# ![@tatecurtis Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::47404357.png) @tatecurtis Curtis L. Tate 🤷‍♂️

Curtis L. Tate 🤷‍♂️ posts on X about west virginia, in the, tate, investment the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[west virginia](/topic/west-virginia), [in the](/topic/in-the), [tate](/topic/tate) #17, [investment](/topic/investment), [jersey](/topic/jersey), [gas](/topic/gas), [ai](/topic/ai), [editor](/topic/editor), [supreme court](/topic/supreme-court), [blackrock](/topic/blackrock)

**Top assets mentioned**
[BlackRock Inc (BLK)](/topic/blackrock) [Dogecoin (DOGE)](/topic/doge) [Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP)](/topic/alliance-resource) [Duke Energy Corp (DUK)](/topic/$duk) [SENATE (SENATE)](/topic/senate) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver who's [--] on COVID concerns: 'Thank heavens we don't have a jury that at least relieves the problem to some extent. But we're just running on good luck right now so far and we're going to have to hope that it continues.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1551982566466392064)  2022-07-26T17:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm tempted to get on this CSX Q2 investor call to hear if anyone brings up the m-word (merger) https://investors.csx.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2025/CSX-Corp--Announces-Second-Quarter-2025-Results/default.aspx https://investors.csx.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2025/CSX-Corp--Announces-Second-Quarter-2025-Results/default.aspx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1948115103380860935)  2025-07-23T20:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Unless something changes Appalachian Power and Mon Power customers will be on the hook for the OVEC contract until [----]. https://wvpublic.org/story/energy-environment/pricey-power-from-out-of-state-coal-plants-how-we-found-out/ https://wvpublic.org/story/energy-environment/pricey-power-from-out-of-state-coal-plants-how-we-found-out/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1969064948702585307)  2025-09-19T15:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Nearly everyone who pays an electricity bill in WV is covering the losses at the OVEC plants which were built in [----] to power a federal uranium enrichment facility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1969065918920528165)  2025-09-19T15:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"CSX has a new CEO following the completion of two big-ticket capital projects and a call by activist investors to shake up leadership: https://investors.csx.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2025/CSX-Corp--Announces-Leadership-Transition/default.aspx https://investors.csx.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2025/CSX-Corp--Announces-Leadership-Transition/default.aspx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1972663467162095735)  2025-09-29T14:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My safe word is securitization"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2011945238940500049)  2026-01-15T23:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Word of advice: 'Duke Kentucky' is not an efficient way to search for Duke Energy Kentucky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2014795843019169944)  2026-01-23T20:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"An enhanced buyout My last one was the opposite two years of my employment didnt count. This is from the email that Evening News staffers got: The Evening News has a new host and a new direction and there will be more change coming. We hope you are excited about this vision but we understand that some of you may not be and we want to provide support. As such This is from the email that Evening News staffers got: The Evening News has a new host and a new direction and there will be more change coming. We hope you are excited about this vision but we understand that some of you may not be and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2016684824979702185)  2026-01-29T01:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BradKutner @TylerEnglander Have you seen Heated Rivalry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2016946167116939435)  2026-01-29T18:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BradKutner Melania watch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2017009018510737477)  2026-01-29T22:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Excellent discussion on @scifri on solar wind and batteries in China. Theyre building it AND using it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2017329774771732674)  2026-01-30T20:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"China still half powered by coal but % is going down. Demand growth met by renewables"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2017331354921238700)  2026-01-30T20:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JusticeHudson97 @four4thefire Its hard for me to embrace this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2017733145815089448)  2026-01-31T22:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SimonMahan @Gabby_Hoffman Great if you dont mind waiting [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2018097430776950955)  2026-02-01T23:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jmain_joe Can you share a link"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2018561291984712139)  2026-02-03T05:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I did not cancel my Washington Post subscription last time others did. Im seriously considering it now. Id like to support news organizations that still believe in the mission of journalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2019151516284645773)  2026-02-04T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Thought @TrainsMagazine should know that one of its most notable contributors and childhood friend of David Morgan Charles Castner has died at age [--] in his hometown of Louisville. https://www.pearsonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Charles-B-CastnerobId=47177247 https://www.pearsonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Charles-B-CastnerobId=47177247"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2019258762725584978)  2026-02-05T03:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bitmapped Same bill introduced in Kentucky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2019263088659427666)  2026-02-05T04:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I feel for the folks laid off from the Washington Post. I think it must be said though that this has been the reality for local news for some time. https://www.cjr.org/feature/carpenter-media-ominous-takeover-local-news-tuscaloosa-alabama-homer-alaska-pleznac-charlie-kirk.php https://www.cjr.org/feature/carpenter-media-ominous-takeover-local-news-tuscaloosa-alabama-homer-alaska-pleznac-charlie-kirk.php"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2020206149702930693)  2026-02-07T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Not that metrics are everything but theyre not nothing. "Its an unfortunate truism that bad news in the real world is often good news for news publishers." https://t.co/43fPB4g4Ks "Its an unfortunate truism that bad news in the real world is often good news for news publishers." https://t.co/43fPB4g4Ks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2020215332686741601)  2026-02-07T19:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@McFaul Its not about what he said. Its about who he is. They dont consider him an American"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2020712124755173631)  2026-02-09T04:11Z [----] followers, 18.7K engagements


