Delaware River Basin Commission Votes to Ban Fracking in the Watershed

February 26, 2021

Hydraulic shale fracking banned in the Delaware River Basin From an Article by John Bowden, The Hill, February 25, 2021 Fracking was banned in the Delaware River Basin on Thursday after a group of regional governors voted to prohibit the practice across the basin’s more than 13,000 square miles of land. A resolution passed by [...]

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U. S. LNG Exports Involve Local Environmental Impacts, Public Heaith Risks and More Climate Change

February 25, 2021

Petition to stop all LNG export projects across the United States Appeal from the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, February 22, 2021 PETITION TO JOSEPH R. BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Communities of color and those with low household incomes comprise about 38 percent of the people living within three miles of proposed LNG facilities. In [...]

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ALERT — To Frack (Or Not) the Delaware River Watershed

February 24, 2021

What we know about the upcoming vote to decide the fate of fracking in the Delaware River From an Article by Kathryne Rubright, Pocono Record, February 23, 2021 The Delaware River Basin Commission will vote Thursday on a proposal that would ban high volume hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas extraction process also known as fracking, [...]

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Join the Zoom — “Divest Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Virtual Rally” on 2/25

February 24, 2021

Topic — Divest Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Virtual Rally From the Sierra Club, POWHR, et al., February 20, 2021 Description — The fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline just keeps racking up damages and hazards to our environment and public health — but Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan Chase and other major banks [...]

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Electric Power Industry Thinking About Electric Vehicles (EVs)

February 23, 2021

New Webinar Announcement: The Evolution of EVs in the Southeast From the Zoom Announcement, Southern States Energy Board, February 4, 2021 What — The first in a series of free, educational webinars hosted by SSEB kicks off Feb. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Join us for an hour via Zoom as we learn about the [...]

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Clean Energy and Infrastructure Programs Needed to Address Poverty in Ohio Valley & Elsewhere

February 22, 2021

Ohio Valley Economists Weigh In On Biden’s Recovery Plan From an Article by Alana Watson, Ohio Valley Resource, February 12, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to cripple the economy in the Ohio Valley and President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats are pursuing his plan for economic recovery. Biden’s economic priorities include raising the minimum [...]

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Bipartisan Bills for Renewable Energy Introduced into WV Legislature

February 21, 2021

Legislation that would create jobs and save money From the Letter by Eric Engle, Charleston Gazette, February 20, 2021 The West Virginia Legislature’s 2021 session is off to a ferocious start. Bills are being introduced and considered rapidly, with very little time given for public input and very limited public access to committee proceedings or [...]

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ACTION ALERT — SAY NO to HB2598, New Exemptions to Aboveground Storage Tank Act

February 20, 2021

Act Now: Protect Our Drinking Water and Reject HB 2598 Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) Action Alert, February 19, 2021 Action Alert Comments. … be sure to respond as soon as possible! The WV Legislature and industry lobbyists have brought back the bill for exemptions to the Aboveground Storage Tank Act as HB 2598, reintroduced [...]

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Ohio River Valley Institute Statement on PTT Global Chemical Delay of the Belmont County Cracker Facility

February 19, 2021

Newest delay for Belmont County cracker reinforces need to seek out new economic development strategies Press Release from Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute, February 18, 2021 JOHNSTOWN, PA – Today’s statement in the Bangkok Post by PTTGC chief executive Kongkrapan Intarajang saying the company will need more time to find ways to reduce the [...]

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“Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking” by Sandra Steingraben on Feb. 18th

February 18, 2021

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action Presents — A Virtual Third Thursday Program Live-streamed Lecture by Dr. Sandra Steingraber Date & Time — Thursday, February 18, 2021 @ 7:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Lecture hosted by Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action, with co-sponsors FaCTOhio/The Ohio Health Project, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, West Virginia Citizen Action Group and made possible with [...]

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