Appalachian Stewardship Foundation Replies to Longview Issues

January 28, 2020

Longview Payments to be Used to Mitigate for Environmental Impacts Letter to Editor by Larry Harris, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 26, 2020 In response to a recent article that appeared in The Dominion Post on January 16th, the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation (ASF) would like to correct several inaccuracies. ASF is an independent 501(c)3 grant-making foundation. [...]

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Legal Proceedings Continue on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)

January 27, 2020

FERC Is Asked to Halt the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Construction From the Update #260, Allegheny – Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), January 23, 2020 A new request to halt construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was made to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a January 14 filing by the Southern Environmental Law [...]

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Scotland to Host 2020 Climate Summit & Achieve 100% Renewables

January 26, 2020

Scotland to reach 100% renewables in time to host 2020 climate summit From an Article by Sophie Vorrath, Renew Economy, January 22, 2020 Scotland is shaping up as an exemplary host for this year’s UN climate conference, with data showing it is likely to meet its national target of 100 per cent renewable electricity in [...]

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Chatham University Public Program: Local Petrochemical Build-Out: Not What It’s Cracked Up To Be? [Sunday]

January 25, 2020

Concern About Shale Industry & Petrochemicals Date: January 26th 2020, Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Place: Eddy Theatre, Chatham University, 1 Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 The 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club is pleased to announce that the Club’s Annual Meeting will host a panel discussion on Sunday, January 26th titled “The Petrochemical Build-Out: [...]

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Join Us Tuesday For E-Day at the WV Legislature, January 28th!

January 24, 2020

ENVIRONMENT DAY at the West Virginia Legislature is January 28th Invitation from WV Environmental Council, Charleston, 1/23/20 You are invited to attend E-Day at the Legislature on Tuesday, January 28 from 9 am to 2 pm at the West Virginia State Capitol. Activists and other visitors will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on civic [...]

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How Various Factors in the U.S. Have Changed in Ten Years

January 23, 2020

After a Decade of Fracking, Billions of Dollars Lost and a Climate in Crisis . From an Extensive Study by Sharon Kelly, Attorney & Writer, DeSmog News, January 21, 2020 Partially destroyed house in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy As 2020 begins, the impacts of climate change have become increasingly clear around the world. The [...]

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Polluting Gases from Drilling/Fracking Seen As Unacceptable

January 22, 2020

No safe way to regulate hydro-fracking gases Letter from Barbara Daniels, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 20, 2020 Anyone who still believes that natural gas is a clean fuel might be surprised by the Texas Sharon FLIR videos, with commentary, showing cancer-causing VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and methane freely exiting from horizontal hydrofracturing (hhf) units. Now [...]

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Concerned Ohio Valley Residents Told of Toxic Chemicals & Excessive Plastics

January 21, 2020

Ohio Valley Residents Respond to Oil And Gas Documentary Viewers Call Film On Plastic Waste ‘Eye Opening’ From an Article by Scott McCloskey, Staff Writer, Wheeling Intelligencer, January 19, 2020 MOUNDSVILLE — For some of the nearly 50 people who turned out to view a documentary film screening, the film not only provided a new [...]

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Speaker on Radioactivity Risks from Marcellus Shale, Doddridge County 1/22/20

January 20, 2020

Radioactive Risks Posed by the Oil and Gas industry Presentation by Justin Nobel, Science Journalist (Rolling Stone Magazine), West Union, WV, January 22, 2020 On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, Justin Nobel, Science Journalist writing for the Rolling Stone will hold an informational meeting regarding the radioactive risks associated with the oil and gas industry at [...]

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Compressor Station as “Atlantic Bridge” to Canada Now Under Protest in Massachusetts

January 19, 2020

Protests Target a ‘Carbon Bomb’ Linking Two Major Pipelines Outside Boston From an Article by Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News, Jan. 17, 2020 WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts — After endless public hearings, drawn-out government appeals and fruitless legal proceedings, a band of community and climate activists was left to this: Sitting in the path of a concrete [...]

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