David Beard

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Jun. 1—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — Hope Gas is making steady progress on its Morgantown Connector Project — a new 30-mile pipeline from Wadestown to Morgantown — and took The Dominion Post on a visit to several sites along the route last week. Brittany McDaniel, Hope's director of Engineering Project Management, and Colin Mitchell, project manager for contractor Apex Pipeline Services, led the tour.

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May 25—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — Colleges and universities across the country have seen research grants terminated under DOGE efforts to rein in government spending. West Virginia has been a relatively tiny target, but not immune. WVU Research Corp. recently saw two grants terminated, while West Virginia State University Research and Development Corp. saw one. On April 22, the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $4, 795, 047 grant to WVURC.

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May 23—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week approved Lake Lynn Generation's 2024 update to its recreation plan for the Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Project. The approval came as Lake Lynn pursues relicensing for the project. Lake Lynn did not propose any new recreation sites, facilities, or amenities in its update. FERC approved a couple small changes to the plan. Lake Lynn will remove the fish cleaning station at Cheat Lake Park.

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May 14—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization and three environmental groups have joined in a federal court challenge to the U.S. EPA granting West Virginia the right to primacy in permitting Class VI Underground Injection Wells (UIC) — used for carbon capture and sequestration. They contend the state won't adequately fund or conduct oversight of the permitting, posing environmental and health hazards.

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May 12—dbeard @dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN — Several hundred people turned out at the Erickson Alumni Center Monday afternoon for an open house to learn about the proposed NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic Resiliency Link project. They talked with NextEra employees and viewed the rows of posters displaying the possible routes and how the project will progress.