Senator Green Removed As Chairman

{Charleston, West Virginia}... Friday, Senate President Jeff Kessler, who was elected to the seat on November 12th, removed State Senator Mike Green as chairman of the chamber's Energy, Industry and Mining Committee, replacing him with Senator Doug Facemire, D-Braxton. Facemire was part of a 10-member panel that produced a bill earlier this month that would regulate the Marcellus shale gas industry in the state.