"@christopherrufo @brianstelter Started"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2021061255616921732)  2026-02-10T03:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JDwithTW @USCBO Still not enough to close the deficit though right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2021622637785420037)  2026-02-11T16:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@cleantechfacts We did two OVEC stories last year. Here's one: https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-11-11/unprofitable-out-of-state-coal-plants-costing-kentucky-electricity-customers https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-11-11/unprofitable-out-of-state-coal-plants-costing-kentucky-electricity-customers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2021718340171858305)  2026-02-11T22:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cleantechfacts Here's another: https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-09-12/these-coal-plants-lose-money-other-states-have-walked-away-but-not-west-virginia https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-09-12/these-coal-plants-lose-money-other-states-have-walked-away-but-not-west-virginia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2021718438977106191)  2026-02-11T22:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Kentucky Utilities' largest coal plant is one of seven recipients of $175 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy. https://www.weku.org/the-commonwealth/2026-02-12/kentucky-utilities-ghent-coal-plant-selected-for-federal-grant https://www.weku.org/the-commonwealth/2026-02-12/kentucky-utilities-ghent-coal-plant-selected-for-federal-grant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2022383474087490001)  2026-02-13T18:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Appalachian Power John Amos and Mountaineer plants and Mon Power's Fort Martin Power Station all in West Virginia are on the list. As is the OVEC Kyger Creek plant in Ohio which figured prominently into the biggest public corruption scandal in Ohio history. More to come"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2022383995816915377)  2026-02-13T18:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The loss of [---] southern WV coal jobs would seem to be a big deal a day after Trump had coal industry reps and coal state lawmakers at the WH to announce more efforts to bolster coal: https://wvmetronews.com/2026/02/13/seven-mining-operations-in-southern-west-virginia-to-close-530-to-be-laid-off/ https://wvmetronews.com/2026/02/13/seven-mining-operations-in-southern-west-virginia-to-close-530-to-be-laid-off/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2022379825906766075)  2026-02-13T18:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One of Trumps guests at the WH was Joe Craft whose coal company Alliance Resource Partners closed a coal mine in northern WV putting [---] workers out of a job. H/T @liamniemeyer https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/12/ky-utility-gets-trump-administration-funding-for-smog-controls-at-coal-fired-power-plant/ https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/12/ky-utility-gets-trump-administration-funding-for-smog-controls-at-coal-fired-power-plant/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2022392423075450991)  2026-02-13T19:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This will not save coal. The Obama and Biden Admins hoarded themselves an absurd amount of power off a very creative and totally improper interpretation of the Clean Air Act. The Trump EPA is following the best reading of the law which is why we repealed the [----] Endangerment Finding ALL Greenhouse Gas https://t.co/n5c5RsnN5r The Obama and Biden Admins hoarded themselves an absurd amount of power off a very creative and totally improper interpretation of the Clean Air Act. The Trump EPA is following the best reading of the law which is why we repealed the [----] Endangerment Finding ALL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/2022465125794349107)  2026-02-14T00:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cleantechfacts 'data available from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows most of the coal purchased for the OVEC plants last year was imported from mines in Kentucky and West Virginia owned by Alliance Resource Partners. The companys CEO Joseph Craft is a major GOP fundraiser'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1904205073082708273)  2025-03-24T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Though West Virginia electricity customers have paid for the Mitchell upgrades the plant had a capacity factor of less than 30% last year the lowest of the three AEP plants in the state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1892976377852502419)  2025-02-21T16:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"We learned last week that more than [---] coal jobs would be cut in southern West Virginia. According to state data Kentucky shed [---] coal jobs from the end to [----] to the end of [----]. Production picked up a little in the last three months of last year but employment did not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023415879938273520)  2026-02-16T15:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The country is undergoing a massive demographic change as demonstrated by the results of yesterday's election. The change was also evident in the presidential elections of [----] and 2012"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1060312362086006784)  2018-11-07T23:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Gov. Beshear on Kentucky basketball players who did a BLM video: 'They have the right to speak their truth.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1300899252848209920)  2020-09-01T20:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mikecatalini Thats still going on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1351966545396772864)  2021-01-20T18:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pdougherty In this case it could not: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/politics/montana-misinformation-national-heritage.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/politics/montana-misinformation-national-heritage.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1452391941660946436)  2021-10-24T21:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"One company that supports the Manchin-Schumer bill American Electric Power whose Appalachian Power & Wheeling Power subsidiaries serve a million customers in WV VA & TN. https://www.eenews.net/articles/why-utilities-are-lining-up-behind-the-climate-bill/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/why-utilities-are-lining-up-behind-the-climate-bill/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1555233743043825665)  2022-08-04T16:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The challenges disadvantaged applicants face in navigating elite academic institutions are some of the same challenges the same applicants face in navigating elite media institutions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1674459103257669634)  2023-06-30T00:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fickle billionaires will not solve our problems Chapter 1259"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1678535120364470272)  2023-07-10T23:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Im struggling to grasp that five years after Paradise California burned to the ground weve lost another paradise in Maui to fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1689769401145282560)  