EARTH is Already Facing Climate Destruction Under Trumpian Policies

May 24, 2019

Trump is embracing climate destruction Essay by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post, May 21, 2019 VIDEO: ‘We don’t have any choice’: Protesters participate in Earth Day demonstrations (Extinction Rebellion, the group behind the ongoing demonstrations in London, has mobilized thousands across the globe to protest climate change) Amid the daily infamies of Donald Trump’s presidency, [...]

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While Stronger Environmental Protection is Needed, the U.S. EPA Does the Opposite

May 23, 2019

E.P.A. Plans to Get Thousands of Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math From an Article by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, May 20, 2019 Photo: The Hunter power plant in Castle Dale, Utah, which burns an estimated 4.5 million tons of coal a year. WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to change [...]

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Tree Sitting Continues in Opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)

May 22, 2019

Pipeline opponents continue supporting last-remaining tree-sit in Montgomery County, VA — Protesters stand their ground, rotating through Yellow Finch tree-sits From an Article by Tommy Lopez, WSLS News 10, Roanoke, May 20, 2019 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. – Some opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline are still sitting high up in the trees in protest, blocking [...]

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Fayette County PA Judge Orders Stop to Frack Waste Leachate into Monongahela River

May 21, 2019

Judge shuts down waste water pipe from Westmoreland landfill to Belle Vernon sewage plant From an Article by Don Hopey & David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 17, 2019 Fayette County Common Pleas Court Judge Steve Leskinen has ordered the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver to stop piping toxic runoff contaminated by shale gas drilling and [...]

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U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Ask to Reject ACP Second Permit Application

May 20, 2019

Court of appeals asked to reject 2nd pipeline permit From an Article of The Recorder, May 16, 2019 RICHMOND – The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on May 9 heard environmentalists again ask the three-judge panel to stop a proposed shale gas pipeline’s construction through the Alleghenies due to the presence of an endangered [...]

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Global Climate Impacts of Plastics Very Pervasive Over Lifecycle

May 19, 2019

Plastics Threaten Global Climate at a Massive Scale During Each Point of Lifecycle, Report Finds From an Article by Madison Dapcevich, EcoWatch.com, May 17, 2019 Plastic pollution across the globe is suffocating our planet and driving Earth toward catastrophic climatic conditions if not curbed significantly and immediately, according to a new report by the Center [...]

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“An Act of God” is Blamed for Pipeline Explosion Last September in Southwestern Penna.

May 18, 2019

EdgeMarc files for bankruptcy and blames Energy Transfer explosion; Energy Transfer says it was ‘an act of God’ From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 16, 2019 The early morning fireball that burst from the seams of Energy Transfer’s Revolution pipeline in September has surfaced as the central character in the bankruptcy [...]

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Significant Erosion & Sediment Violations Logged on Mountain Valley Pipeline

May 17, 2019

Mountain Valley agrees to pay $266,000 for pollution problems in W.Va. From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, May 14, 2019 Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have agreed to pay a fine of nearly $266,000 for violating environmental regulations in West Virginia. The agreement, outlined in a consent order from the West Virginia [...]

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Need for MVP Pipeline Inspections Evident in Summers County, WV

May 16, 2019

MVP Playing a Game with West Virginians and the Environment From Neal Laferriere, Summers County Resident, May 13, 2019 I want to share an experience with you. We are in the northern end of Summers County, WV. Our property and the surrounding properties are currently experiencing the extensive disturbance that comes with the Mountain Valley [...]

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“Life as We Know It” — Then Later: “No Life to Know the Difference”

May 15, 2019

Plant and animal species are disappearing faster than at any time in recorded history. We know who is to blame. By The Editorial Board, New York Times, May 11, 2019 • Our planet has suffered five mass extinctions, the last of which occurred about 66 million years ago, when a giant asteroid believed to have [...]

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