ACTION ALERT — Comments on Mountain Valley Pipeline Due 12/21/20

December 20, 2020

Comment to FERC on MVP’s Certificate Amendment From the Greenbrier River Watershed Association 12/10/20 The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is proposing to bore under 69 streams and wetlands in the first 77 miles of the pipeline route in a certificate amendment request (CP21-12) to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is providing the public [...]

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Significant GHG Reductions are Necessary During the Coming Decade, Says Princeton University

December 19, 2020

To Cut Emissions to Zero, U.S. Needs to Make Big Changes in Next 10 Years Newspaper Article by Brad Plumer, New York Times, Dec. 15, 2020 New research details major infrastructure work — including immense construction projects — that would need to start right away to achieve Biden’s goal of zero emissions by 2050. If [...]

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Another Gas-Fired Power Plant Creates Problems — Guernsey County OHIO

December 18, 2020

When a Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Moves Next Door From an Article by Julie Grant, Allegheny Front, December 11, 2020 Kevin and Marlene Young built their house in the country, so they had space for horses. “I was raised around horses, and that’s my love,” Marlene said. With names like Buckeye Blast and Creekside Pete, [...]

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Mon County Commission Approves PILOT Agreement for Mountain State Clean Energy in Spite of Protests

December 17, 2020

Proposed Mountain State Clean Energy LLC & Mountain State Renewable LLC for Ft. Martin, WV NOTICE — On December 16, 2020, the Monongalia County Commission sitting in Morgantown, WV, adopted “payment in-lieu of taxes” or PILOT agreements on behalf of two proposed projects, The Mountain State Clean Energy LLC is a 1200 MW plant to [...]

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“WV ENERGY FUTURE” according to the Center for Energy & Sustainable Development at WVU College of Law

December 16, 2020

West Virginia’s Energy Future — Comprehensive Report in the Public Interest Prepared by the Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, West Virginia University, December 14, 2020 West Virginia’s Energy Future — A plan to ramp up renewable energy to decrease costs, reduce risks, and strengthen economic opportunities in the Mountain State. Executive Summary from Full [...]

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Big Oil Companies Making Plans to Follow the Paris Climate Accords

December 15, 2020

Exxon sets greenhouse gas reduction targets, eliminating flaring by 2030 From an Article by Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg News, 12/14/2020 HOUSTON (Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil announced several new emissions targets and will start publishing pollution related to customer use of its products, days after activist investors criticized the oil giant for its environmental record. The Irving, [...]

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Sierra Club Opposes Building Another Power Plant at Ft. Martin yet PILOT Plan is on the Mon County Agenda

December 14, 2020

WV Sierra Club’s conservation chairman shares thoughts on PILT agreements From an Article by Ben Conley, Morgantown Dominion Post, Dec. 13, 2020 James Kotcon, Conservation Committee Chairman for the West Virginia Sierra Club, deferred to the Great One when asked his thoughts on the pending 30-year “payment in lieu of taxes” (PILT) agreement between the [...]

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Mon County Commission to Approve New PILOT Agreements for Longview Power on December 16th

December 13, 2020

TWO PROJECTS: Longview Gas-Fired Power Plant & Solar Field Given New Cryptic Names, AND Access to Information is Difficult Protest Letter from Duane Nichols, Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition, Dec. 13, 2020 Incomplete information from the Mon County Commission brings holiday fears to the northern areas of Monongalia County. There is apparently a proposed “tax-avoidance [...]

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WV Legislature Lays Plans to Weaken Water Quality Standards in Upcoming Session

December 13, 2020

WV Legislative Rulemaking Committee Votes to Weaken Water Quality Standards From the WV Rivers Coalition, Charleston, December 10, 2020 Yesterday, the Joint Legislative Rulemaking Review Committee met to debate updates to the human health criteria in our water quality standards. This committee meets before the regular session to review, amend and vote on recommended rules [...]

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Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for MVP is Full of Compromise & Retreat

December 12, 2020

Trump administration rams through final Forest Service analysis of controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline Press Release from Appalachian Voices & POWHR, December 11, 2020 After almost 8,000 people called on the U.S. Forest Service this fall to prevent the fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline from cutting through public land in Virginia, the agency today issued a final [...]

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