Opinion: Energy Policy Must Answer to Reality, Not Rhetoric

January 12, 2026

West Virginia has never lacked opinions about energy. What it has lacked—at least in recent years—is a place where energy policy is tested against reality before it is tested on the people who have to live with the consequences.

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