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Energy Issues And Housing Costs On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia has long been an energy state. But where that energy comes from is changing. Natural gas is replacing coal in power plants and renewable energy is gaining ground.

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WVPB News Eric Douglas,

Book Details Coal Miners’ Fight For Black Lung Benefits

A 1969 federal law, following the Farmington Mine Disaster, was supposed to improve working conditions in the coal mines, which have long been connected…

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WVPB News Liz McCormick,

Jefferson County Woman Walks 70 Miles Across Denmark To Protest Rockwool

Residents in the Eastern Panhandle continue to protest Denmark-based, stone wool manufacturing facility, Rockwool. For more than a year now, hundreds of…

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WVPB News Liz McCormick,

‘A Recyclable Commodity’ – Martinsburg's New Waste-to-Energy Facility Turns Trash Into Fuel

Today, most of our trash ends up in landfills. In the United States, we produce more than 200 million tons of trash every single year. But what if we…

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WVPB News Brittany Patterson,

Manchin To Take Top Spot on Senate Energy Committee

Senator Joe Manchin will become the Democrats' top member on the Senate committee devoted to energy issues. In a news release Tuesday, the lawmaker said…

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