West Virginia Needs to Transform from “Shale Boom” to Renewable Sources

December 11, 2020

Embracing clean energy vital to West Virginia’s future From an Essay by Ted Boettner, Charleston Gazette Mail, December 5, 2020 For over a decade, policymakers in West Virginia have pinned their hopes that an industrial phoenix would emerge from the explosion in shale development. This has not occurred. Instead, our population has shrunk by 60,000 [...]

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Superfund Law By-Pass Given to Oil & Gas Industry by US EPA

December 10, 2020

US EPA Won’t Require Cleanup Insurance for 3 Major Industries From an Article by E.A. Crunden, Greenwire, E&E News, December 2, 2020 EPA will not require three major industries to guarantee funding for toxic waste cleanups under federal Superfund law, finalizing a controversial rule in the last months of the Trump administration. The agency said [...]

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West Virginia Legislature has Responsibility to Protect our Water

December 9, 2020

Urgent Action for Water Quality Standards, Committee Meeting 12/9/20 From West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, WV In preparation for the 2021 WV Legislative Session, the Legislative Rule Making Committee will meet on Wednesday, 12/9, and water quality standards are on the agenda. The committee needs to hear from you today about the importance of clean [...]

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US House Subcommittee Examines FERC’s Disregard for Landowner Rights

December 8, 2020

PRESS RELEASE — Oversight Subcommittee to Examine FERC’s Failure to Protect Landowner Rights CONTACT: Aryele Bradford, (202) 226-5181, December 7, 2020 Washington D.C. (Dec. 7, 2020)—On Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will hold a hearing to examine the Federal [...]

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Norfolk & New Orleans Already Seeing Sea Level Rise on Local Streets

December 7, 2020

Flooding in low-lying Norfolk now a chronic problem — sea water is spilling onto local roads From an Article of the Yale Climate Connections, December 1, 2020 Norfolk, Virginia, is home to the largest naval base in the world. The city is also on the front lines of sea-level rise. During high tides, water covers [...]

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Robust Energy Efficiency Programs Needed to Offset Costs of VA Clean Energy Transition, Part 5

December 6, 2020

Officials hope energy efficiency can offset costs of alternative energy supply From the 5th Article in Series by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, December 4, 2020 Much of Virginia’s planned shift to a carbon-free electric grid involves grand plans: turbines sprouting hundreds of feet tall from the ocean waves and solar panels spread across thousands of [...]

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Energy Storage is Essential for the Future Electricity Grid — VA Clean Energy Transition, Part 4

December 5, 2020

Energy storage is the ‘Swiss army knife’ of the renewables transition From the 4th Article in Series by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, December 3, 2020 Hang around any debate about clean energy and you’re bound to hear one question: What do you do when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing? The answer, [...]

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Rooftop Solar Laws Offer New Vision of Virginia’s Electric Grid — Clean Energy Transition, Part 3

December 4, 2020

A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage — and a solar panel for every roof? From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, December 2, 2020 For many years, that notion would have been unthinkable in Virginia, where fairly competitive electric rates, a lack of incentives and what one solar developer described [...]

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Many Solar Farms Coming to Virginia — Clean Energy Transition, Part 2

December 3, 2020

As solar farms multiply across Virginia, officials reckon with land use challenges . . From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, December 1, 2020 . . Once upon a time, Virginia saw Halifax County as a golden place. Just above the North Carolina border, in the heart of Southside Virginia, Halifax’s sunshine and abundant [...]

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Off-Shore Wind Turbines are Costly — VA Clean Energy Transition, Part 1

December 2, 2020

With offshore wind, Virginia hopes a 21st-century manufacturing boom will offset a hefty price tag From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, November 30, 2020 Maybe, if you squint really hard and the skies are clear, you might be able to convince yourself that you see them, out on the horizon: two turbines spinning [...]

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