VIRGINIA Embarks on Large Scale Transition to Clean Energy

April 16, 2020

Virginia energy policy made interesting with Gov. Northam & VA Legislature From an Update by Ivy Main, Power for the People, VA, April 3, 2020 With Democrats in charge, Virginia passed a suite of bills that establish a sturdy framework for a transition to renewable energy in the electric sector. At the center of this [...]

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West Virginia is Late in Moving to New Industries, More Economical, Less Pollution

April 15, 2020

A career in coal geology tells me WV must bank on new industries Opinion Editorial by C. Blaine Cecil, Charleston Gazette Mail, April 15, 2017 Over the past couple of years, I have followed claims about the restoration of the coal industry in the Appalachian region. As a native West Virginian and someone who still [...]

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Human DEATH RATES Significantly Increased by Fossil Fuels AND COVID-19

April 14, 2020

Burning Fossil Fuels Made Coronavirus Death Rate Worse, and Kills 200K Americans Per Year, Not to Mention Global Heating Essay by Juan Cole, Common Dreams, April 12, 2020 Air pollution, producing medical conditions such as asthma and other lung problems as well as heart disease, is responsible for some of the thousands of coronavirus deaths [...]

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Comment NOW on the Biological Assessment Rule until April 20th

April 13, 2020

Important WVDEP Biological Rule Needs Your Comments From the WV Rivers Coalition, Charleston, WV, April 10, 2020 Spring is a busy time for West Virginia’s water quality standards! There are important rules related to our state’s water protections out for public comment. WV Rivers is here to share the facts and we’ve made it easy [...]

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The Large, Long Distance Natural Gas Pipelines aka ACP & MVP Carry Risks of Accidents

April 12, 2020

Here’s why pipelines are dangerous, particularly the ACP & MVP Commentary by William Limpert, Roanoke Times, April 8, 2020 I want to thank Attorney General Herring for his recent amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of Virginia citizens. He states “The (ACP) pipeline threatens Virginia’s natural resources with no clear benefits.” New evidence [...]

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NOW We Must Embrace a Green New Deal, GND Part 3

April 11, 2020

NOW We Must Embrace a Green New Deal, Part 3 From the Reviews of Eric Klinenberg, New York Review of Books, March 26, 2020 The Great Green Hope, Review of Books on the Green New Deal A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal is a collective endeavor, written by four young [...]

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Public Online Meeting for St. Clairsville OHIO Wastewater Injection Well 4/10/20 … now cancelled

April 9, 2020

ONLINE O.D.N.R. MEETING, April 10th at 12:30pm Online Injection Well Public Meeting Instructions, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Despite our efforts to encourage the ODNR to postpone the St. Clairsville, OH injection well public meeting until after the COVID-19 public gathering restrictions are lifted, the Division is going forward with the online format. Even [...]

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NOW We Must Embrace a Green New Deal, GND Part 2

April 9, 2020

The Great Green Hope, Review of Books on the Green New Deal From the Reviews of Eric Klinenberg, New York Review of Books, March 26, 2020 Naomi Klein’s 2014 book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, became a touchstone of progressive climate activism. It’s the single strongest statement we have for why carbon-fueled capitalism [...]

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The Green New Deal is NOW a Great Green Hope

April 8, 2020

The Great Green Hope: Three New Books Target this Subject Book Reviews by Eric Klinenberg, New York Review of Books, April 23, 2020 Roughly six million people across the planet participated in the Global Climate Strike last September, inspired by the sixteen-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and organized by a rising social movement of young [...]

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Contaminated Pipelining Soils from WV Delivered Illegally to KY

April 7, 2020

Lawsuit: Contaminated soil was Big Run-bound, from WV to KY From an Article by Henry Culvyhouse | The Daily Independent, Ashland, KY, April 5, 2020 ASHLAND, KY — A 2019 car crash lawsuit has revealed a conspiracy to illegally dump contaminated soil at the Big Run Landfill, according to a recently amended complaint. The lawsuit charges [...]

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