The High Risks of Fires & Explosions on LNG Railroad Cars

January 18, 2020

Some 15 states oppose Trump plan to allow LNG shipments by rail Article by MARC LEVY, Associated Press, WSAV NBC News 3, January 14, 2020 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The attorneys general of 15 states said this week that they oppose a Trump administration proposal to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, arguing the [...]

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Largest Appalachian Natural Gas Producer: EQT Stock Now Junk

January 17, 2020

U.S. Gas Giant EQT Downgraded To Junk Status From an Article by Nick Cunningham, Oil-Price.com, January 14, 2020 The largest natural gas driller in the United States just announced a massive write-down for its assets, offering more evidence that the shale sector faces fundamental problems with profitability. In a regulatory filing on Monday, Pittsburgh-based EQT [...]

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“No PTTG” Rally/ “Plastics” Video/ Panel Speakers on Saturday (1/18/20)

January 16, 2020

CONCERNED OHIO RIVER RESIDENTS — Rally and Public Meeting THIS SATURDAY in Bellaire, OH and Moundsville, WV >> Rally Saturday, January, 18th, 11 am — 12 pm (noon)  >> Meet in lot across from Bellaire Kroger at 26th Street intersection Meet at about 10:45. We will assemble on the sidewalks at the intersection. Bring [...]

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Will the US Congress Give a Political Bail Out to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline?

January 15, 2020

Trying to Forestall Congressional Action — Congressional Relief for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline ? By John McFerrin, The Highland Voice, Page 4, January 2020 As we all learned in school, we have three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. With the Atlantic Coast Pipeline we are now seeing an example of one way that [...]

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PennEast Pipeline Seeks Approvals to Cross Delaware River and New Jersey

January 14, 2020

PennEast, Way Behind Schedule, Asks for Two More Years to Build Pipeline From an Article by Jon Hurdle, New Jersey Spotlight, January 6, 2020 The PennEast Pipeline Company is asking federal regulators for two more years to build its controversial natural gas pipeline through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, saying it has been the victim of [...]

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VA Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Responsible for Union Hill Mistakes

January 13, 2020

Virginia DEQ’s failure on compressor station review is another sign new leadership is needed From an Article by Vivian Thomson, Virginia Mercury, January 9, 2020 On January 7, 2019, I posed the following question about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station proposed for Union Hill: “Is an African-American community in rural Virginia the right place [...]

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ACP Union Hill Compressor Station Permit Overturned By Federal Court

January 12, 2020

Federal court overturns Union Hill compressor station permit From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, January 7, 2020 Calling Virginia’s review of a controversial compressor station in the historic Buckingham County freedmen’s community of Union Hill “arbitrary and capricious,” a federal court on Tuesday stripped the facility of its permit and ordered the State [...]

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Major Oil Companie$ Propose to Come Clean Eventually

January 11, 2020

We Can’t Slow Climate Change Without the Energy Companies From an Article by Ted Halstead — Climate Leadership Council, New York Times, January 10, 2020 There is a real danger that the climate debate is deteriorating into a game of name-calling, with oil and gas companies all too often portrayed as opponents of climate progress. [...]

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Public Concern Mounts Over Low Tax Rate for 2nd Longview Power Plant

January 10, 2020

Green groups protest proposed new Longview Power plants From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 6, 2020 MORGANTOWN — Some members of the green community assembled on the Courthouse Square Monday afternoon to protest the proposed construction of two new Longview Power plants – one gas-fired, one solar. The Mon Valley Clean [...]

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Penna. Pipeline Blast of 9/10/18 Results in $30 Million Fine, But the Public is Not Very Well Protected

January 9, 2020

PA Levies Record $30M Fine Against Energy Transfer Pipeline Company From an Article by Reid Frazier, State Impact PA, January 6, 2020 STATEIMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced an agreement Friday that includes a record fine against the company responsible for a 2018 natural gas pipeline explosion in Beaver County. The [...]

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