U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) visited Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap on Friday to discuss clean energy. Officials from the Virginia Department of Energy (VDOE) and Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) also joined the roundtable.Kaine spoke with roundtable attendees about clean energy manufacturing tax credits made by the Inflation Reduction Act and how it will create jobs in the area and benefit Virginia’s coal communities.