Three Factors are Driving Natural Gas Price$ Down, Down

April 6, 2020

Natural-gas futures touch their lowest level in 25 years, but still outperform oil From an Article by Myra P. Saefong, Market Watch, March 27, 2020 — On March 23, natural-gas futures settled at their lowest since 1995 Natural-gas prices recently dropped to their lowest level in a quarter-century, but they have managed to outperform oil [...]

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The Interaction of COVID-19, Economic Recovery & Climate Change

April 5, 2020

Economic Recovery, the COVID-19 Virus and Global Climate Change . From Steve Curwood, Living on Earth: This Week’s Show, April 3, 2020 . . This is Living on Earth. I’m Steve Curwood at a social distance. The novel coronavirus pandemic is turning economies upside down, but so far the US Congress has yet to address [...]

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COVID-19: Selected Mariner East Pipeline Components Remain Under Construction

April 4, 2020

Pennsylvania is allowing some Mariner East pipeline construction to continue despite the coronavirus shutdown From an Article by Andrew Maykuth, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 26, 2020 A Texas company will be permitted to complete pipeline construction work at 17 locations across Pennsylvania, most of them associated with its contentious Mariner East project, after appealing directly to [...]

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Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Reopens LNG Port Case on Delaware River

April 3, 2020

Hearing on LNG Terminal Plan for South Jersey Will Give Critics Another Chance to Object FROM AN ARTICLE BY JON HURDLE, NEW JERSEY SPOTLIGHT, MARCH 4, 2020 Trial-like proceeding will hear all sides and recommend whether to uphold Delaware River Basin Commission’s approval. The Delaware River Basin Commission has set up a quasi-judicial hearing on [...]

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The US Oil & Natural Gas Industries are Facing Severe Financial Issues

April 2, 2020

Financial Instability of the Oil & Gas Industry in the Face of COVID-19 From the FracTracker Alliance, March 30, 2020 The COVID-19 health crisis is setting off major changes in the oil and gas industry. The situation may thwart plans for additional petrochemical expansion and cause investors to turn away from fracking for good. Persistent [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Causes Stream Sediment Impacts

April 1, 2020

Federal reviews delay Mountain Valley Pipeline yet again From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, March 27, 2020 A winter hiatus in construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline will last well into the spring. The latest delay came this week, with word that two federal agencies will take another month to review one of [...]

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COVID-19 Will Undoubtedly Affect Drilling / Fracking & Pipeline Activities

March 31, 2020

News Release: Monday, March 30, 2020, Monroe County, WV NEWS RELEASE FROM PRESERVE MONROE ABOUT COVID-19 Concerned citizens implore Governor to halt imminent influx of transient workers into West Virginia Last Friday, March 27, 2020, in light of the national COVID-19 pandemic, a local non-profit organization, Preserve Monroe, sent a letter to Governor Justice asking [...]

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We Know the Causes of Climate Change, Let’s Review Then Do The Solutions

March 30, 2020

Causes of global warming: How scientists know that humans are responsible From an Article by Samantha Harrington, Yale Climate Connections, March 27, 2020 You likely have heard about global warming in the news, at school or from a friend. And so you probably have questions such as, “What is causing this warming?” and “What role [...]

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Calling GOD Above: “Should We Take Care of the EARTH & It’s PEOPLE?”

March 29, 2020

The Green New Deal isn’t socialist, it’s “biblical,” argue some evangelicals From an Article by Olivia Goldhill, Quartz Newsletter, September 18, 2019 Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says her evangelical religion influences her approach to climate change. She is very concerned. When evangelical environmentalists talk about climate change, they don’t stick to sea level rise projections [...]

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Polar Ice on Earth is Melting Six Times Faster than 1990 Rate, Sea Level is Rising

March 28, 2020

Polar ice caps melting six times faster than in 1990s From an Article by Damian Carrington, The Guardian (UK), March 11, 2020 Losses of ice from Greenland and Antarctica are tracking the worst-case climate scenario, scientists warn. The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete [...]

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