Slip Movements of Mountain Valley Pipeline in Lewis County of Great Concern

May 6, 2020

Report of pipeline slips in West Virginia under investigation, raises concern From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, May 3, 2020 Land movement in a construction area shifted a section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline after it was buried along a West Virginia slope, according to a report filed by environmental regulators. The Federal [...]

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Consuming Microplastics With Our Food & Water — Part 1

May 5, 2020

How to Eat Less Plastic, How to Minimize Exposure — You May be Ingesting Up to a Credit Card Amount of Plastic Weekly From the Cover Story of Consumer Reports Magazine, Volume 85, Number 6, June 2020, pp. 26 – 35. The first company to ever sell fully synthetic plastic—the Bakelite Corp., established in 1922—advertised [...]

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Recalling Protesters, Speaking Up and Bearing the Consequences

May 4, 2020

Punished for being right — Americans have a tragic track record of punishing those who speak out Essay by Peter Dykstra, Editor, Environmental Health News, May 2, 2020 Make no mistake, Americans didn’t invent this form of persecution. If you don’t believe me, ask Galileo. But when it comes to war, peace, racial equality, gender [...]

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Hilldale Awards to Faculty at University of Wisconsin Who Benefit Humanity

May 3, 2020

Hilldale 2020 Awards Honor Faculty in Arts & Sciences From the Article by Eric Hamilton, University of Wisconsin News, April 23, 2020 Each year, the Secretary of the Faculty recognizes professors from the University of Wisconsin–Madison for distinguished contributions to research, teaching and service with the Hilldale Awards. One faculty member each from the arts [...]

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Delaware Riverkeeper Files Suit to Prevent Damages from LNG Terminal(s)

May 2, 2020

Lawsuit filed against Delaware River LNG project » Kallanish Energy News From the Kallanish Energy News, April 29, 2020 An environmental group has filed a lawsuit in federal court against a proposed pier in the Delaware River in New Jersey for liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers. The suit was filed last week in U.S. District [...]

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New Gas-Fired Power Plants Facing Increasing Challenges

May 1, 2020

Two Controversial Virginia Gas Plants Face Increasing Uncertainty, Documents Show From Itari Vardi, Energy & Policy Institute, April 29, 2020 Two planned gas-fired power plants in Virginia are facing growing difficulties caused in part by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent documents filed by the plants’ developers with regulators. Independent power [...]

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The Proposed PILOT for Longview Given the COVID-19 Threat

April 30, 2020

COVID-19 Economic Crisis Highlights Problems with Longview PILOT From an Essay by Kelly Allen, WV Center on Budget & Policy, Morgantown Dominion Post, April 26, 2020 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE MONONGALIA COUNTY COMMISSION has been negotiating a “payment in lieu of taxes” (PILOT) deal with Longview Power LLC to build a gas-fired power [...]

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Huge Amounts of METHANE Flowing into Earth’s Atmosphere

April 29, 2020

Satellite images reveal huge amounts of methane leaking from U.S. oil fields From an Article by Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, April 25, 2020 Oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin, the largest oil-producing area in the United States, are spewing more than twice the amount of methane emissions into the atmosphere than previously thought [...]

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PETITION ALERT — No Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste on the Ohio River

April 28, 2020

Dear Friends & Concerned Citizens ~~ April 27, 2020 *Please note that this alert contains a petition that is new and has not yet been shared. The previous alert was about sending in hearing requests for this facility.* During a global pandemic, after the public was asked to stay at home, three companies proposed barge [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline in Limbo (or not) Without the Nationwide 12 Permit

April 27, 2020

Mountain Valley says pipeline still on track despite issues with permit program From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, April 24, 2020 The Mountain Valley Pipeline is still targeting a completion date of late this year, a spokeswoman said Friday, despite reports of the suspension of a nationwide program needed to grant a key [...]

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