West Virginia Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:37:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tesla Motors Banned from Selling Cars in West Virginia https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-west-virginia-banned/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-west-virginia-banned/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2015 16:48:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54130 Tesla Motors has been banned from selling cars in West Virginia, and made Elon Musk to tweet a big “Oh, no!”. If you were thinking that the West Virginia is a fully democratic state, and the American dream of being free is the ultimate stuff you could think of, you’re mostly wrong. It looks like some […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-west-virginia-banned/feed/ 4 54130 Oil Spill West Virginia – Tanker Derails and Explodes (and Just Keeps Burning) https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-spill-west-virginia/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-spill-west-virginia/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:06:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53310 Yesterday, February 16, 2015, a CSX oil tanker train derailed outside of the small towns of Mount Carbon and Boomer, West Virginia, some 33 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. As oil extraction booms in the United States, so does the need for transportation. Unfortunately, the booming oil transportation industry has resulted in even more […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oil-spill-west-virginia/feed/ 0 53310 Freedom Industries Chemical Spill Closes Schools a Month Later https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-closes-schools-month-later-20140210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-closes-schools-month-later-20140210/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:23:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45788 Now-bankrupt Freedom Industries, a month ago, spilled thousands of gallons of chemicals into the Elk River in West Virginia, affecting some 300,000 residents in the area. Cleanup efforts since the January 9th Freedom Industries chemical spill are ongoing, sort of, and is basically restricted to making sure no more of the stuff makes it into […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-closes-schools-month-later-20140210/feed/ 2 45788 Freedom Industries Chemical Spill Bigger Than Previously Thought https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-bigger-previously-thought-20140130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/freedom-industries-chemical-spill-bigger-previously-thought-20140130/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:38:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45568 A chemical spill in West Virginia, which was first detected January 9, was worse than Freedom Industries originally let on, meaning cleanup efforts and people’s daily lives are going to be harder to address. Freedom Industries owns the tank that leaked into West Virginia’s Elk River, spilling some 10,000 gallons of MCHM and PPH (4-methylcyclohexane […]

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