Appalachia – Thinking Port

Hurricane Damage In The Blue Ridge Mountains Shows Us Why We Fight

November 1, 2024 admin Appalachia, climate change, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:14:33 +0000

When it comes to sheer altitude, the western mountains of the United States are hard to beat. In North America, they’re the tallest, and even in the Americas, the larger American Cordillera that runs from Alaska to Antarctica has the tallest mountains on both continents. Depending on how you measure … [continued]

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Concerns About Appalachian Hydrogen Hub as Companies Drop Out; New Participants Sought

October 20, 2024 admin Appalachia, arch2, biden, climate change, DOE, earthworks, environment, Environmental, hubs, hydrogen, news, ohio river valley institute, power, Research and Development

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:23:29 +0000

A report from a group that looks at economic conditions in the Appalachia region of the U.S. says a hydrogen hub proposed for the area already faces significant challenges. The […]

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Universities & Colleges From NC & PA Unite On Huge Solar Power Project In … Kentucky?

April 25, 2024 admin Appalachia, brightnight, clean power, colleges, kentucky, midcontinent independent system operator (miso), MISO, nextera energy resouces, ppa, ppas, Solar energy, solar power plants, solar ppas, Universities, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:44:39 +0000

Three universities and six colleges have joined forces to help Kentucky transition from a coal economy to a solar power powerhouse.

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EIA Reports Second Straight Year of Growth for New U.S. Gas-Fired Power Plants

September 5, 2023 admin Appalachia, California, combined cycle, EIA, Florida, Gas, gulf coast, Michigan, natural gas, news, simple cycle

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:35:24 +0000

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects 16 new natural gas-fired power plants will begin commercial operation this year, a second straight year of growth in gas-fired generation […]

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Last Gasp For Mountain Valley Pipeline Natural Gas Project

October 1, 2022 admin Appalachia, berkshire hathaway, bhe renewables, build bakc better, Energy, Fossil Fuels, inflation reduction act of 2022., jim justice, Joe Manchin, mountain valley pipeline, natural gas, policy & politics, renewable energy, shelley moore capito, sunpark, usa, West Virginia

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:30:34 +0000

The Mountain Valley Pipeline saga is not over, but the writing is on the wall for the US natural gas industry in West Virginia and elsewhere.

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IRA Creating Pathways For Renewable Energy Careers In Appalachia

September 14, 2022 admin Appalachia, clean power, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., jobs, Solar energy, Virginia

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:30:30 +0000

Appalachia has supplied the United States with the much of the energy needed to become a manufacturing powerhouse that was the envy of the world. Its coal was essential to the steel mills that made the raw materials for the planes, ships, and trucks that won the Second World War. It also made the electricity […]

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Coal Mining In Extremo

July 5, 2022 admin Appalachia, Coal, Fossil Fuels, mountaintop removal

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:05:05 +0000

In the Appalachian region of the United States, mountaintop removal mining of coal is still a common practice. With the help of tech, algorithms, and satellite imagery, it might finally come to an end. By Frank Odenthal For millions of people around the world, burning coal as a source of energy is a daily reality. […]

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Militant Coal Miners Occupy Kentucky Railroad Over Unpaid Wages

January 14, 2020 admin Appalachia, coal miners, kentucky, Labor

Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:26:37 +0000

On Monday afternoon, workers in Pikesville, Kentucky halted a 120-car train carrying their employer’s coal. Some workers say they’re owed $3,000.

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Tennessee Woman Says Police Chief Watched Her Shower Before Carting Her Off to Jail

November 26, 2019 admin Appalachia, Policing, tennessee

Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:11:01 +0000

“The entire time, plaintiff felt humiliated and had no choice but to allow Tanksley to observe every intimate moment,” according to her lawsuit.

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BMW i3 Is A Perfect Out-Of-Town EV, Smoothly Flowing Through Mountain Roads — BMW i3 vs. The Mountain (Video)

October 6, 2019 admin Appalachia, appalachian mountain, BMW, bmw i3, bmw i3 long-term review, bmw i3 mountains, bmw i3 reviews, bmw i3 rex, bmw i3 rex long-term review, bmw i3 rex mountains, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, COLORADO, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev road trips, North Carolina, tesla, tesla model 3, US

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 15:09:35 +0000

The Model 3 is the standout, Zen-of-zero-emissions electric vehicle that is meeting peoples hopes and wishes straight on. Even though I don’t have a Model 3, I’d agree with anyone singing Model 3 praises. I have ridden in one many times, and I’ve previously written about the expansive back seat experience in a Tesla Shuttle. The praise the Model 3 gets is well deserved

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