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Feds Approve State To Issue Permits For Carbon Storage Wells

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week approved West Virginia’s application to permit what are known as Class VI wells. This will enable the injection and underground storage of carbon dio...

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High Coal Stockpiles, Lower Production Forecast For 2025

About 138 million tons of coal – a year’s production in Appalachia – is sitting in stockpiles at power plants across the country.

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'We Want Them': Capito Supports Efforts To Build A Data Center

Last week, state lawmakers spoke of convening a special session to pass an incentive package for a company interested in providing power for a data center in southern West Virginia.

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Appalachian Power Outlines Options For 2 W.Va. Coal Plants

Appalachian Power said it can convert two of its coal-burning plants in West Virginia to 40 percent gas by 2030, 100 percent gas by 2030, or shut both down by 2032.

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