Trump is Putting our Longer Term Future At Great Risk

June 3, 2019

Future of earth’s climate put at risk by Trump’s administration Letter to Editor by Larry Harris, Morgantown Dominion Post, June 2, 2019 The news has been full of stories of disastrous weather events of late: Heavy rainfall followed by floods in the Midwest; increased numbers of tornados, high temperatures, melting ice packs and so on. [...]

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Can Federal Programs be Twisted to Guarantee the Ethane Storage Hub?

June 2, 2019

Appalachian gas storage hub seeks federal clean energy loan guarantee From an Article by Kathiann M. Kowalski, The Conversation, May 31, 2019 A proposed petrochemical feedstock hub could expand markets for natural gas liquids in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. Several environmental groups are considering legal options if the Trump administration approves $1.9 billion [...]

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“Climate Change” is Becoming the “Climate Apocalypse” Around the World

June 1, 2019

Climate ‘apocalypse’ to leave Scotland with abandoned villages, doomed forests and no birdsong within decade From an Article by Harry Cockburn, The Independent (UK), May 30, 2019 Warming world and commercial pressures are putting country at risk of severe degradation, Scottish Natural Heritage warns. Scotland faces numerous catastrophic impacts from the climate crisis which could [...]

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Another Ill Concieved Marcellus Mission to China by WV Bureaucrats

May 31, 2019

China Energy requests meeting with state officials in China From an Article by Jeff Jenkins in MetroNews, May 29, 2019. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A delegation made up of mostly state government officials will travel to China and Japan later this week for what’s being called a business development mission. State Commerce Secretary Ed Gaunch will [...]

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Tyler County Storage Tank Fire was Very Large & Very Dangerous

May 30, 2019

Bens Run area evacuated due to storage tank fire Gov. Justice orders state resources to fight storage tank fire in Tyler County, 5/25/2019 CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announces this evening that he has ordered all state resources necessary to fight an ongoing natural gas storage tank fire in Tyler County. On Saturday afternoon, [...]

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Nuclear Power is Uneconomical & Unsafe, Period!

May 29, 2019

Former U.S. Nukes Chief: “New nuclear is off the table” From an Article by Grant Smith, Environmental Working Group, May 22, 2019 From 2009 to 2012, Gregory Jaczko was chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which approves nuclear power plant designs and sets safety standards for plants. But he now says that nuclear power is [...]

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Zero Methane Emissions Goal May Be Elusive For Any Driller/Fracker

May 28, 2019

Range Resources pledges to achieve zero gas emissions in its Marcellus operations From an Article by Rick Shrum, Washington PA Observer Reporter, May 23, 2019 The company that broke ground, literally and figuratively, in the Marcellus Shale is striving for another groundbreaking achievement. Zero greenhouse gas emissions. Range Resources, the largest natural gas driller in [...]

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Coal-fired Power Plants are Retiring in Favor of Natural Gas, Solar & Wind

May 27, 2019

As Coal Retires in PJM, Why Aren’t Renewables Filling the Vacuum? From an Article by Chloe Holden, Green Tech Media, May 20, 2019 Solar and wind have struggled to compete against a flood of cheap natural gas in the largest U.S. wholesale power market, operated by PJM, the Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland Interconnect System which includes the electrical [...]

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Dominion Energy’s Policies Twist This Way and That

May 26, 2019

Lies, damn lies, and advertising: Dominion goes for the green … From an Essay by Ivy Main, Power for the People VA, May 22, 2019 Recently I criticized a Dominion Energy advertisement that boasted, misleadingly and inaccurately, about the company’s investments in solar energy. By contrast, the company’s investments in greenwashing are transparent and heartfelt. [...]

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Ewing Sarcoma — What’s Causing These Occurrences?

May 25, 2019

Young lives at stake: Rural areas deserve answers on child cancers EDITORIAL: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 22, 2019 There are a lot of unanswered questions and troubled minds, not to mention sick kids, in some of the rural areas outside of Pittsburgh. It is difficult to accept that so many cases are occurring at random, [...]

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