Recent Study Linking Home Radon Level to Fracking, Not Correctly Done

July 3, 2019

ODNR disputes study distributed by University of Toledo, linking radon to fracking From an Article by Sara Welch, Shale Gas Reporter, July 3, 2019 Since its publication and redistribution, a University of Toledo study that links the presence of radon in homes to proximity to fracking wells has been disputed by the Ohio Department of [...]

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US Department of Agriculture Buries Studies Showing Dangers of Climate Change

July 2, 2019

The Trump administration has stopped reporting research that higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks From an Article by Helena B. Evich, POLITICO, June 23, 2019 The Trump administration has refused to publicize dozens of government-funded studies that carry warnings about the effects of climate change, defying a longstanding practice of touting such [...]

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Shale Gas Investing not Profitable for Large Companies, Says Former CEO of EQT

July 1, 2019

Shale Pioneer: Fracking Is An “Unmitigated Disaster” From an Article by Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com, June 24, 2019 Fracking has been an “unmitigated disaster” for shale companies themselves, according to a prominent former shale executive. “The shale gas revolution has frankly been an unmitigated disaster for any buy-and-hold investor in the shale gas industry with very [...]

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The Mariner East Pipeline Battle in Southeastern Pennsylvania

June 30, 2019

Covering all the bases on the Mariner East Pipelines Update Article From the Delaware County Times, Swarthmore, PA, June 29, 2019 They say turnabout is fair play. This newspaper has spent an inordinate amount of time – to say nothing of newsprint – covering what we have come to refer as The Battler of Mariner [...]

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The U. S. Supreme Court is Asked to Revive the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

June 29, 2019

ACP Appeals Forest Service Decision to U.S. Supreme Court From Ellen Bouton, Friends of Nelson County, VA, June 27, 2019 Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance’s ABRA Update 235: Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) on June 25, 2019, filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the December 13, 2018 decision of the [...]

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Pipelines Leak & High Pressure Natural Gas Pipelines can Explode with Burning

June 28, 2019

The insanity of the Mountain Valley Pipeline | Commentary | Aerial view of the blast site along Virginia 26 in Appomattox County after the September, 2008 natural gas pipeline explosion. From an Essay by Alden Dudley, Roanoke Times, June 26, 2019 Dudley retired in 2003 as Chief of Staff at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical [...]

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Petrochemicals Continue as Growth Industry in U.S. and Abroad

June 27, 2019

Chevron eyes more downstream growth in petrochemical industry From an Article by Heather McGuire Doyle, Petrochemical Update, June 25, 2019 The U.S. Gulf Coast and the downstream sector will figure prominently in Chevron’s current portfolio and future growth opportunities, Mike Coyle, Chevron’s President of Manufacturing said. Coyle was speaking at the Downstream Conference in Houston, [...]

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Replacing the “Clean Power Plan” with the “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule Makes No Sense or Cent$

June 26, 2019

ACE rule can only dig us into a deeper hole Editorial of the Morgantown Dominion Post, Sunday, June 23, 2019 Call it a policy of diminishing returns or retreats from a worsening climate crisis. We’re never going to sway the Trump administration on its decision to short circuit the Clean Power Plan. But technological trends [...]

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Methane & Hydrocarbon Leaks are Causing Major Greenhouse Effects

June 25, 2019

Methane and Other Hydrocarbons are Leaking Big Time into the Atmosphere From the CLEAN AIR COUNCIL on June 22, 2019 Dear Friends of the Earth’s Environment: Senator Bob Casey has opposed the Trump Administration’s dangerous proposed modification to standards that reduce methane pollution from oil and gas operations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led [...]

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Oil Refinery Explosion & Fire in Philadelphia — Significant Lesson for Mankind

June 24, 2019

What the ‘Fossil Fuel Economy Looks Like’: Demands for Climate Justice After Explosion Rocks Philly Oil Refinery From an Article by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, June 21, 2019 Climate advocates reiterated their calls to ditch the fossil fuel economy on Friday following an explosion at an oil refinery complex in Philadelphia that sent a fireball [...]

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