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Thirty-nine Senate Republicans are sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency requesting its proposed limits on power plant emissions not be implemented, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Post. "The EPA has again grossly misinterpreted the scope of authority Congress granted under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act," reads the letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan. The proposed rule in question would require coal and gas power plants to utilize cleaner... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was one of more than three dozen senators who called Tuesday for the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed regulations for power plants that the lawmakers deems harmful. A total of 39 senators — all Republicans — wrote to the EPA, stating that its proposed “Clean Power Act 2.0,” first introduced in May, is unlawful because it requires generation shifting, which means forcing power plants to change... Read More

A West Virginia clinic will receive $1 million in federal funding to support its medication-assisted treatment access program.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aims to improve health care in rural areas with the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program in Lewisburg, West Virginia  by establishing new Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) access points. By awarding this funding to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s Clinic, federal officials aim to... Read More

West Virginia’s U.S. senators included $6 million for a major addition to the Fredric W. Smith Science Building on the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) campus in a federal appropriations bill approved recently by the Senate Appropriations Committee. “The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine is rapidly adding innovative research and community engagement projects to its medical student experience,” said James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., WVSOM president.... Read More

Federal officials say nearly 5,000 student loan borrowers in West Virginia will have their debt forgiven under President Joe Biden’s latest plan to wipe out student loan debt. However, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, believes the administration’s latest plan will once again end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Capito, speaking last week during her final press briefing before the U.S. Senate’s summer recess, said Congress has not authorized or funded any such student... Read More

There are those who oppose the Mountain Valley Pipeline and those who are pleased the pipeline is moving forward. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who has led efforts to expedite the pipeline, says the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling is a major win for American energy and American jobs. On Thursday, the Supreme Court made the decision that construction will finally resume on the contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Senator Moore Capito says... Read More

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sent a clear message on Thursday with his ruling that overturned Fourth District Court of Appeals rulings that had stopped the resumption of Mountain Valley Pipeline construction. The panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which has previously rejected permits for the project, unanimously decided to grant the motion to stop construction about two weeks ago, a move that drew the ire of U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and... Read More

CHARLESTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a federal court order blocking completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In an order released Thursday morning, Chief Justice John Roberts lifted a stay nearly two weeks ago by a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., that halted progress on the 304-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline that will transport natural gas from Wetzel County to central Virginia. The Fourth Circuit’s three-judge panel... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s nuclear energy bill – the ADVANCE Act – moved forward Thursday night, as the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included the bill. “With today’s passage of the bipartisan ADVANCE Act, we are one step closer to reestablishing America’s preeminence as the global leader in nuclear energy in the 21st century,” Capito said. “Not only does our legislation strengthen our national and... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia leaders are giving their blessings to a new venture for the embattled Pleasants Power Station. And it could mean a new source of energy. This project has officials again praising a potential new source of green energy. This week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, known as FERC, gave its approval for Omnis Fuel Technologies, to buy the Pleasants Power Station. The California-based company plans convert the power plant from coal-fired, to... Read More

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — The final federal permit needed for a steel mill in Mason County has been approved, officials said Friday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a Section 404 permit to Nucor Steel, according to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office. “I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: there truly is no better place to do business than West Virginia,” Manchin said in a news release. “The approval for this final permit is great news... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) – On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes legislation led by Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues that reasserts America’s position as the undisputed international leader for nuclear energy... Read More

  The fight over the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in West Virginia is over — at least for now. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that construction can resume on the long-delayed natural gas pipeline project for West Virginia and neighboring Virginia, striking down a stay issued earlier this month by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., addressed the ruling Thursday during her weekly press briefing. She said the U.S.... Read More

  The Supreme Court on Thursday granted an emergency request from the company behind the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, overturning a lower court’s hold. In an unsigned order with no public dissents, the court granted the request to vacate a stay on a segment of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. “The application to vacate stays presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted,” the court wrote in its one-page order. The Fourth Circuit Court... Read More

  WASHINGTON (WV News) — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to lift the stays that have halted the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project that she believes will be a huge boon to West Virginia. Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District — located in Richmond, Virginia — released rulings to stop the project, which is set to transport natural gas roughly 300 miles from West... Read More

  WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline despite lawsuits against it. The controversial project, which would carry natural gas from West Virginia to southern Virginia, became even more controversial due to how the final deal for it was struck. “I’m elated about this,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) said. “It’s exciting to see that that last 5% of the pipeline will be... Read More

  The fight over the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in West Virginia is over — at least for now. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that construction can resume on the long-delayed natural gas pipeline project for West Virginia and neighboring Virginia, striking down a stay issued earlier this month by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., addressed the ruling Thursday during her weekly press briefing. She said the U.S.... Read More

  The U.S. Supreme Court cleared a path for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline by issuing an order that lifted an appeals court stay. The Supreme Court was acting on an emergency intervention request by the pipeline developers, who said the project could not be completed by winter without the go-ahead. Developers have said Mountain Valley Pipeline is more than 90 percent complete, but construction experienced repeated delays through environmental challenges in court. The... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed construction to resume on a contested natural-gas pipeline that is being built through Virginia and West Virginia. Work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline had been blocked by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, even after Congress ordered the project’s approval as part of the bipartisan bill to increase the debt ceiling. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law in June. The high... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated stays placed on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, allowing the pipeline’s construction to resume as legal battles continue. Project developers Equitrans Midstream Corporation petitioned Chief Justice John Roberts to lift the orders handed down July 10 and 11 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. “The application to vacate stays presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is... Read More