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U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined 38 other Republican senators Tuesday in calling upon the federal Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its Clean Power Plan 2.0. The new rules ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year in W.Va. v. EPA and would require the closure of more coal- and gas-fired power plants across the nation, the GOP lawmakers argue. Capito, ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop the first National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) in West Virginia at Mountwest Community and Technical College... Read More

A bill that updates the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through fiscal 2029 was recently approved by a committee in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan measure is designed to promote health benefits through air quality improvements around the country, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, explained. He is the bill’s sponsor. “Since its implementation in 2005, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act has been one of our... Read More

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bureaucrats simply can’t help themselves, it seems. Once again this spring, they proposed power plant regulations that would force the closure of some coal and gas-fired power plants, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having already told the agency it can’t do that. “In direct conflict with West Virginia v. EPA, this proposal requires generation shifting from fossil-fuel power to other types of energy. While the Agency falsely claims this does... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., joined 38 other Republican senators Tuesday in calling upon the federal Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its so-called “Clean Power Plan 2.0.” The new rules ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last year in “W.Va. Vs. EPA,” and would require the closure of more coal and gas-fired power plants across the nation, the GOP lawmakers argue. Capito, ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee,... Read More

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

Thirty-nine Senate Republicans called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday to withdraw its proposed power plant rule, alleging that the regulations are fundamentally flawed and run afoul of a Supreme Court ruling on the agency’s powers last year. The proposal, which aims to curb planet-warming emissions from fossil-fired power plants, would require coal plants to capture 90 percent of their emissions by 2030 and give gas plants the option to capture 90 percent... 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

The public has another week to comment on proposed rules for power plants. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, have asked the Biden administration to withdraw them.  U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and 38 of her Republican colleagues have asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to scrap its power plant proposal. The requirement that coal and natural gas power plants capture all of their carbon dioxide emissions or switch to clean hydrogen after 2030 cannot be achieved,... Read More

Beckley, WV (WOAY)- A dedication ceremony was held in Beckley to celebrate the opening of Fruits of Labor’s new cafe location. The new building will be the organization’s fourth location. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito made an appearance at the ceremony. Fruits of Labor is a cafe and catering service based in Rainelle. The organization has more locations in Alderson and Montgomery. In addition to operating as a restaurant, Fruits of Labor is a social enterprise that accepts drug... 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, 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

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

  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

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

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