Mountain Valley Pipeline Now Plans to Drill Under the Roanoke River

June 5, 2020

During construction hiatus, MVP changes plans for Roanoke River crossing From an Article by Jeff Sturgeon, Roanoke Times, June 1, 2020 Builders of the Mountain Valley Pipeline can bore under the Roanoke River to set the pipe at that location instead of an earlier plan to dam the water and dig a trench, energy regulators [...]

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Radioactive Frack Waste in Landfill — Steuben County, NY

June 4, 2020

Environmental groups submit data in lawsuit against Steuben County, New York State From an Article by Caitlin Murphy, WENY News, February 18, 2020 CAMPBELL, N.Y. (WENY) – Several environmental advocacy groups have filed an amended verified petition in Steuben County Supreme Court to update their ongoing lawsuit against the expansion of Hakes C&D Landfill in [...]

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U. S. EPA Exercising Questionable Authority Over Natural Gas Pipelines

June 3, 2020

E.P.A. Limits States’ Power to Oppose Pipelines and Other Energy Projects From an Article by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, June 1, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced that it had limited states’ ability to block the construction of energy infrastructure projects, part of the Trump administration’s goal of promoting gas [...]

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Activities of Interest in West Virginia

June 2, 2020

Climate Lunch and Learn Series From West Virginia Rivers Coalition, June 1, 2020 West Virginians are seeing the effects of the changing climate and researchers across the state are studying what it means for West Virginia. WV Rivers is highlighting these scientists and their research through our virtual Climate and Water Lunch & Learn Series. [...]

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NOW is the Time to Adopt Renewable Clean Energy Systems

June 1, 2020

How to Speed up the Clean Energy Transition From an Article by Tara Lohan, The Revelator, May 30, 2020 The first official tallies are in: Coronavirus-related shutdowns helped slash daily global emissions of carbon dioxide by 14 percent in April. But the drop won’t last, and experts estimate that annual emissions of the greenhouse gas [...]

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ATTN: Solar & Wind Energy System Owners and Prospective Owners

May 31, 2020

Do you have a solar or wind energy system (or plan to)? From Appalachian Voices, outreach@appvoices.org, May 30, 2020 Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens: A special interest group with ties to monopoly utilities filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to try to end a fundamental policy that allows solar and wind [...]

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Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Identified in Fracking Region Affecting Horses

May 30, 2020

Study links fracking to rare birth defect in horses From an Article by Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News, May 29, 2020 A new study has uncovered a link between fracking chemicals in farm water and a rare birth defect in horses—which researchers say could serve as a warning about fracking and human infant health. The [...]

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Mother Jones Reports on the Mountain Valley Pipeline Protesters — Part 2

May 29, 2020

How a “Bunch of Badass Queer Anarchists” Are Teaming Up With Locals to Block a Pipeline Through Appalachia From an Article by Mason Adams, Mother Jones Magazine, 5/25/20 One of the camp mainstays is known as Dustie Pinesap. She grew up in the Midwest, then trained in tree-climbing and forest defense in 2017 and 2018 [...]

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Mother Jones Reports on the Mountain Valley Pipeline Protesters— Part 1

May 28, 2020

How a “Bunch of Badass Queer Anarchists” Are Teaming Up With Locals to Block a Pipeline Through Appalachia From an Article by Mason Adams, Mother Jones Magazine, 5/25/20 “Life in these mountains ain’t always been easy, so people around here take a stand when they see something they don’t agree with—and I’m one of them,” [...]

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NATIONAL FUEL Acquires Appalachian Shale Gas Assets from SHELL

May 27, 2020

Shell Divests Shale Gas Appalachia Assets to National Fuel From an Article of the Energy Industry Review, May 12, 2020 Shell’s Appalachia operations are located in the predominately rural northern and western portions of Pennsylvania, where the company drills and produces dry gas from the Marcellus and Utica formations. National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) announced [...]

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