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West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd: Coal Must Embrace The Future

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It is a non-starter, and puts the entire state of West Virginia and the coal industry in a terrible light. ” “To deny the mounting science of climate change is to stick our heads in the sand and say ‘deal me out.’ ’ West Virginia would be much smarter to stay at the table.”

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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In 2010 the top 3 states included: Wyoming (1,886 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP), West Virginia (1,767 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP), and North Dakota (1,681 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP). Climate Change Emissions' The 2010 US average is 430 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. cents/kWh in West Virginia—a 23.59 Even with the implementation of the smart grid it seems unlikely that we will all be able to buy our power from West Virginia. in West Virginia to $6.12

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Chilled Ammonia Pilot Project Captures 90% of CO2

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As the next step in demonstrations of increasing size, the first of two product validation facilities recently began at the American Electric Power (AEP) Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, West Virginia.

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Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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Life cycle inventories have typically been presented at global, national, or regional levels—sufficient for understanding global processes such as climate change and fossil fuel depletion, but insufficient for the analysis of local processes such as air pollution, according to the researchers.

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Equity: More important than ever

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Endless studies on the impact of pollution and climate change on low-income families have all come up with the same general result: It is a very real and very serious problem. It should also be noted that those in poverty have a higher chance of experiencing the ill-effects of climate change.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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In West Virginia, once coal’s citadel, the state government eliminated its old ban on nuclear power plants. In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear.

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