Penn State Univ. Geosciences Professor Comments on Pennsylvania Grand Jury

July 15, 2020

Terry Engelder, Penn State scientist whose work led to the shale gas boom, talks about grand jury report critical of fracking, state agencies and industry, lack of oversight and health problems From an Article by Anne Danahy, StateImpact Penna., July 13, 2020 In 2007, Terry Engelder, then a professor of geosciences at Penn State, estimated [...]

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The Time to CANCEL the Unnecessary MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE is NOW!

July 14, 2020

Time has come to cancel the Mountain Valley Pipeline Letter to the Editor of Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jessica Sims, July 12, 2020 In response to the July 8 editorial, “Pipeline problems: A bad week,” I’d like to offer a headline revision: “A bad week for corporate polluters in the United States.” The end of the Atlantic [...]

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Fracking Industry Challenge$ Bring Environmental Problem$

July 13, 2020

Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears Excerpt from an Article by Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, July 12, 2020 Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. The day the debt-ridden Texas oil producer MDC Energy [...]

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§ Penna. Grand Jury Finds State Failed To Protect Residents During Drilling & Fracking Operations

July 12, 2020

Report calls for new laws to protect water supplies and manage air pollution NEWS RELEASE from Penna. Attorney General — Thursday, June 25, 2020 HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the findings and recommendations of Pennsylvania’s 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury report on the unconventional oil and gas industry. The Grand Jury’s two-year [...]

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PA Department of Health Not Protecting Residents Living Near Shale Gas Development

July 11, 2020

While residents continue to fear for their health, PA-DOH is taking a hands-off approach Article by Heaven Sensky, Environmental Justice, Fracking, PA McMURRAY, PA, July 7, 2020 — The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) was the subject of critical findings in “Report 1 of the Forty-Third Statewide Investigating Grand Jury,” released by Attorney General Josh [...]

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Says Chances for Near-Term Climate Crisis Now Doubled

July 10, 2020

Climate change: ‘Rising chance’ of exceeding 1.5C global target From an Article by Matt McGrath, BBC News Report, July 9, 2020 The World Meteorological Organisation says there’s a growing chance that global temperatures will break the 1.5C threshold over the next five years, compared to pre-industrial levels. It says there’s a 20% possibility the critical [...]

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Large Pipelines Create Water Pollution in Rough & Steep Terrrain

July 9, 2020

Dominion and Duke Abandon the Atlantic Coast Pipeline From an Article of West Virginia Rivers Coalition, July 7, 2020 In early July, the news broke that the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was abandoned by parent companies Dominion and Duke, leading to a cancellation of the project. Read below to learn how we got here [...]

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More and Longer (Deadly) HEATWAVES are Part of Climate Change

July 8, 2020

Heatwave Trends Accelerate Worldwide – More and Longer Heatwaves Since 1950’s By ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, July 5, 2020 The first comprehensive worldwide assessment of heatwaves down to regional levels has revealed that in nearly every part of the world heatwaves have been increasing in frequency and duration since the 1950’s. The [...]

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PIPELINES are Being Cancelled and Suspened; More Attention to Climate Change is Needed!

July 7, 2020

350.org on Suspension of Dakota Access Pipeline and Cancellation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Contact: Dani Heffernan, dani@350.org, 350.org, Common Dreams, 7/6/20 BROOKLYN, NY – Today, a federal judge ruled in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to suspend the Dakota Access pipeline pending further environmental review. The pipeline, supported by Energy Transfer Partners, was [...]

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BREAKING: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project (ACP) Has Been Cancelled!

July 6, 2020

Dominion cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline, sells natural gas transmission business From an Article by Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 5, 2020 PHOTO: Pipeline scene at Wintergreen — A path had been cleared for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on this Blue Ridge Mountain slope at the entrance to Wintergreen resort, just below the project’s planned crossing [...]

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