2023-08-10T22:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Tragically it appears the residents of Lahaina had little warning of the danger much like those in Paradise. And the death toll is creeping closer to the Camp Fire too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1690182616958255105)  2023-08-12T02:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Railroads had mixed success [--] years ago keeping information about flammable crude oil shipments from public view but they lost badly in Maryland and Pennsylvania (attaching @GOVERNING link because @McClatchyDC coverage is now behind a paywall)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1700250393593389436)  2023-09-08T20:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@GOVERNING @McClatchyDC Also justified as 'trade secrets.' A Maryland court a Pennsylvania administrative judge and the Texas Attorney General's office among others didn't buy it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1700250736893034940)  2023-09-08T20:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The state Public Service Commission may be the least paid attention to government agency with the most impact on residents. We might want to expect them to be transparent about the contracts they enter with consultants who could influence their decisions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1700975855647015416)  2023-09-10T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's not unusual to see one of Jim Justice's companies in court. It might be a bit more unusual for the plaintiff to be an offshore investment firm and for that firm to ask the court to order U.S. Marshals to seize a helicopter:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1707494737232683062)  2023-09-28T20:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This may not get a lot of attention on a busy news weekend but a U.S. District Court has ruled against Union Carbide. The judge ordered the company to clean up a hazardous waste site calling it an illegal 'open dump' that required a permit from the EPA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1708304184297013496)  2023-10-01T02:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This is obviously wrong. I-80 east does not go directly to Ocean City. It goes to the George Washington Bridge into New York City. Look it up @sacbee_news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1709061570213355643)  2023-10-03T04:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If they can come for his helicopter they can come for yours. Court Orders Marshals to Seize Helicopter From Justice-Owned Company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1710078476240490761)  2023-10-05T23:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Not like there's anything else going on in the world right now but the governor's company's helicopter story has taken a new turn. The creditor seeking repayment of a $13 million debt says it's been moved to another state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1711899466859504042)  2023-10-11T00:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Caroleng investments which prefers if you call it a special purpose investment vehicle not an offshore shell company asks the court to order Bluestone resources to turn over the helicopter to the U.S. Marshals subject to contempt of court"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1711900447038972364)  2023-10-11T00:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Special purpose investment vehicles not incorporated in the British Virgin Islands are just sparking shell companies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1711901725030842500)  2023-10-11T00:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On another busy news day more on the helicopter: Federal Judge Blocks Seizure Of Justice Coal Company Helicopter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1712510159157596611)  2023-10-12T16:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RyanVanVelzer @oliviakrauth West Virginia not talking about new coal plants either. Frankly not on anyones agenda"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1714327458894184771)  2023-10-17T17:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Caption this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1715472193797439503)  2023-10-20T20:56Z [----] followers, 12.4K engagements


"Absolutely meaningless in the grand scheme of things but Michael Jordan Jim Jordan and I share the same birthday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1715806417855107555)  2023-10-21T19:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RylandKY @WFPLNews @889WEKU @wkupublicradio @wkms He's also on Threads"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1717276133291659429)  2023-10-25T20:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ijbailey I remembered the drone strikes and all the civilian casualties involved. I'm sure they took out high-value targets. But at what cost"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1719850760278585560)  2023-11-01T22:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"As attorney general Cameron advocated to the very same Kentucky Public Service Commission for the retirement of the Mitchell coal fired power plant in West Virginia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1721988686580187294)  2023-11-07T20:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Just a thought but maybe lies about trans kids and coal fired power plants dont win elections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1722088675142492297)  2023-11-08T03:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"At some point today I'll be on @NPR @hereandnow talking about Manchin Justice and West Virginia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1722997708238082288)  2023-11-10T15:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We associate the Big Dig with big delays and cost overruns. But Plant Vogtle gave us those on an even larger scale. Should we call it the Big Nuke via @YouTube"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1724635620197138847)  2023-11-15T03:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"These tributes to Rosalynn Carter put an important spotlight on hospice care. My grandfather and later my sister benefited from it. They were able to live out their last days in a comfortable setting not in a hospital or a nursing home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1726373657956511980)  2023-11-19T22:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I thought @JudyWoodruff's eulogy of Rosalynn Carter captured the moment well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1729898322587242898)  2023-11-29T16:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Liz Cheney interview with @nprfreshair. Worth a listen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1732214690007191782)  2023-12-06T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The state's leading manufacturers have already told lawmakers that they're concerned about rising electricity prices. They think the state should have a more diverse generation portfolio. Are they wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1734702858572828881)  2023-12-12T22:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Maybe they should hear from Mon Power about what it took to bring Harrison Unit [--] back online last December. They brought it back up on Christmas Eve Until they did there was no nuclear wind solar or even gas to take its place. Talk about a policy choice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1734704287790350430)  