Mother and little son in the car reading

CEA’s Chris Ventura recently commented on the series of one-sided articles published by Gazette-Mail ignoring the economic benefits families and businesses have seen as result of energy production in West Virginia.

Regional production of cleaner-burning natural gas has also improved the environment; generated record quantities of affordable, reliable fuel and electricity; mass-produced jobs in energy and non-energy fields; and helped businesses of varying sectors, from grocery stores to hotels — all while providing family-supporting wages that pay down mortgages, buy food and fill prescriptions.