Informing Landowners & Lease Holders of Marcellus Shale

August 22, 2019

How Toby Rice is Going to Conquer the World as EQT CEO Essay by S. Tom Bond, FrackCheckWV, August 21, 2019 Monday night August 19, 2019, EQT held it’s third of four Landowner Town Hall meetings at Bridgeport, WV. It would be incorrect to say new CEO Toby Z. Rice was the main feature – [...]

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Clean Power Plan — CPP (yes) and ACE (not really appropriate)

August 21, 2019

Some things seem predictable about volatile energy rule From an Editorial of the Morgantown Dominion Post, August 15, 2019 It was almost predictable that the other shoe would drop. And that the other shoe would be on the other foot. But what was not predictable were some of the toes on that other foot, among [...]

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At this Point in Time, To Deny Climate Change is Unforgivable

August 20, 2019

Global warming is already here. Denying it is unforgivable. From the Editorial Board, Washington Post, August 19, 2019 GLOBAL WARMING is already here, striking substantial regions of the United States with increasing severity. That is the upshot of an exhaustive Post investigation in which Steven Mufson, Chris Mooney, Juliet Eilperin and John Muyskens analyzed decades [...]

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Violations Blitz (VioBlitz) on Mountain Valley Pipeline Finds Scads of Problems

August 19, 2019

VioBlitz” Uncovers Over 100 Potential MVP Violations From the Allegheny – Blue Ridge Alliance ABRA Update #241 – 8/16/2019 Impacted landowners, concerned citizens, and trained volunteer monitors participated in a “VioBlitz” over the August 9-11 weekend. Sponsored by the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, an ABRA member and a partner in the ABRA CSI program (Compliance [...]

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Climate Scientist at Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Being Severely Limited

August 18, 2019

Climate expert at CDC poised to file whistleblower complaint over treatment From an Article by Maya Earls, E&E News & Climate Wire, August 14, 2019 An expected whistleblower complaint is the latest escalation in a fight between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and its former head of climate work. [...]

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The Time Has Come to Boycott SHELL After This Behavior

August 17, 2019

Trump’s large union crowd at SHELL was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, August 16, 2019 The choice for thousands of union workers at Royal Dutch Shell’s petrochemical plant in Beaver County was clear Tuesday: Either stand in a giant [...]

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Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Admin. (PHMSA) Inspections Discover Significant Problems on Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)

August 16, 2019

Feds warn of unsafe construction on Atlantic Coast project From an Article by Mike Soraghan, E&E News, August 15, 2019 Federal regulators have found unsafe construction practices at work sites on the Atlantic Coast pipeline, spelling more trouble for a project that’s already facing setbacks in court. Inspectors in December found crews laying pipe in [...]

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Natural Gas Pipelines Spell Pollution to Trout Unlimited

August 15, 2019

New report notes pipeline-related pollution events By Jake Lemon and David Kinney, Trout Unlimited, August 5, 2019 Over the past few years, developers and regulators have assured Virginians and West Virginians that sound construction practices and the effective use of erosion controls would limit impacts to the hundreds of streams in the path of proposed [...]

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Protesters Flood Beaver County Courthouse Lawn Protesting Trump’s Shell Cracker Visit

August 14, 2019

About 200 protesters rally against Trump policies while he speaks at Shell’s cracker plant 5 miles away From an Article by Davenport Rae Kurutz, Beaver County Times, August 13, 2019 BEAVER — Linda Stanley remembers playing outside as a child in Ambridge and coming inside with burning nose and lungs. Her parents fluffed it off, [...]

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2019 “Global Climate Strike” is on for September 20th to 27th

August 13, 2019

How To Join The 2019 Global Climate Strike & Demand Change Right Now From an Article by NYLAH BURTON, Bustle.com, August 7, 2019 On Sept. 20-27, climate action organizers are planning a Global Climate Strike, with hopes that massive and consistent turnout will make a difference. If you’d like to join the 2019 Global Climate [...]

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