Comments on: Questions Arise Regarding EQT $19.5 Million Pact with Appalachian Trail Conservancy https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/10/20/questions-arise-regarding-eqt-19-5-million-pact-with-appalachian-trail-conservancy/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Duane Nichols https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/10/20/questions-arise-regarding-eqt-19-5-million-pact-with-appalachian-trail-conservancy/#comment-328696 Duane Nichols Sat, 24 Oct 2020 05:02:07 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=34677#comment-328696 Mountain Valley Pipeline: Bad for the Appalachian Trail - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrHnbbZuZrw Mountain Valley Pipeline: Bad for the Appalachian Trail – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrHnbbZuZrw

]]> By: Rose B DeProspero https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/10/20/questions-arise-regarding-eqt-19-5-million-pact-with-appalachian-trail-conservancy/#comment-328285 Rose B DeProspero Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:34:22 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=34677#comment-328285 Mary Wildfire, I believe part of this is what they plan to do here in WV as Governor "Injustice" is promising "to move our state forward"...WEST VIRGINIA IS DOOMED UNDER JUSTICE. HOW DO PEOPLE THINK HE GOT SO RICH? BANKRUPTCIES AND BANKROLLERS. I think we should pollute the Greenbrier and make him stay in pathetic, poisoned Charleston... Mary Wildfire, I believe part of this is what they plan to do here in WV as Governor “Injustice” is promising “to move our state forward”…WEST VIRGINIA IS DOOMED UNDER JUSTICE. HOW DO PEOPLE THINK HE GOT SO RICH? BANKRUPTCIES AND BANKROLLERS.

I think we should pollute the Greenbrier and make him stay in pathetic, poisoned Charleston…

]]> By: Mary Wildfire https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/10/20/questions-arise-regarding-eqt-19-5-million-pact-with-appalachian-trail-conservancy/#comment-327744 Mary Wildfire Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:40:53 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=34677#comment-327744 These people are so polite. Here's the email I sent yesterday to the spokespeople linked with the two organizations: TO: Appalachian Trail Conservancy and Conservation Fund FROM: Mary Wildfire RE: Deal with MVP and EQT I just read the piece in the Business Wire about the deal between the developers of the MVP pipeline, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and the Conservation Fund. It was certainly cheerful and celebratory. I want to point out that if you are enthusiastic about all the ways you can enhance e the conservation and environmental integrity of the Trail, there are more things you can do besides just allowing a gas pipeline to run under and along the Trail. For example, you could accept payment from coal companies to stripmine mountain peaks along the Trail — there must be some that still contain coal. Perhaps you could get a payment from the US Army to use the trailside as a bomb testing range. The Trail crosses some rivers; you could accept payment from a petrochemical company to set up plastics and chemical plants at the junction. Really, the possibilities are endless. There is an old joke that goes like this: He: A philosophical question about values…would you have sex with someone for a million dollars? She: I believe I would. He; How about having sex with me right now for twenty bucks? She: What! What do you think I am?! Him: We’ve already established that. Now we’re just haggling over price. Which brings us to the question of YOUR price. $20 million is a lot of money. Would you partner with a polluter whose project threatens the climate for $2 million? How about $500,000? Needless to say, their PR people will put out the usual boilerplate about their commitment to environmental integrity, complete adherence to all laws, and so forth, that’s a given. Without that the deal doesn’t go through, but that’s not a problem — talk is cheap. With sincere contempt, Mary Wildfire These people are so polite. Here’s the email I sent yesterday to the spokespeople linked with the two organizations:

TO: Appalachian Trail Conservancy and Conservation Fund

FROM: Mary Wildfire

RE: Deal with MVP and EQT

I just read the piece in the Business Wire about the deal between the developers of the MVP pipeline, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and the Conservation Fund. It was certainly cheerful and celebratory. I want to point out that if you are enthusiastic about all the ways you can enhance e the conservation and environmental integrity of the Trail, there are more things you can do besides just allowing a gas pipeline to run under and along the Trail. For example, you could accept payment from coal companies to stripmine mountain peaks along the Trail — there must be some that still contain coal. Perhaps you could get a payment from the US Army to use the trailside as a bomb testing range. The Trail crosses some rivers; you could accept payment from a petrochemical company to set up plastics and chemical plants at the junction. Really, the possibilities are endless.

There is an old joke that goes like this:
He: A philosophical question about values…would you have sex with someone for a million dollars?
She: I believe I would.
He; How about having sex with me right now for twenty bucks?
She: What! What do you think I am?!
Him: We’ve already established that. Now we’re just haggling over price.

Which brings us to the question of YOUR price. $20 million is a lot of money. Would you partner with a polluter whose project threatens the climate for $2 million? How about $500,000? Needless to say, their PR people will put out the usual boilerplate about their commitment to environmental integrity, complete adherence to all laws, and so forth, that’s a given. Without that the deal doesn’t go through, but that’s not a problem — talk is cheap.

With sincere contempt,

Mary Wildfire

]]>