Drilling Fluid Spills on Mariner East Pipeline in Lebanon County — More Sunoco Violations in Penna.

October 2, 2020

PA-DEP Re-Routed Mariner East in Chester County due to Drilling Fluid Spills From an Article by Jon Hurdle, StateImpact Penna., September 21, 2020 The Department of Environmental Protection last month directed Mariner East pipeline pipeline builder Sunoco to find a new path for about a mile of its 20-inch pipeline at a site in Chester [...]

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WEST VIRGINIA FALL FIRE SEASON IS HERE — October 1st Limits on Outdoor Burning

October 1, 2020

Fall fire season begins Oct. 1, West Virginia residents urged to follow burning guidelines From the West Virginia Division of Forestry, Charleston, WV CHARLESTON, W.V. — Autumn traditionally signals cooler temperatures, leaves changing colors and the start of the fall fire season. Fall fire season begins today, Thursday, Oct. 1, and continues through Dec. 31. [...]

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Status of Mountain Valley Pipeline Subject to Various Permits & Challenges

October 1, 2020

Mountain Valley Pipeline regains permit to cross streams, wetlands From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, September 15, 2020 A path across nearly 1,000 streams and wetlands was cleared Friday for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued three permits for the natural gas pipeline being built in Virginia and [...]

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Out-of-State MVP Workers to Descend on SW Virginia & West Virginia

September 30, 2020

Thousands of Out-of-State Mountain Valley Pipeline Workers Prepare to Descend on SW Virginia, Dept. of Health Declines to Review Company’s COVID Mitigation Plan From an Article by Jon Sokolow, Blue Virginia, September 29, 2020 The Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Health rejected the idea of conducting a thorough review of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s plan [...]

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A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America

September 29, 2020

“§ When They Hid the Fire §” Book by Daniel French, University of Pittsburgh Press, November 2016 ABOUT THE AUTHOR — Daniel French is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Toledo, where he teaches the history of business and technology. He is also an adjunct instructor of history at Jackson College in [...]

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Methane (Greenhouse Gas) Must Be Regulated in the Oil & Gas Industry

September 28, 2020

RE: PRESS CONFERENCE by CLEAN AIR COUNCIL on METHANE EMISSIONS in OIL & GAS INDUSTRY Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens, Environmental groups, tribal organizations and 20 U.S. states are suing the federal government over its rewrite of the 2016 New Source Performance Standards for oil and gas facilities. Click here to register for the digital [...]

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Project$ to Limit Climate Change are Popping Up

September 28, 2020

Amazon names first recipients of its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund From an Article by Annie Palmer, CNBC Media, September 17, 2020 KEY POINTS….. >> Amazon’s $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund is investing in five start-ups. >> One of them is Redwood Materials, the recycling start-up founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel. >> The venture [...]

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LNG Unit Trains or Trucks are EXPLOSION & FIRE HAZARDS for Philadelphia

September 27, 2020

Plan to send LNG trains through Philly to S. Jersey port sparks outrage from residents From an Article by Andrew Maykuth, Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/20/20 Environmentalists have stepped up alarms about a major fuel export terminal in South Jersey that they say will accelerate Pennsylvania fracking, worsen climate change, and attract 100-car trains carrying dangerous liquefied [...]

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Natural Gas EXPLOSION Between Old & New Pipelines in WV Eastern Panhandle

September 26, 2020

Mountaineer Gas Pipeline Exploded in Martinsburg, West Virginia From the Editor of Morgan County USA, September 21, 2020 A Mountaineer Gas pipeline in Martinsburg, West Virginia exploded this afternoon at about 3:15 p.m. on the Sentz family property on Salvation Road. Anne and Benjamin Sentz were working from home and watching workers dig a trench [...]

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Regional Residents Oppose Barging of Drilling Wastes on Ohio River

September 25, 2020

Ohio Valley Residents Hold U.S. Army Corps Accountable Press Release: Robin Blakeman, robin@ohvec.org, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, 9/24/20 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Regional residents are pushing back against efforts to permit barge terminals to offload oil and gas waste shipped on the Ohio River. On Sept. 23, Robin Blakeman, Carolyn Sayles, Shelly Corbin and Sarah Carballo [...]

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