The coal trap : how West Virginia was left behind in the clean energy revolution / James M. Van Nostrand.
By: Van Nostrand, James M [author.]
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022Description: ix, 303 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108830584; 9781108822152; 9781108902403Subject(s): Coal trade -- West Virginia -- History -- 21st century | Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- History -- 21st century | Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- History -- United States -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 338.272409754 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 338.272409754 NOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021396 |
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| 338.209 CON Material world : a substantial story of our past and future / | 338.2096 BUR The looting machine : | 338.27240941 PAR Thatcherism and the fall of coal / | 338.272409754 NOS The coal trap : how West Virginia was left behind in the clean energy revolution / | 338.2728 WEN Blood oil : tyrants, violence and the rules that run the world / | 338.272809536 KRA Energy kingdoms : | 338.27280973 MCN Crude volatility : |
Introduction : "The lost decade" -- The rise of environmental regulations under Obama's environmental protection agency -- The shale gas revolution -- The rise of renewable energy -- The "Ds" of today's electric utility industry : decarbonization and decentralization -- From "friends of coal" to the "war on coal" : how West Virginia went from blue to red -- "Leadership" from Washington, DC : the congressional delegation that could have but didn't -- Manchin in the middle -- The failure of the public service commission to serve the public -- The role of the legislature in West Virginia's failed energy policies -- Bailing out the coal industry on the banks of West Virginia's electric ratepayers -- Coal operators get rich and West Virginia gets to clean up the mess -- What the future could hold if leaders choose to lead.