. For years, some energy companies have put the waste into wet or dry storage impoundments.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPilot Project Mines Coal Waste For Valuable Rare Earth Elements
A pilot-scale facility that extracts valuable rare earth elements from coal waste byproducts officially opened its doors this week at West Virginia…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCoal Waste Plant in Fight in Struggle to Stay Open
A coal waste plant at risk of shutting down in West Virginia is hoping to stay open through state proceedings.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the…
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