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In The News: Recent Headlines on Sustainable, Renewable Energy Development and The JOBS Project

• Solar Power Comes to West Virginia
  (BBC News – Washington DC – June 29, 2010)
• West Virginia’s Solar Powered Dilemma
  (BBC News – Washington DC – June 29, 2010)
• Energy Independence Day a success
  (Williamson Daily News – Williamson, W.Va – June 9, 2010)
• Energy Independence Day is scheduled this weekend
  (Williamson Daily News – Williamson, W.Va – June 4, 2010)
• Students explore green energy in trip to wind farm
  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph – May 3, 2010)
• Video: Eric Mathis from The JOBS Project talks renewable energy in West Virginia.
  (West Virginia GreenWorks – April 22, 2010)
• Coal Country Catching Wind of Renewable Energy: Mike McKechnie, the owner of Mountain View Solar & Winds, wants to create jobs in Mingo County.
  (CBS WVNS – April 1, 2010)
• Workshop To Bring Solar Power To Mingo County Institution
  (Public News Service – March 30, 2010)
• Commentary: ‘Help save our mountains!’
  (Boulder Daily Camera – March 27, 2010)
• Wood-based power plant in Ky. offers glimpse of Mingo project
  (Williamson Daily News – November 25, 2009)
• JOBS in the Coalfields, the Right Way
  (Winds of Change: OVEC Newsletter – October, 2009)
• Small Wind Projects = Big Opportunities
  (Public News Service – September 24, 2009)
• Commissioners hear info on possible Pluto wind farm project
  (Register Herald – September 16, 2009)
• Public Opinion Heard on Proposed Wind Farm: Raleigh County Commission hosts public hearing
  (CBS – September 15, 2009)
• Tour offered this Saturday of a waste-to-energy plant
  (Herald Dispatch – September 12, 2009)
• Labor Day of Infamy: Who Killed the Jobs of Van Jones and Coal Miners?
  (Huffington Post – September 7, 2009)
• Now is the Time, Al Gore: Coalfield Uprising and Heroes Need National Defense, Green Jobs
  (Huffington Post – August 28, 2009)
• Group Suggests Plan for Bio-mass Facility: County Commission taking information under advisement.
  (WVNS 59 – August 11, 2009)
• Report: Potential For Clean Energy Jobs In WV, for coverage report go to Station Usage Report
  (Public News Service – June 15, 2009)
• Appalachian Revival
  (Sunday Gazette – Mail; Charleston, W.V. – May 31, 2009)
• Southern W.Va., Ky. residents thinking coal alternatives
  (Williamson Daily News- May 3, 2009)
• Van Jones: Talk to Eric Mathis About Green Jobs, Not Coal Welfare, in Appalachia
  (Huffington Post – March 25, 2009)