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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito says President Biden’s top target in 2023 was America’s energy sector. Capito (R-W.Va.) is the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Republicans on the committee recently released a 2023 year in review report titled “Countering Biden’s Radical Green Agenda with Rigorous Oversight & Real Solutions.” The report highlights what it calls “the successful oversight efforts of the EPW Committee in combating the Biden... Read More

On the heels of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, it’s clear that nuclear energy’s role in achieving a clean energy future cannot be overlooked or understated.  At COP28, we heard from dozens of top minds in-person and from afar who echoed the same message: Transitioning to cleaner energy sources cannot come at the price of an unreliable power supply, and that is where nuclear energy comes in. Not only is it a reliable, proven technology, but it is also clean, producing zero... Read More

Eighteen years ago today, an explosion at a coal mine claimed the lives of 12 coal miners and left one in critical condition. Today, West Virginia leaders are remembering those lives that were lost. The explosion happened at Sago Mine in Upshur County near Buckhannon at around 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2006. Thirteen people were left trapped below the surface. It took rescue crews 21 total hours to safely make their way two miles into the mine. When they got to the site of the trapped miners, nearly... Read More

UPSHUR COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – January 2 marks a somber anniversary in West Virginia history, and this year marks 18 years since the Sago Mine Disaster took the lives of 12 coal miners. The tragic event happened on Jan. 2, 2006 when the Sago Mine in Upshur County, West Virginia, exploded. According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, one miner was killed in the initial blast at 6:30 that morning, and the 12 remaining men tried to take cover from the carbon monoxide fumes. It took the crews 41 hours... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips and Commissioners James Danly, Allison Clements, and Mark C. Christie. The Senators urged the Commissioners to work with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) is seeking information from the U.S Treasury Department on designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) financing terrorist activities with crypto assets. In a letter to Brian Nelson, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Capito asked the Treasury to make relevant information regarding the scope of digital asset financing used by FTOs available to Congress. She also wanted to know what steps the... Read More

As the year comes to a close, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has released a new report highlighting the efforts of Senate Republicans to counter what she calls President Joe Biden’s “radical green agenda.” Capito, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, has released a 2023 year in review report of EPW Republicans’ accomplishments and activities titled, “Countering Biden’s Radical Green Agenda with Rigorous Oversight & Real Solutions.” The new... Read More

CHARLESTON – The effort to kickstart a new hydrogen production industry in West Virginia and across the nation could be much harder to do under proposed rules for a tax credit meant to incentivize the new industry. Last week, the U.S. Department of Treasury released guidance for the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit – known as the 45V hydrogen tax credit. The credit, included in the $737 billion Inflation Reduction Act, provides up to $3 per kilogram of hydrogen produced for projects that begin... Read More

Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Republicans are releasing a report highlighting their accomplishments on energy and oversight issues over the course of 2023. The report — titled "Countering Biden’s Radical Green Agenda with Rigorous Oversight & Real Solutions" — states that EPW Republicans successfully "opposed President Biden’s regulatory overreach" while advancing bipartisan legislation. It further points to wins on streamlining infrastructure development, facilitating... Read More

Senator Shelley Moore Capito has nominated 29 high school students in West Virginia for the U.S. Military, Naval, Air Force, and Merchant Marine Academies. Those students were chosen based on their applications and personal interviews with Senator Capito. Five of the students are from our viewing area. Here are their names and the academies they will attend. Hugh Elijah Campbell, Mercer County, U.S. Air Force Academy Olivia Joe Honaker, Fayette County, U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Military... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 79 Senate and House members in sending a bicameral letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Andrea Gacki, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), requesting a delay in the implementation of new reporting requirements for small businesses. The letter – led by U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and U.S. Representatives Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.-10) and Warren... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is once again challenging the Biden administration’s so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0. Capito, ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, joined U.S. Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Tuesday in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan that once again outlines what Capito says is “significant concerns” with the administration’s plan to... Read More

MORGANTOWN – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday granted a three-year extension for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate project. MVPS now has until June 18, 2026, to complete the line and put it into service. FERC voted on MVPS’s timeline extension request during its Tuesday meeting. The 18-page order details arguments opposing the extension and FERC’s reasoning for granting the request. As background, MVPS is planned to extend 40 miles from MVP’s Virginia... Read More

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s U.S. senators continue their push against the Biden administration’s approach to pursuing green energy policy by bypassing Congress and working through agency rules. On Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin asked the Government Accountability Office for a legal opinion on whether the U.S. Treasury’s guidance on implementing the Clean Vehicle Tax Credit, part of of the Inflation Reduction Act, is subject to review under the Congressional Review Act. Manchin is concerned that... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — U.S. Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is again calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration to reconsider its proposed regulations on power plant emissions. Capito, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in penning a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan outlining their “significant concerns” about the agency’s rules package. “We urge the EPA to rescind its Clean Power Plan 2.0... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced $54,320,000 for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project, which includes construction of bridges, interchanges and pedestrian and bicycle connections. The funding is through the Mega Grant program, an infrastructure funding program in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Capito wrote a letter of support for the project to the U.S. Department of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVDN) — Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson regarding reports of designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) financing terrorist activities with crypto assets. Specifically, Senator Capito’s letter asks the Treasury to make relevant information regarding the scope of digital asset financing used by FTOs available to Congress, and... Read More

STAR CITY, W.Va. — One of the best-known interstate exits in West Virginia will be the focal point of a multimillion dollar gateway project. Both West Virginia U.S Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito have announced $54 million in federal funding for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project near Morgantown. The project will include the redesign of the I-79 Star City exit, new interstate bridges, a westbound flyover and a bicycle and pedestrian connection between the Star City Bridge and rail... Read More

Sen. Manchin, Capito announce $54.3 million for I-79 Chaplin Hill Project MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Federal funding for the Chaplin Hill Gateway Project has been secured, according to both of West Virginia’s United States Senators. In press releases from both U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, they announced approximately $54.3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation will be appropriated to support the project. The funding will address a variety of repairs and new... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Funding has been secured to repair and add to exit 155 on Interstate 79 in Morgantown, Sen. Joe Manchin’s office announced Friday. The exit is the main access point from I-79 to Granville, Star City and West Virginia University, including Milan Puskar Stadium and the Coliseum. According to the release, the project will include: Replacing the I-79 bridges of Chaplin Hill Road Reconstructing the exit 155 interchange Reconstructing the westbound I-79 flyover Building a... Read More