A Defining Moment in the Climate Change Challenge — Part 3

July 25, 2020

THIS YEAR 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet From an Article by Justin Worland, TIME — America Must Change, July 9, 2020 For the past five years, climate advocates had positioned 2020 as critical in the fight against climate change. Under the Paris Agreement, countries are required to submit new plans [...]

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A Defining Moment in the Climate Change Challenge — Part 2

July 24, 2020

THIS YEAR 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet From an Article by Justin Worland, TIME — America Must Change, July 9, 2020 We are on the brink of climate catastrophe largely because of the decisions made during a past crisis. As the world came out of the Great Depression and World [...]

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A Defining Moment in the Climate Change Challenge — Part 1

July 23, 2020

THIS YEAR 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet From an Article by Justin Worland, TIME — America Must Change, July 9, 2020 From our vantage point today, 2020 looks like the year when an unknown virus spun out of control, killed hundreds of thousands and altered the way we live day [...]

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ACP “Supply Header Project” Being Re-Evaluated

July 22, 2020

Dominion Energy revised plans need public input, SELC says From an Article of The Recorder, July 17, 2020 MONTEREY — If the latest requests and comments to federal regulators are any indication, it’s going to take quite a while for the smoke to clear after cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Last week, the Southern [...]

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!PLANTING A TRILLION TREES! — Is That Really a Good Idea?

July 21, 2020

The World Economic Forum’s plan to plant 1 trillion trees is backed by controversial science From an Article by Justine Calma, The Verge, January 31, 2020 Tree-planting campaigns have taken off, with everyone from YouTube creators to high-powered CEOs embracing trees as a solution to the climate crisis. But even as the arboreal campaigns have [...]

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OH MY GOODNESS! One Trillion Trees (1t.org)

July 20, 2020

The Trillion Tree Campaign is a project of Plant-for-the-Planet This aims to plant a trillion trees, a development and continuation of the activities of the earlier Billion Tree Campaign, instigated by Wangari Maathai, who founded the Green Belt Movement in Africa in 1977. History of Billion of Trees — The Green Belt Movement began planting [...]

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Polling Shows Strong Support for Bold Climate Policies — ‘A Winning Issue’ for 2020

July 19, 2020

Voters want “clean energy economy” candidates that benefit future generations From an Article by Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams, July 14, 2020 New polling out Tuesday from Data for Progress revealed U.S. voters by a wide margin want a president and Congress who prioritizes clean energy and addressing the climate crisis, a good sign for presumed [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Seeks A New NATIONWIDE PERMIT (NWP 12) for Stream Crossings

July 18, 2020

Why has it taken so long for MVP to get a new permit? Commentary by Jacob Hileman, Roanoke Times, July 12, 2020 On Oct. 2, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Upon losing this permit from the U.S. Army Corps [...]

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Study Finds High Risk to Babies Exposed to Natural Gas Flaring

July 17, 2020

Researchers found exposure to flaring was associated with 50% higher odds of preterm birth compared with no exposure From a Press Release of University of Southern California, Science Daily, 7/15/20 “Our study finds that living near flaring is harmful to pregnant women and babies,” said Jill Johnston, an environmental health scientist at the Keck School [...]

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Daelim Chemical Withdraws from Proposed PTTGC Ethane Cracker Plant in Belmont County OHIO

July 16, 2020

Investor Pulls Out Of Proposed Ohio Valley PTTGC Ethane Cracker Plant From an Article by Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource, July 14, 2020 Daelim Chemical USA, a major investment partner in a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, Ohio, announced on Tuesday that it is exiting the project. In a joint statement with PTTGC [...]

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