2023-12-12T22:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have questions for the Colorado Supreme Court. Like what did the popes proclamation actually mean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1737300744678629479)  2023-12-20T02:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChangeWVmore @PhilKabler In-migration is not surging if you believe in math. Twice as many people died as moved to the state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1737632864353562888)  2023-12-21T00:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Seriously is it a rocket ship or a ghost train"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1737637513114890596)  2023-12-21T00:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And in Florida incidentally the weather may be more of a draw than the lack of a state income tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1737638240172331456)  2023-12-21T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Yesterday we visited the largest solar installation in West Virginia a 19MW facility at Fort Martin in Monongalia County. Mon Power plans four others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1743363490226827406)  2024-01-05T20:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's quite a contrast as this solar array is squeezed between two coal-fired power plants. One has free fuel and the other well does not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1743363701846180141)  2024-01-05T20:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Reviewing yesterdays NTSB briefing Chair Homendy talks of an explosive decompression in the Alaska Airlines [---] MAX. But: NO structural damage to the plane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1744523846449840593)  2024-01-09T00:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If I remember this right $3/MMBtu is about the threshold where natural gas starts to throttle coal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1745477545514930302)  2024-01-11T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"From the latest @ieefa_institute analysis of @EIAgov data: Wind and solar projected to push past gas (gas) in Texas (Texas) in [----] (2025)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1745488359324291279)  2024-01-11T16:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This site says I might like Elon Musk ESPN and Kanye West. LOL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745565628159930765)  2024-01-11T21:57Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"You mean Nick Saban Im incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in the history of the NFL Tom Brady wrote in his post. https://t.co/7iCbqvQerk Im incredibly grateful to have played for the best coach in the history of the NFL Tom Brady wrote in his post. https://t.co/7iCbqvQerk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1745604147473260808)  2024-01-12T00:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Are we still doing this Does it really work 'Thats why theres some resentment of praising teams like Fast Break a relatively new team dedicated to fast coverage of breaking news and trending topics because you know are we rewarding the right thing'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1747356499335328073)  2024-01-16T20:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"More on this later but its striking to me that at a conference in the heart of Appalachian coal country a presenter said the future belongs to gas and renewables. Not coal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748021067552002339)  2024-01-18T16:34Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Another takeaway: Gas is in oversupply. It needs new markets. Thats the significance of both the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Hydrogen Hub. Both will give that gas somewhere to go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1748021530661925180)  2024-01-18T16:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@seanholeary1 The oil and gas association had a presenter yesterday who told the room that wind and solar are the cheapest form of electricity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748435359178932735)  2024-01-19T20:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"All I can say is subscribe to a newspaper. Contribute to public and nonprofit media. Its as much a part of civic engagement as voting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1749939730865684692)  2024-01-23T23:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I dont understand throwing soup at the Mona Lisa but I kind of understand throwing it at the TV when your team loses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1751744952692838403)  2024-01-28T23:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It is a bit of a split screen to have this gala dinner tonight when so many journalists are out of work. It's a sell out. the last table at the 78th Annual Congressional Dinner has been reserved Individual tickets remain for journalists interested in joining us. #wpcfdinner https://t.co/ZHE774JzEM It's a sell out. the last table at the 78th Annual Congressional Dinner has been reserved Individual tickets remain for journalists interested in joining us. #wpcfdinner https://t.co/ZHE774JzEM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1752868425418895833)  2024-02-01T01:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I kind of like Givenchy Jesus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1753593642474705382)  2024-02-03T01:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@johnsb01 And is there really a Central New York New Jersey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1754311229751820708)  2024-02-05T01:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JakeAnbinder New Jersey wants a word"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1754311824084697401)  2024-02-05T01:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Obeisance is not job security"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1754725573752942855)  2024-02-06T04:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Some of my public media colleagues and friends should remember: Traditional printed news has been decimated. People didnt leave it because they werent capable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1754733411686584792)  2024-02-06T05:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Heard you on @npr a few minutes ago @jraindc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1758612760806482222)  2024-02-16T22:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"'Sometimes the business incentives of LNG companies align with U.S. foreign policy goals but U.S. foreign policy does not dictate shipments ofLNG.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760008464108343646)  2024-02-20T18:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Well lookee here: 'The Department of Energy under President Trump concluded in a2018 study that when the U.S. exports more gas households will pay higher prices for the natural gas that they use (e.g. for heating and cooking).'