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West Virginia’s coal mine cleanup process is an underfunded ‘house of cards.’ Environmental groups want the federal government to do something about it.
The West Virginia Coal Association is praising the passage of the massive budget bill passed by Congress on Thursday, however ...
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Into the late 1970s, West Virginia had “relatively good” poverty statistics and unemployment numbers, as well as above-average wages, due to booming steel, oil and coal towns, according to Ted ...
Manchin, who was first elected to the state House of Delegates in 1982, entered politics amid a massive loss of coal jobs in West Virginia. The first year he was in the Legislature, the state ...
Three people who were trapped in an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia since Saturday have been found, ... House narrowly passes Trump's major tax cut, spending bill. 3 hours ago.
Back in West Virginia, people still aren't sure whether or not their drinking water is safe. But the seemingly infallible coal lobby is still going strong, according to The New Yorker's Evan Osnos ...
A new push by the Trump administration for more coal production is getting mixed reviews in West Virginia, where the majority of electricity is produced by coal and expensive for many residents.
FILE - In a Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 photo, solar panels line the roof of Harmony House as part of a project by Solar Holler in Huntington, W.V. An entire county school system in coal-producing West ...
How ‘FernGully’ ended up in the West Virginia coal mines The classic movie made fairies out to be nature’s champions. They weren’t always seen that way.