Comments to FERC on MVP and ACP Now Needed

April 14, 2021

Good Afternoon, Just a reminder of some upcoming comment deadlines on MVP and ACP: ____________________________________________ Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) The Notice of Scoping comment period for MVP’s request to bore at 180+ waterbodies, FERC Docket CP21-57, closes tomorrow, April 15th at 4:59pm. If you want to weigh in, here are a couple options: Public petition [...]

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Challenges of Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry

April 13, 2021

INSIGHT: Decarbonisation puts energy-intensive chemicals on the spotlight Analysis by Tom Brown, Independent Commodity Intelligence Service (ICIS), April 9, 2021 LONDON (ICIS)–The political will to decarbonise energy-intensive industries is there, the funding is there and, increasingly, the rhetoric of multinational chemicals producer executives is there. The chemicals sector has traditionally had a difficult time with [...]

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Introduction to CLIMATE 21 Projects of U.S. Government

April 12, 2021

CLIMATE 21 PROJECT — Introduction from the Co-Chairs, Nov. 2020 In January 2021, the President will begin his four-year term facing four simultaneous crises: tens of millions of Americans without a paycheck, racial injustice, the punishing toll of climate change, and the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic. It is essential to address all four [...]

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Sunoco’s Mariner 2 Pipeline Construction Activity Pollutes Trout Stream in Chester County PA

April 11, 2021

Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream From an Article by Susan Phillip, StateImpact Pennsylvania, April 10, 2021 PHOTO — Sunoco construction site behind the Meadowbrook Manor development in West Whiteland Township. Muddy water continues to flow and pollute the West Valley Creek, a stocked trout stream. It was [...]

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Citizen Advocates Defeat HB 2598 – The Oil & Gas Tank Deregulation Bill

April 10, 2021

Subject: Oil & Gas Tank Deregulation Bill Defeated By Concerned Citizens From: West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Kathleen Tyner, ktyner@wvrivers.org Location: Charleston, WV — Date: April 8, 2021 Ready for some good news? The dangerous bill that would exempt certain oil & gas storage tanks from the Aboveground Storage Tank Act appears to have been defeated! [...]

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The Risks of Excessive Sea Level Rise are Real and Dangerous

April 9, 2021

Scientists Warn 4°C World Would Unleash ‘Unimaginable Amounts of Water’ as Ice Shelves Collapse From an Article by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams News, 4/9/21 A new study is shedding light on just how much ice could be lost around Antarctica if the international community fails to urgently rein in planet-heating emissions, bolstering arguments for bolder [...]

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Join the “Global Just Recovery Gathering” NOW!

April 8, 2021

The next big thing is coming up this Friday, April 9th From Bill McKibben, 350.ORG, Reply-To: 350@350.org Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens, I’ve stepped back to emeritus status at 350.org as I start on other projects, but I still follow my old colleagues’ work intently — and the next big thing is coming up very [...]

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Financial Divestment from Fossil-Fuel Companies Very Significant

April 7, 2021

The Powerful New Financial Argument for Fossil-Fuel Divestment From an Article by Bill McKibben, New Yorker Magazine, April 3, 2021 A report by BlackRock, the world’s largest investment house, shows that those who have divested from fossil-fuels have profited not only morally but also financially. In a few months, a small British financial think tank [...]

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Have You Noticed, “The Elephant in the Room is Climate Change”

April 6, 2021

The “Story of the Century” is Slowly Gaining in Status From an Article by Peter Dykstra, Environmental Health News, April 4, 2021 By 2050, many of climate change’s worst projected impacts could be fully upon us — or fully upon our descendants. The question is, will a half-century of sustained manmade upheaval ever dominate the [...]

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Injection Wells for Frackwater (aka Residual Waste or Brine) Disposal a Risk to Public Health

April 5, 2021

Injection wells exist to hold fracking wastewater — but the water can move. Here’s how From an Article by Julie Grant, Allegheny Front, StateImpact Pennsylvania, March 26, 2021 Salty wastewater produced by fracking for oil and gas has to go somewhere. Often, it’s injected into disposal wells deep underground. But sometimes that wastewater can find [...]

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