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760009162506019167)  2024-02-20T18:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What's not a large employer Coal. According to state data Mineral County produced zero tons in 2021"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760320183569396223)  2024-02-21T15:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@craasch Social media has turned our brains to mush"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760378002515665212)  2024-02-21T18:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"But the Fort Martin Power Station could be a poster child for the Good Neighbor Rule. It is right on the Pennsylvania border and it does not have SCR which is considered the optimal system to remove NOx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760458606409879670)  2024-02-22T00:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Should the Supreme Court leave the Good Neighbor Rule in place Mon Power may have to spend $500 million to install SCR at Fort Martin. And will no doubt ask the WVPSC to recover that from its customers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760459189787181057)  2024-02-22T00:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@profkakie That would be flue gas desulfurization FGD which removes sulfur dioxide SO2. SCR removes nitrogen oxide NOx. Prevents acid rain and smog respectively"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760461756512481338)  2024-02-22T00:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A note to national reporters: Dont parachute into a place and act like you know what youre talking about. Ask the people who do. If they give you info that challenges your narrative adjust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1760480087525163511)  2024-02-22T01:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"One of the first five banks to land on the WV Treasurer's 'restricted financial institutions list' was BlackRock. As it turns out BlackRock is very involved in fossil fuels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1762589350058156535)  2024-02-27T21:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This week six more banks got warning letters from the WV Treasurer. None of the original five has petitioned the Treasurer to be removed including BlackRock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1762590680852132067)  2024-02-27T21:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"BlackRock also has a big stake in Gulf Coast LNG export projects. From @keratx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1762857619973398925)  2024-02-28T15:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Id repost some of these stories but theyre behind the McClatchy paywall. In addition to the award I won the open-records cases were the highlight for me. To be sure we didnt win all of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1764100856822026447)  2024-03-03T01:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Id like to think we put the fear into some railroad brass that is until McClatchy abolished my beat and offered me a buyout which I took. Profit seems to win over public interest every time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1764102945740599760)  2024-03-03T01:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Whats happened in the past five or [--] years has changed how I feel about this. It started with the first company dismantling its wire service and shuttering its foreign bureaus. It continued with the other cutting its headcount by the thousands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1764815090048483647)  2024-03-05T00:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nonprofit media are far from perfect. But at least their mission and values are not guided by Wall Street whims and distant CEOs who dont care about local news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1764815910550823324)  2024-03-05T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@phileil Not Pawtucket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1765134906860990951)  2024-03-05T21:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I didnt know that BlackRock was one of the largest investors in Gannett. BlackRock the firm shunned by a number of Republican states because its too woke. Gannett the media company thats cut thousands of jobs including my last one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1765905724830265562)  2024-03-08T01:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Some BackGround on BlackRock:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1765912991323598916)  2024-03-08T01:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What connects Charleston to New York Newark and Washington Cass Gilbert designed the West Virginia Capitol the U.S. Supreme Court the Essex County Courthouse and the Federal Court and U.S Customs House in New York"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1766633697711726957)  2024-03-10T01:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This pumped storage project is getting an $81 million jolt from @ENERGY. Appropriately it's going to be built on a former coal mine site in southeast KY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1770822686257578461)  2024-03-21T14:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"SOAR's take: 'Coal is our heritage. But our ability to attract and retain industrial partners and deliver reliable affordable power to homes schools hospitals businesses and public facilities will depend on local leaders embracing new ideas.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1770824112446800154)  2024-03-21T14:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm still trying to process the sight of an international container ship demolishing a major bridge in seconds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1772735530670673979)  2024-03-26T21:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Interesting breakdown of where export coal goes from Baltimore. Most steam coal goes to India. Most met coal goes to Japan China and South Korea. @EIAgov https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.phpid=61663 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.phpid=61663"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1773366480895201337)  2024-03-28T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Sec Pete: 'You know when they pushed against the rules requiring two-person crews at the state level one of the things the railroad lobby said was the federal government should be the one to make the rule so theres uniformity across state lines. So here we go.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1775232069423305015)  2024-04-02T18:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The University of Kentucky which John Calipari is leaving was founded in [----] a year after the Arizona abortion ban was enacted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1777764338347970733)  2024-04-09T18:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Al Cross says he sees more substandard journalism today than five or [--] years ago. Or propaganda masquerading as journalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1777828834739400788)  2024-04-09T22:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"All of which is corroding democracy and civic engagement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1777829045821968793)  2024-04-09T22:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We need to teach the difference between news media and social media Cross says. Which of the two should you trust he asks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1777829265427386427)  2024-04-09T22:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Too many news orgs giving audience what they want not what they need Cross says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1777829555761279361)  2024-04-09T22:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Trumps rise plus social media has nationalized the news at the expense of local news Cross says"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1777829753967267985)  2024-04-09T22:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My