W.Va. Stinks at Curbing Car Pollution, But Uncle Willie’s Comin’!
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Willie’s coming to the Mountain State! Yippee!
This week in the Charleston Beat I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some bad news. What do you want to hear about first? All right, I just noticed you can’t respond, so I’m going to make the decision for you. How about the bad news?
Reports are filing in about our state and our apparent inability to do all we can to reduce gas prices. The Natural Resources Defense Council ranked West Virginia as the seventh worst state in the nation in terms of positive actions implemented to reduce our dependence on oil. Coincidentally, West Virginians are the most at risk from high gas prices. The NRDC report ranked our state 11th in the country of percentage of annual income spent by the consumer on gasoline on average. The report then goes on to say West Virginia has little to no work in incentives or programs for driving hybrid vehicles, greenhouse gas emission standards or restrictions on idling. On top of all this, the report states that our involvemen
Blogging in the Blue
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» Full StoryWV is More Than Just Mountains
West Virginians have long been victims of stereotyping, and while that problem isn’t going to go away overnight, a large group of West Virginia bloggers recently did their part fighting this prejudice via an innovative group effort. On West Vir
» Full StorySizzling Summer Sports
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» Full StoryCharleston News You Can Use — And Possibly Even Abuse
Turns out Budweiser has more “taste” than Miller
Finally the age-old question of whether or not Budweiser or Miller has more taste has ultimately been put to rest — and it has nothing to do with the hops.
Charleston Beat — June 17
West Virginian tractor supports the troops
The United States Army operates as a collective unit. It has agency, overall autonomy and home to some of the most complex and strategic military minds of our time. That’s not to say that t
CharlestOn Beat Poll
Should race be a factor in deciding who to vote for for president?
Halloween Bash Blue Parrot 08
All Good Festival
Bod ? Mike Adkins
Rain ? Morgantown
La Roca
Bonnaroo
His & Hers ? 5.21.08
What's On Your Pod, June 16