Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jul. 01, 2025

Kentucky Power Cites Capacity Need In Bid To Keep Mitchell Plant

Kentucky Power filed an application with the Kentucky Public Service Commission Monday to retain the 50% share of Mitchell, a coal-burning plant it operates with Wheeling Power.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jun. 06, 2025

Coal Power Costs More Than It Did In 2021. $6 Billion More, Report Says

It was 28% more expensive to generate electricity from coal last year than it was in 2021, according to an analysis by Energy Innovation Policy and Technology.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 30, 2025

Transmission Lines For Virginia Data Centers Could Cost W.Va. Ratepayers

The Mid-Atlantic Reliability Link and the Valley Link projects would cost West Virginia electricity customers more than $440 million.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Apr. 24, 2025

More Coal To Make Electricity Could Mean Higher Bills In Coal Country

Trump wants the country to increase coal production, save coal-fired power plants from retirement and reopen closed ones.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Apr. 16, 2025

Gauley Added To List Of Most Endangered Rivers

American Rivers points to one company specifically, South Fork Coal Company, which has operated on 3,600 acres in Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Apr. 11, 2025

Pleasants Power Station Nearly Idle Amid Winter Surge In Demand

Since last summer, the plant has hardly operated at all, including during a cold snap in January that resulted in a record for electricity usage in the PJM region, which includes West Virginia.

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