Sen. Joe (Coal) Manchin Shows Off State's (Coal) "Diverse Energy Resources "(Coal) To Colleagues

Sen. Joe Manchin invited members from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to visit West Virginia’s energy sites this weekend to demonstrate the state’s ability to utilize diverse energy resources and to be a model for energy independence.

Manchin showed Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, West Virginia’s coalfields, wind farms, hydroelectric plants, Marcellus Shale sites and solar energy portfolio.

Manchin said they visited the ends of the state, from strip-mining in the southern region to natural gas drilling in the Northern Panhandle. And while they saw some things that could be done better, they saw many things the state is doing right, he said.

“I think people have thought of West Virginia as producing coal and coal only, but we are trying to embrace all of this. We don’t want to be written out of the equation when it comes to energy production,” he said. The visiting senators discussed the ability for states to localize energy production by tapping natural resources, the creation of local jobs and accessing energy resources responsibly.

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