Will Society “Falter” or Can We Overcome our Fossil Fuel Inertia

July 23, 2019

The name of this human game might be called “Acceleration.”Book Review: Falter by Bill McKibben From a Review by Frank Grant, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, July 5, 2019 If the billions of years of earth’s existence were scaled to a 24 hour day, human civilization would have begin about 1/5 of a second ago. A [...]

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LNG Export Terminal in New Jersey, Worse than Previously Revealed

July 22, 2019

LNG export terminal would take 360 trucks a day, 24/7 From an Article by Jon Hurdle, New Jersey Spotlight, July 17, 2019 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers divulged new details yesterday about plans for New Jersey’s first export terminal for liquefied natural gas, showing it would be supplied by as many as 15 trucks [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Faces Various Legal Issues

July 21, 2019

Belinsky: Here’s how the pipeline is lawless Commentary by Tammara Belinsky, Roanoke Times, July 16, 2019 Today a public servant questioned my description of the ongoing construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline as lawless. Here’s an accounting. First, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the two federal agency decisions to build the pipeline in [...]

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Update on the New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

July 20, 2019

Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal Facing Early Opposition From an Article of Natural Gas Intelligence, July 19, 2019 Environmental groups have embarked on a complex effort at various state and federal agencies to stop an affiliate of New Fortress Energy LLC from developing a small-scale natural gas export terminal in New Jersey along the [...]

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NGL-to-Plastics Industry Still Growing Wildly in TX & LA, But the Future is Gloomy

July 19, 2019

Chevron Phillips-Qatar, Ineos projects supersize growing industry From an Article by Marissa Luck, Houston TX Chronicle, July 15, 2019 Two new petrochemical projects are underway along the Gulf Coast as the sector’s second wave of expansion rolls on, despite analyst projections of abundant supplies, lower prices and a potential industry downturn in the coming years. [...]

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The More We Learn the Less We Like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline!

July 18, 2019

Virginia Legislators ask Federal Agency to Stop Work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline From Doug Jackson, Sierra Club, July 16, 2019 >>> Legislators Deeds, Hurst, Rasoul, Roem, and Others Call on FERC to Halt Fracked Gas Project RICHMOND, VA — Today, 18 Virginia legislators announced they sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) [...]

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MVP Pipeline Should be Accountable for Water Quality Violations

July 17, 2019

Action Alert: Tell WVDEP to Hold the Mountain Valley Pipeline Accountable for Water Quality Violations FROM the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, July 1, 2019 PHOTO: Sediment flowing into Indian Creek in Monroe County, WV. The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), is a 303-mile project that extends across 11 counties in West Virginia – Wetzel, Harrison, Doddridge, [...]

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West Virginia Could Have $1 Billion in Reserve to Diversify the Economy

July 16, 2019

WEST VIRGINIA: It’s Not Too Late to Fix Our Future From the WV Center on Budget & Policy, July 15, 2019 A recent article in Vox by David Roberts highlights how a coal mining bust in Wyoming is resulting in “vulture capitalism” as investors buy up bankrupt coal mines while coal executives receive large bonuses [...]

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$84 Billion China Deal for West Virginia is a Continuing Mystery

July 15, 2019

Manchin, environmental activists seek details on China Energy deal From an Article by Steven Adams, Parkersburg News & Sentinel, July 14, 2019 CHARLESTON — Normally butting heads, environmental activists and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are both on the same page when it comes to asking for more details on the multi-billion dollar “deal” with [...]

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Southeast Penna. Residents Live in Fear of the Mariner East Pipelines

July 14, 2019

Should We Be Afraid of the Mariner East Pipeline? From an Article by Claire Sasko, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 2019 The ongoing battle over the Mariner East project is taking place in the backyards of Chester and Delaware county residents, who live in fear of a catastrophe. CASE STUDY — It was dark outside, around [...]

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