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U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., wants to track the carbon footprint of climate czar John Kerry. In an announcement unrelated to her visit to Bluefield Thursday, Capito said she joined U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in introducing the Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act, proposed legislation that would calculate the use of fossil fuels expended by Kerry and other Biden administration officials while traveling by jet to climate change... Read More

BLUEFIELD — A new infrastructure project that is extending a natural gas pipeline down John Nash Boulevard and all the way to a local industrial park now has the $6 million it needed. Local and state leaders joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., at the Bluefield Area Transit headquarters along John Nash Boulevard to participate in an event celebrating a new natural gas infrastructure extension project. In 2021, Capito secured $2,959,000 in FY22 Congressionally Directed... Read More

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - An energy project years in the making took a step toward completion in Bluefield, W.Va. Thursday. Local leaders said a new pipeline extension, set to run four miles through John Nash Blvd. to Bluefield’s Cumberland Industrial Park, could provide hundreds of jobs for the area. “We believe it’s going to support hundreds of jobs and lead to the creation of hundreds more,” said John O’Neal, Executive Director of the Development Authority of... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline project is expected to restart “soon,” according to its developers, following authorization Wednesday from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. While supporters are celebrating the news as the culmination of a years-long effort, environmental groups say it is the latest in a series of regulatory and legal failures related to the project. “Through their own failures alone, the Mountain Valley Pipeline... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The embattled Mountain Valley Pipeline has received its final green light, and we could see construction work resume there within weeks, according to Congressional sources. The pipeline project has been tied up in the court and Congress for years, but it now has the final go-ahead. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) says that construction on the final 20 miles of pipeline through southern West Virginia should resume within 30 days. Capito first tweeted that the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R, WV) and two other senators say they are introducing the Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act in an attempt to draw attention to the fossil fuels emitted by the travels of the president, his climate czar John Kerry, and the rest of the Biden Administration, despite the administration’s “green agenda.” In a joint press release from the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, the senators said a... Read More

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of State has failed to create a system for tracking carbon emissions of its diplomats as President Joe Biden ordered in 2021, according to a report released Thursday by a federal watchdog. The report, assembled by the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO), concluded that the State Department does "not have a systematic way to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. delegation travel." The determination came in response to a request... Read More

Federal officials and McDowell County officials came together Wednesday for a ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of the first phase of the Coalwood Wastewater project, an effort which will give 72 Coalwood homes access to public sewer service for the first time ever. “Too many communities in the United States and here in West Virginia are still living without the basics—including safe and reliable drinking water and wastewater systems,” said U.S. Environmental Protection... Read More

“It’s the biggest investment in high-speed internet ever,” President Joe Biden said earlier this week. “For today’s economy to work for everyone, internet access is just as important as electricity, water, and other basic services.” Because of the work of U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., $1.21 billion of that will come to the Mountain State. “I heard my grandparents talk about rural electrification back in the... Read More

West Virginia has one of the lowest Internet connectivity rates in the country. BroadbandNow ranks the Mountain State 44th.  According to the West Virginia Office of Broadband, 71 percent of the state has high-speed service (at least 100/20 Mbps) available.  Nine percent of the state is considered underserved, and 21 percent is unserved. Only four percent of the serviceable locations in Calhoun County have high-speed service. In Clay County, it’s only nine... Read More

Legislation that would reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through fiscal 2029 was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is the bill’s lead sponsor. He explained the legislation is designed to promote health benefits by improving air quality nationwide. Administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the DERA program is backed by federal grants. “Since its... Read More

West Virginia has $1.2 billion coming from the federal government for high-speed internet expansion, but it won’t be established with a magic poof. The state still has to get through a series of deadlines and oversight procedures to make sure the broadband rollout is efficient and smooth. “It is a lot of money, and it’s a it’s a huge responsibility and we take it very seriously,” said Kelly Workman, director of the West Virginia Office of Broadband. Over the next... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — Federal regulators have given the Mountain Valley Pipeline the green light to restart construction. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order Wednesday allowing developers to “proceed with all construction activities.” Work on the project is expected to resume “shortly,” said Natalie Cox, director of communications and corporate affairs for project developers Equitrans Midstream Corp., in an email to WV News. “We expect... Read More

“It’s the biggest investment in high-speed internet ever,” President Joe Biden said earlier this week. “For today’s economy to work for everyone, internet access is just as important as electricity, water and other basic services.” Because of the work of U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., $1.21 billion of that will come to the Mountain State. “I heard my grandparents talk about rural electrification back in the ‘30s... Read More

CHARLESTON — United States Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced $1,962,042 for cardiovascular disease and diabetes health services throughout West Virginia. The funding was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is designed to help the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services to support programs that help manage and treat cardiovascular disease and diabetes for those at risk. “According to the CDC, heart disease is the... Read More

“It’s the biggest investment in high-speed internet ever,” President Joe Biden said earlier this week. “For today’s economy to work for everyone, internet access is just as important as electricity, water, and other basic services.” Because of the work of U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., $1.21 billion of that will come to the Mountain State. “I heard my grandparents talk about rural electrification back in the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and a group of her colleagues recently re-introduced the Real Emergencies Act, legislation to clarify that the president does not have the authority to declare a national emergency on the premise of climate change. “The Biden administration has repeatedly governed by executive overreach when it comes to energy and environmental... Read More

President Joe Biden doesn’t have the authority to declare a national emergency over climate change. That’s the opinion of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and other Republican lawmakers who have reintroduced a bill that would prevent Biden from issuing such a declaration. Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced Monday that she has reintroduced the Real Emergencies Act in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate. A companion... Read More

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced $350,000 for three separate economic development councils in West Virginia from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). The funding will be used to support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) across each region. “The EDA is a key partner in growing our state’s local economies, and today’s announcement strengthens that... Read More

We will truly be able to celebrate when we see the results, but we join all West Virginians in cheering the great news that West Virginia will receive more than $1.2 billion in broadband funding. Thanks to the efforts of US Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, as well as state officials and others, West Virginia is one of just 19 states to receive more than $1 billion as part of of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which was established through the Infrastructure... Read More