dog has lived in so many places youd think she was using the transfer portal. Coming: NIL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1778265974908596538)  2024-04-11T03:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Really how Record oil and gas production record LNG exports. Joe Bidens war on American energy has made us more reliant on foreign adversaries for energy. Energy independence is critical to national security. We must end this war by restoring an America First energy policy which will make us energy dominant once again. Joe Bidens war on American energy has made us more reliant on foreign adversaries for energy. Energy independence is critical to national security. We must end this war by restoring an America First energy policy which will make us energy dominant once again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1778840897334972581)  2024-04-12T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The car took my federal tax return. The dog took my state tax return. Nothing left for me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1781029994761728004)  2024-04-18T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"'Shoring up and building more fossil fuel-fired resources in the name of reliabilitythe current mainstream approachwill only worsen climate change and the pummeling of the electric grid that occurs with ever more extreme weather.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1783885667837350275)  2024-04-26T15:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"'The economics of clean energy have shifted the private sector is already building out a carbon-free generation portfolio and our grid reliability institutions are perversely now some of the primary barriers to a reliable grid.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1783886036722131096)  2024-04-26T15:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"One thing to love about her is she doesnt go berserk when other dogs come past. Most of them do just that when she comes past"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1784718419939524888)  2024-04-28T22:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This makes me feel like the retired prison warden who sits on the porch in the evening with his dog"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1784724278392299963)  2024-04-28T23:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I hope its not too late to say we can condemn antisemitism and harassment AND respect the right of students to assemble and protest a policy they disagree with. And for the press to cover it without interference from law enforcement or university brass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1785441227086626975)  2024-04-30T22:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Remind me what did their grandparents do to the lunch counter protesters White male Ole Miss students are vast outnumbering the pro-Palestinian student protesters shouting hey hey hey good bye One white male yelled at the protesters your nose is huge @MSTODAYnews White male Ole Miss students are vast outnumbering the pro-Palestinian student protesters shouting hey hey hey good bye One white male yelled at the protesters your nose is huge @MSTODAYnews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1786109296411042164)  2024-05-02T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@EmmettPepperWV @ChangeWVmore And maybe admit you never wanted lunch counters to be integrated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1786201603072020858)  2024-05-03T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AskAnnAli Sorry but Pieces is currently the most popular dog in Charleston"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1786206831674552426)  2024-05-03T01:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The purse has gone up $2 million in five years. Inflation is everywhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1786888266202960299)  2024-05-04T22:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ashtonpittman Also: She taunted the frat boys so theyre not responsible for how they behaved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1787238429081661562)  2024-05-05T21:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I find the public service award and the special citation more notable than Big Papers winning Big Prizes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1787574537519022570)  2024-05-06T20:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So did @NPR which led its newscast reader with the Public Service prize to @propublica and the photography prize to @AP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1787607062056169480)  2024-05-06T22:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This was Appalachian Powers coal plant in Glen Lyn Virginia. It closed in [----] and operated for nearly [---] years. This was a case of regulatory pressure. It could not be economically upgraded to meet the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1789081098946740417)  2024-05-10T23:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Having said that the war on coal was largely a fiction created by coal-state lawmakers. Who won the war Gas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1789100099823374444)  2024-05-11T01:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RyanEQuinn @caitycoyne @dougskaff Karma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1790572859070222605)  2024-05-15T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Sammy_Roth My tack is and will continue to be to emphasize the economics of the energy transition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1791181317666898070)  2024-05-16T18:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Interesting: Scottie Scheffler's attorney also represented Kenneth Walker Breonna Taylor's boyfriend. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/2024/05/17/pga-championship-2024-scottie-scheffler-valhalla-golf-club-traffic-incident/73651190007/ https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/2024/05/17/pga-championship-2024-scottie-scheffler-valhalla-golf-club-traffic-incident/73651190007/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1791557527483928634)  2024-05-17T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"By Harrison Butker I think Harrison Butker is right: Women are wired to want to be wives and mothers Opinion https://t.co/GmwdGidOpB I think Harrison Butker is right: Women are wired to want to be wives and mothers Opinion https://t.co/GmwdGidOpB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1792592375597904045)  2024-05-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Supreme Court won't hear eminent domain case of Virginia landowners against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. https://www.wvtf.org/news/2024-05-20/supreme-court-wont-hear-landowners-eminent-domain-mvp-case https://www.wvtf.org/news/2024-05-20/supreme-court-wont-hear-landowners-eminent-domain-mvp-case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1792664249816502666)  2024-05-20T21:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@d_yetter @NPR @nprscottsimon He also has very soft hands We met in Chicago in [----] @nlgja"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1794532320898351153)  2024-05-26T00:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@d_yetter @NPR @nprscottsimon @nlgja Backstory: Before I launched my journalism career I was a board operator @WFPLNews on Saturday mornings and brought Scott and Weekend Edition to the local listeners. With analog equipment dating to the 1970s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1794533248208695431)  