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@RedState: Inefficiencies of Wind Energy

RedState has a post today entitled “Wind Energy Blows,” which points out the inefficiencies of power derived from wind.

“Wind energy, the crown jewel of President Obama’s green revolution, seems to be encountering a stiff headwind of its own. As we shall see, wind energy is a highly inefficient technology for reliable power generation. The industry which supports it depends entirely on direct tax credits and federally-mandated consumption for its profitability.” - RedState, Sunday, August 29, 2010

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Cry Me A River Dedicated to Ken Ward

The Energy Tax Bill is dead and the environmental activist writer at the Charleston Gazette Ken Ward is mourning. It’s safe to say that he can go back to trying to put the chemical industry out of business in the Kanawha Valley.
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Rockefeller, Byrd Differ on Murkowski Resolution

West Virginia U.S. Senators Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller parted ways on Thursday when it came to a vote on a resolution sponsored by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski which would have removed the green house gas rule making authority from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Spike Maynard: Murkowski is Right, Rahall is Wrong

From Spike Maynard for Congress

Today, the U.S. Senate will vote on an amendment, introduced by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), that would take away the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide.
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Headley: Concerning EPA’s Proposed Revocation of the Spruce Mine Permit

By Terry L. Headley

My family has a long history in Logan County. In fact, my family, the Dingesses were the first permanent settlers in the area – establishing their farm land that is now the City of Logan. I have generations of family buried in the mountains of Logan and Lincoln counties. I am tied to this land by blood and by heritage.
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Bill Raney: Spruce Mine Permit

By Bill Raney, President
West Virginia Coal Association

The EPA has declared a war on Appalachian Coal. The agency’s apparent intent to rescind the already issued Spruce Mine permit is the first time such an action has been taken and shows a reckless disregard for the impact on our people, on future investment in our region and even basic fairness.
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Action Alert: EPA Hearing Today

The West Virginia Conservative Foundation has sent out a special action alert encouraging people to attend the Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Charleston today…
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Capito: EPA Threatens Future of Mining Industry

Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito is speaking out about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Roll Call on the eve of a mountaintop mining permit hearing in Charleston.
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American Spectator: Obama’s Mines

From the Washington Prowler at the American Spectator blog

The irony of President Barack Obama visiting Beckley, West Virginia, Sunday to read a eulogy at the memorial service for those who died in the Upper Big Branch Mine accident, has not been lost on some White House aides.
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Obama, EPA, and Washington Democrats Continue Assault on West Virginia Coal

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced tightened water-quality standards yesterday that could severely limit future surface coal-mining operations throughout Appalachia. This is hardly a “bombshell” as some environmental activists have called it.
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National Center for Policy Analysis: EPA Has Enron Values

Yesterday, two policy analyst with the National Center for Policy Analysis featured a story in the Washington Times entitled “Enron Values at EPA.” The story highlights how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used information from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to make the decision to regulate carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions. The problem is that the IPCC is the organization surrounded by the Climategate scandal.
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Parkersburg Tea: A Friend of Coal?

It was recently announced that Mac Warner, candidate in the First Congressional District, won the Parkersburg Tea Party Straw Poll after the recent candidate forum in Parkersburg.
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Global Warming Causes Snow Storms, Cold Weather?

You seriously cannot make this stuff up. According to the greeniac website Greener Working the recent string of snowstorms has been caused by none other than global warming.
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Is Rahall Passing on Legislation to Reign in the EPA?

Two powerful Democrats who chair committees in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Tuesday that will reign in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate and propose new rules dealing with green house gases.
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Stand Up for Jobs Rally, Coal Supporters March on Debate

A rally is being planned for tomorrow’s debate between Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Don Blankenship at the University of Charleston. The Stand Up for Jobs Rally will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the campus of the University of Charleston.  The event is open to everyone who supports American jobs, the coal industry, and West Virginia’s mining heritage.