Starr Spencer
Senior Writer 
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September 16, 2014 00:01 UTC 
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Did you ever feel like that kid in the poster for the classic movie “Home Alone” who is clutching his face with both hands, mouth agape in shock at having to foil two nitwit burglars? I did when I saw the initial natural gas production rates that have come out of some recent Utica Shale wells. Although it wasn’t out of shock but sheer awe at the volumes being yielded by wells the Northeast US natural gas-prone play. |
Brian Scheid
Senior editor, oil news 
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July 19, 2013 16:11 UTC
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Despite the abundance of desert sunshine, a solar panel in Arizona may have just a fraction of the value the same panel might have in New Jersey and a wind turbine in Indiana might be 42 times more valuable than the same turbine in California. And wind and solar generation in West Virginia may be several times more valuable than the same renewable power sources in windier and sunnier states. |
Rodney White
Reporter
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January 11, 2013 10:58 UTC
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“Natural gas is a transition fuel,” said Don Garvin, the legislative coordinator for the West Virginia Environmental Council. “It will transition us away from coal and help in our battle against climate change.” Garvin’s point of view won’t score him any points with the state’s coal industry or some folks in the natural gas industry, who view him with some skepticism. Privately, it is said acidly by some that Garvin “found religion” after exiting the business. |
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Rodney White
Reporter
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October 5, 2012 09:44 UTC
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In West Virginia, oil and gas producers believe they will have a friend in the governor’s office regardless of who wins, but they are definitely leaning toward the incumbent, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. |
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Rodney White
Reporter
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October 19, 2011 09:30 UTC
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The West Virginia Center for Business and Economic Development recently confirmed what many in the state’s natural gas industry have claimed: Marcellus shale producers in the Mountain State pay more in taxes than producers in neighboring states. |
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