New Executive Director at S.W. Penna. Environmental Health Project

February 27, 2020

SOUTHWEST PENNA. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT …. UPDATE Letter to Friends of Public Health Projects, 2/26/20 The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Board of Directors would like to announce the hiring of a new Executive Director, Alison Steele. Ms. Steele comes to EHP from her post as Director of Community Programs and Advocacy at Conservation Consultants, [...]

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Supreme Court Hears ACP Pipeline Case Regarding Appalachian Trail

February 26, 2020

‘Trails’ vs. ‘lands’: High court weighs arguments in case that could decide fate of Atlantic Coast Pipeline From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, February 24, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Where does a trail end and the land beneath it begin? That’s just one of the thorny questions the Supreme Court grappled with Monday [...]

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ACTION ALERT — Our Oceans and Marine Life Now Contaminated with Plastics

February 25, 2020

Chesapeake Climate Action Network / Action Fund Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens, 2/24/20 One garbage truck per minute. According to the World Economic Forum, this is how much plastic is being dumped in the ocean. Plastic pollution has infiltrated our oceans, is ingested by marine life and has made its way into our food supply. [...]

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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Case Now Before the US Supreme Court

February 24, 2020

Information About the Supreme Court Argument of the Cowpasture Case From the Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance, Update #264, February 20, 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court argument of the Cowpasture River Preservation Association v. Forest Service will take place on Monday, February 24 at 10 am. One-hour is scheduled for the case. To review briefs that [...]

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Introduction to WVU Climate Conversations

February 23, 2020

WVU Climate Conversations Podcast: An Introduction to the Podcast From the Climate Conversations, WVU Daily Athenaeum, February 19, 2020 Kathryn Williamson, teaching assistant professor of physics and astronomy at West Virginia University, gives us an introduction to the WVU Climate Conversations podcast. Inspired by Katharine Hayhoe’s TED talk that, “the most important thing you can [...]

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PA Landfill Fined for Accepting Toxic Fracking Wastewater

February 22, 2020

PA-DEP fines landfill near Pittsburgh for taking in fracking waste — Agreement includes plan to clean up liquid waste Article by Reid Frazier, PA StateImpact, February 18, 2020 The Pennsylvania Department of Envirommental Protection has fined a Westmoreland County landfill that had been passing pollution from oil and gas drilling waste into a local sewage [...]

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LONGVIEW II Power Plant Rally at WVU Woodburn Circle @ Noon on Saturday

February 21, 2020

University student organizations to rally against Longview Power Plant Article by Gabriella Brown, WVU Daily Athenaeum, February 20, 2020 Student organizations will rally together at Woodburn Circle on Saturday at noon to protest against the construction of a natural gas and solar power plant. The organizations include WVU Sierra Club Coalition, Mountaineers for Green Design [...]

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“Refinery of the Future” Topic at Middle East Technology Forum

February 20, 2020

Honeywell UOP to display new refinery concept at forum From the Trade Arabia News Service, February 12, 2020 Honeywell has unveiled a new “Refinery of the Future” concept, which will be showcased at the annual Middle East Technology Forum for Refining & Petrochemicals (ME-TECH), taking place from February 18-20 in Abu Dhabi. The concept demonstrates [...]

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NASA/NOAA: Global Climate Change — Vital Signs of the Planet

February 19, 2020

Scientific Consensus: Earth’s Climate is Warming From the NASA/NOAA Website “Global Climate Change — Vital Signs of the Planet” as downloaded on February 18, 2020 Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree*: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to [...]

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Large, High-Pressure, Long-Distance Pipeline Problems Get Attention in VA General Assembly

February 18, 2020

Virginia not doing enough on large, high pressure, long distance pipelines Commentary by Chris Hurst, VA House of Delegates, Roanoke Times, February 17, 2020 (Delegate Chris Hurst represents Giles County, Radford and parts of Montgomery and Pulaski counties in the House of Delegates. He is a Democrat.) Sediment steadily encroaching onto private property. Road closures [...]

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