Natural Gas is a Health Issue, an Environmental GHG, and an Economic Dilemma

March 27, 2020

Global natural gas flaring reaches 4.6 Tcf in 2019 From a Report of GlobalData, Kalanish Energy, March 23, 2020 Oil and gas producers have flared over 4.6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas globally in 2019, foregoing as much as $24 billion in revenues. The estimate released by analytical company GlobalData is based on [...]

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The Ohio River Valley Could Become a Worse ‘Cancer Alley’

March 26, 2020

Will a push for plastics turn Appalachia into next ‘Cancer Alley’? From an Article by Emily Holden, The Guardian, October 11, 2019 Critics say ethane expansion will not only prolong fracking but could also trigger a public health disaster. Construction cranes climb into the sky and sprawl across the massive petrochemical facility that will turn [...]

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Strong Environmental Policy to Regulate Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracking is Appropriate

March 25, 2020

Why Scientists Should Shape Environmental Policy From an Article by James Saiers, Foreign Policy Magazine, March 14, 2020 The case of fracking in Pennsylvania shows that if experts and fossil fuel industry leaders can cooperate, innovation is possible. Solar power, wind energy, smart grids, and energy storage often command the current discourse on energy innovation. [...]

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Petrochemicals Development in Ohio River Valley Facing Looming Problems

March 24, 2020

Market Headwinds Buffet Appalachia’s Future as a Center for Petrochemicals From an Article by James Bruggers, Inside Climate News, March 21, 2020 A Wealth of Financial Problems The headwinds began blowing in Appalachia last year, when the Braskem and Odebrecht companies ended their plans to construct an ethane cracking plant in West Virginia. Tens of [...]

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Weld Records Fraud Found on Mariner East Pipeline in S.W. Penna.

March 23, 2020

Mariner East pipeline worker charged with felony for falsifying weld records From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, March 19, 2020 A pipeline worker from Westmoreland County is expected to plead guilty to a felony for forging documents that said a weld on the Mariner East pipeline was properly X-rayed when, in reality, [...]

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County Commissioner Bloom Repeated Longview’s Concerns about the Appalachian Stewardship Funding

March 22, 2020

Comm. Tom Bloom articulates specific grievance against ASF, finally Editorial Opinion by Morgantown Dominion Post, March 19, 2020 We’d like to interrupt the continuous coverage of coronavirus to take Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom up on his offer to write an editorial about his comments regarding the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation. Thank you, sir, for offering [...]

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Federal Court Halts Shale Drilling Leases in Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio

March 21, 2020

Court Stalls Fracking Leases in Ohio’s Only National Forest From the Ohio Environmental Council, Contacts: Wendy Park, Emily Bacha, & Jonathon Berman, March 13, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ohio― A federal judge today stalled oil and gas leasing in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest, ruling that the Trump administration failed to consider threats to public health, endangered species [...]

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§§ SHELL SHUTS DOWN ETHANE CRACKER CONSTRUCTION IN S.W. PENNA.!!

March 20, 2020

Shell suspends work on multi-Billion-dollar cracker plant in Beaver County From an Article by Tom Fontaine, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, March 18, 2020 Shell Chemicals said Wednesday it will temporarily halt its multibillion-dollar project to build an ethane cracker plant in Beaver County because of coronavirus concerns. The company then plans to gradually ramp work back [...]

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WV Manufacturers Association to Promote Marcellus Shale ‘Virtually’

March 19, 2020

Update: Marcellus & Manufacturing Development Conference (MMDC) goes virtual! Content will be offered virtually through multiple subscription-based online events! In light of guidance from the federal government, and out of an abundance of caution, the WVMA has decided to change the format of this year’s Marcellus and Manufacturing Development Conference. Instead of our usual arrangement, [...]

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Prof. Yuri Gorby Lecture on 3/18/20 in Lewisburg, WV — POSTPONED!

March 18, 2020

Informational meeting on Natural Gas, Safety and Public Health, Lewisburg, WV …………………..POSTPONED…………………… From the Greenbrier River Watershed Association, March 12, 2020 Professor Yuri Gorby Phd., will lecture on “The effects of the natural gas industry on Appalachia”, on Wednesday, March 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Lewisburg Public Library. Professor Gorby, former research scientist [...]

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