2024-05-26T00:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@d_yetter @NPR @nprscottsimon @nlgja @WFPLNews It was 1997-2000 which seems like a lifetime ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1794534450744930312)  2024-05-26T01:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"If stereotypes were true Id excel in math play piano or violin and win big at the casino. Yet none of those applies to me. The black half of Tiger Woods made him a world class athlete. Now its time for the Chinese half of Tiger Woods to make him a world class gambler. https://t.co/I2LtET29a8 The black half of Tiger Woods made him a world class athlete. Now its time for the Chinese half of Tiger Woods to make him a world class gambler. https://t.co/I2LtET29a8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1797780226392379472)  2024-06-03T23:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@MichaelEWebber @AriPeskoe I dont think this is what securitization is really for. Using it to retire fossil fuel plants may be more sensible. In fact its what Kentuckys former Republican AG said West Virginia should do for a marginal coal plant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1798497540872261964)  2024-06-05T23:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ladd_sarah Well said I tried to get that term banned from the Wall Street Journal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1801386748783587372)  2024-06-13T22:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"After more than a decade of getting stonewalled by state and federal government how refreshing to ask local officials for something and actually get it Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1806128511427445072)  2024-06-27T00:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This will tell me so much about you: milligrams per liter or parts per million"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1806347662419182076)  2024-06-27T15:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Either that or Supreme Court rulings. My @AP colleagues captured Americans watching the debate across the country last night and it is stunning. https://t.co/UcmEvXnNjq My @AP colleagues captured Americans watching the debate across the country last night and it is stunning. https://t.co/UcmEvXnNjq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1806723604413124652)  2024-06-28T16:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Went home to tell the dog she has immunity for official acts such as chasing squirrels and eating off the floor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1807827228769812650)  2024-07-01T17:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Lisa_Asillie @WilliamKyleVass @EmmettPepperWV 'Hold my beer' says Louisville Metro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1808546840419426405)  2024-07-03T17:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I was mesmerized by this @1a look back at Blondie's iconic album Parallel Lines: https://the1a.org/segments/the-sounds-of-america-blondies-parallel-lines/ https://the1a.org/segments/the-sounds-of-america-blondies-parallel-lines/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1810414954568393025)  2024-07-08T20:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jeffbradynews @ORMorrison @NPR @905wesa @chrispotter Glad you are safe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1812326300377367031)  2024-07-14T03:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A double standard @WSJ advocating for press freedom in Russia but not Hong Kong Today I was fired from the Wall Street Journal. This is my statement: https://t.co/9fAwkftybb Today I was fired from the Wall Street Journal. This is my statement: https://t.co/9fAwkftybb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1813577222273528007)  2024-07-17T14:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"'Restructuring' is some passive-aggressive bullshit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1813577630022770788)  2024-07-17T14:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"So it was Joe Manchin who tipped the scales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1815086907832848888)  2024-07-21T18:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If the border is a weak spot for Harris hard to argue against picking Mark Kelly. Hard to argue for say Andy Beshear. What problem does he help solve for her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1816171205835251818)  2024-07-24T17:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@StuPolitics Turned into He always was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1816273157529166216)  2024-07-25T00:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dcbigjohn Or vers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1816596135298945522)  2024-07-25T22:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@bitmapped They do look similar No idea her mix. She was rescued as a puppy [--] years ago in Memphis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1817688252951769573)  2024-07-28T22:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MathewFriedman @jonsteingart Good I like the roast pork better myself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1818446044373422331)  2024-07-31T00:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ive noticed the tendency of some to wildly overstate the significance of DEI in hiring decisions. We are after all just numbers on a balance sheet. When the company decides to reduce headcount everyone is expendable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1818680115456282943)  2024-07-31T16:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Maybe this is a moment for those of us who have a bicultural background to identify ourselves and say yes we are two things at once and if that confuses you its time to learn something new"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1818778643717668998)  2024-07-31T22:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"That includes the grade school classmates and teachers who didnt get it the adult acquaintances and Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1818779182169833586)  2024-07-31T22:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"News nobody wanted to hear especially not on a Friday afternoon in August: Appalachian Power asks to raise rates by 17% a month for the average residential user. That's $28.72 or $344.64 a year. That's on top of other smaller increases already approved. https://wvpublic.org/appalachian-power-bills-going-up-with-more-increases-set/ https://wvpublic.org/appalachian-power-bills-going-up-with-more-increases-set/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1819505688101769535)  2024-08-02T22:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@treswatson Did they forget to ask about gas stoves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1820563473232998864)  2024-08-05T20:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RadioFreeTom LOL. I have no idea why anyone cares what he has to say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1820960510445236552)  2024-08-06T23:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@shannonrwatts My dad raised me on PBS and NPR. He and his grandmother watched Cronkite on CBS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1821025525751538166)  2024-08-07T03:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"No no no no no. NOT New York. https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2024/Pages/Gov.-Justice-celebrates-direct-Charleston-to-New-York-flight-on-Breeze.aspx https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2024/Pages/Gov.