West Virginia

WVU partnership with Chinese company targets clean energy discoveries
West Virginia Record
MORGANTOWN – A new partnership between West Virginia University and China ... David B. McKinley, a Republican who serves West Virginia's First ... and seaborne shipments, as well as coal conversion and chemical production, ...

In West Virginia's coal country, a changing economy isn't pulling everyone along
PRI
In West Virginia's coal country, a changing economy isn't pulling everyone along .... I think that would encourage companies to invest in West Virginia.

Jim Justice declared winner in governor's race
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Justice, West Virginia's richest man and the owner of The Greenbrier resort ... taxes that an NPR report showed his companies were delinquent on.

Kevin DiGregorio: Coal-to-chemicals a nut worth cracking (Daily Mail)
Charleston Gazette-Mail (subscription)
Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, likes to say he's been to many groundbreakings for coal-to-chemicals plants but few, if any, ...

West Virginia reports gains for income taxes, employment
Washington Times
(AP) - West Virginia reported a 15 percent increase in October income-tax collections, reflecting ... Mining jobs were down and manufacturing was flat.

United States

ACC Comments On Results Of 2016 U.S. Elections
Yahoo News
9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement in response to the results of last night's ...

US chief executives write open letter to Trump seeking reassurances
Financial Times
Other signatories to the letter, organised by the National Association of Manufacturers, include the chief executives of Pfizer, Honeywell, Lockheed ...

Number of Government Employees Now Surpasses Manufacturing Jobs by 9977000
Breitbart News
Data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show the U.S. lost 9,000 manufacturing jobs while gaining 19,000 government jobs in October ...

OSHA Weighs In on EPA Proposed Rule Governing the Use of New ChemicalSubstances
JD Supra (press release)
Those in the chemical manufacturing and processing, and petroleum and coal manufacturing industries may wish to keep an eye out to see if EPA's ...

Tesla acquires a German automation company to accelerate vehicle production
The Verge
Tesla has agreed to acquire Grohmann Engineering, a German firm that specializes in automated manufacturing. Founder Klaus Grohmann will also ...