Topic: West Virginia
Coal industry balks at proposal for higher taxes
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Coal industry balks at Obama administration plan that could raise taxes to pay for regulationCoal companies are objecting to an Obama administration proposal that could raise their state taxes to cover the cost of regulating surface mining. The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is floating the idea ...
Rig count rises by 18
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Rig count up by 18 to 1,335 this weekThe number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 18 this week to 1,335. Baker Hughes Inc., based in Houston, said Friday that 878 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 445 ...
Senate roll vote on Fed chief Ben Bernanke
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Roll Vote: How the Senate voted on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nominationThe 70-30 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A "yes" vote is a vote to confirm the nomination. Voting yes were 47 Democrats ...
Md. wind farm developer to forgo 24 turbines
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Md. wind farm developer, wildlife group settle suit, scale back W.Va. project to protect batA Maryland developer has agreed not to build 24 turbines and will abandon 31 proposed sites at a West Virginia wind farm, settling a lawsuit by environmental groups worried about potential harm to the endangered ...
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