Climate Change Message: “We Can Save The World!”

September 11, 2019

Greta Thunberg on Climate: “If We Can Save the Banks, We Can Save the World” From an Article by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams, September 10, 2019 During an event in New York City Monday night with author and environmentalist Naomi Klein, 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg had a simple message for those who claim it [...]

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Earthquake Problems Plague Fracking in United Kingdom

September 10, 2019

Third record-breaking tremor recorded near UK’s only fracking site From an Article of the Press Association, Irish Examiner, August 26, 2019 A tremor measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale has been felt near the UK’s only active fracking site, less than two days after a previously record-breaking tremor at the facility. The British Geological Survey [...]

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Physicians for Social Responsibility Describe Significant Health Risks From Fracking

September 9, 2019

Horizontal Drilling and High Volume Fracking are Disruptive & Polluting the Environment From an Essay by Sandra Steingraber, Environmental Advocate, September 4, 2019 The 6th edition of the fracking science Compendium from Concerned Health Professionals of New York and Physicians for Social Responsibility finds signs of damage reflected in the calls of health professional organizations [...]

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Clean Air Council Raises Concerns for Methane Emissions

September 8, 2019

To Those Concerned About Air Pollution and Those Who Should Be Concerned Letter from the Clean Air Council, August 31, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, led by former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, just proposed the complete elimination of methane controls in the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for oil and gas facilities. Methane [...]

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Noises from Shale Fracking TOO MUCH for Residents of WV etc.

September 7, 2019

Community frustrated with overwhelming noise from fracking From an Article by Julianna Furfari, WTOV News 9, September 4, 2019 BROOKE COUNTY, W. Va. — Neighbors are outraged with the effects they say fracking is having in Bethany, W.Va. “This is absurd. This is the United States, but no, it’s still West Virginia, so we’re the [...]

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Fossil Fuels: Crackers, Plastics & Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)

September 6, 2019

European consortium targets ‘cracker of future’ From an Article by Shahrzad Pourriahi, Plastics News, August 28, 2019 Six major petrochemical companies have set up a consortium to jointly investigate how naphtha or gas steam crackers could be operated using renewable electricity instead of fossil fuels. Chaired by the Netherlands-based Brightlands Chemelot Campus, the Cracker of [...]

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Municipal Landfills Being Used for Low-Level Radioactive Drill Cuttings

September 5, 2019

J.P. Mascaro & Sons awarded municipal contracts and a landfill renewal From an Article of Media News Group, The Mercury, Pottstown, PA, August 2, 2019 AUDUBON, PA — J.P. Mascaro & Sons has announced that it has been awarded more than $7.5 million in municipal waste collection and recycling contracts, as well as a renewal [...]

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CHANGE.ORG — Standup for Environmental Justice. Stop Fracked-Gas Pipelines in WV, VA, NC Now!

September 4, 2019

Petition · Stand up for environmental justice. Stop fracked-gas pipelines in WV, VA, NC now! · Change.org Progress Not Pipelines started this petition to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Chatterjee, Commissioners Glick and McNamee and 1 other Ella Rose lives in the blast zone of a massive, dangerous fracked-gas pipeline and compressor proposed just a [...]

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The End for Fossil Fuels is Necessary & Should be In-View

September 3, 2019

For Fossil Fuels, Evidence of the End is Mounting Editorial from the Concord Monitor, Concord, Mass., August 29, 2019 Last week, BNP Paribas, the world’s eighth largest bank, announced that it is ending all investment in fossil fuels. “We conclude that the economics of oil for gasoline and diesel vehicles versus wind and solar-powered EVs [...]

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Natural Gas Pipelines Cause Unacceptable Land Disturbances in WV

September 2, 2019

Marshall County man says pipeline is causing major issues to his property From an Article by Shelby Davis, WTRF 7News, July 30, 2019 After many unanswered attempts to save his property, one Marshall County resident reached out to 7News for some help. Steven Coladonato moved to West Virginia from Connecticut in 2012 after visiting the [...]

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