-Justice-celebrates-direct-Charleston-to-New-York-flight-on-Breeze.aspx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1821201190496977352)  2024-08-07T15:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Do not cross a two-time resident of New Jersey who happened to land in WV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1821202133766783401)  2024-08-07T15:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Not millions upon millions owed to different creditors and the federal government Oh wait wrong governor Tim Walz and his wife don't own a single stock according to financial disclosures. No mutual funds no bonds no book deals. via @danprimack https://t.co/u996Fv5jSw Tim Walz and his wife don't own a single stock according to financial disclosures. No mutual funds no bonds no book deals. via @danprimack https://t.co/u996Fv5jSw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1821257697444217268)  2024-08-07T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CommutingLarry With what resources"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1821668469101765051)  2024-08-08T22:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@caitycoyne Photoshop Babydog in the picture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1821997473721942234)  2024-08-09T19:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"That young man has a long way to walk to Los Angeles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1822711806642540877)  2024-08-11T19:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The closing ceremony crowd must be fake. AI generated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1822712123576959129)  2024-08-11T19:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I hope for the sake of this crowd Noah Lyles is in isolation somewhere else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1822719545632772430)  2024-08-11T19:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Jimmy Fallon should stick to his day job. Which isnt a day job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1822793577157517728)  2024-08-12T00:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Unless they set the rings on fire and Tom Cruise catapulted through them on the motorcycle with Simone Biles Im not impressed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1822795653619064959)  2024-08-12T00:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Red Hot Chili Peppers More like Dried Up Old Chili Peppers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1822806657761517762)  2024-08-12T01:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In retrospect Keystone XL was a harmless vote. Show support for fossil fuel infrastructure but on a project that went nowhere. https://www.eenews.net/articles/inside-tim-walzs-not-quite-green-record-in-congress/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/inside-tim-walzs-not-quite-green-record-in-congress/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1823460034753519781)  2024-08-13T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Last celebrity encounter in WV was Jennifer Garner a native talking about the COVID vax. Today Halle Berry from Ohio with @SenCapito at @KCPLRef talking about menopause"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1823741784465264758)  2024-08-14T15:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@CydZeigler @outsports @RedSox @MLB Such courage to post that anonymously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1823888565329113448)  2024-08-15T01:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It probably goes without saying that the West Virginia coal fleet as much support as it has from state lawmakers and regulators faces tremendous economic and regulatory pressure in the next 5-10 years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1825602861734179154)  2024-08-19T18:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"From AEP's brief: 'Retiring these plants because of the compliance obligations of the ELG Rule just a few years after mandating installation of costly new controls is a bitter pill for our regulatory commissions and ratepayers to swallow.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1825638371445932377)  2024-08-19T20:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I know better than to ask for Swiss. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/jd-vance-pats-cheesesteak-philadelphia-20240819.html https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/jd-vance-pats-cheesesteak-philadelphia-20240819.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1825640031962411152)  2024-08-19T21:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"When Steve Kerr said nite nite hes wasnt kidding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1825733295465758747)  2024-08-20T03:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BobKarpDR I think the consensus is she knows better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1826005365538042079)  2024-08-20T21:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RAILMag The Lawrence depot is also a midcentury gem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1826071598505537829)  2024-08-21T01:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@IamKingWilliams Not at the RNC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1826075419877011858)  2024-08-21T01:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@BGrueskin A dead bear in Central Park would be better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1826470143364386880)  2024-08-22T04:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RAILMag Is that still remote from the new terminal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1827092661133832279)  2024-08-23T21:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Now renewables are eating into what share coal has left. I think we can see where this is going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1827113135016206796)  2024-08-23T22:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Yesterday I saw the past and future in one place. Rivesville West Virginia. A shuttered coal plant along the river idle since [----]. And up the hill a solar facility under construction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1827113650337017996)  2024-08-23T22:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And the same company building the solar facility also built one not far away right next to two active coal plants"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1827114114755289441)  2024-08-23T22:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Yesterday the governor of West Virginia blamed the Biden-Harris administration for rising electricity costs. The record shows however that the state's Public Service Commission appointed by the governor has been approving increase after increase. https://wvpublic.org/public-anger-builds-over-appalachian-powers-rate-proposal/ https://wvpublic.org/public-anger-builds-over-appalachian-powers-rate-proposal/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1828807709803905116)  2024-08-28T14:51Z [----] followers, 76.6K engagements


"What do those increases share in common The escalating cost of powering the state almost exclusively with one resource: coal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1828807914716287143)  2024-08-28T14:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@hamiltonnolan But they were so careful about the WMD intel in Iraq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tatecurtis/status/1831441802907566340)  2024-09-04T21:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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