Longview Power Proposes a New Natural Gas Plant Plus 50 MW of Solar Generation

March 26, 2019

Longview to make $1.2 billion investment in natural gas, solar power From an Article Ben Conley, Morgantown Dominion Post, February 23, 2019 MORGANTOWN — Already operating one of the world’s most advanced and efficient coal-fired power plants, Longview Power is ready to invest an estimated $1.2 billion to build natural gas and solar power generation [...]

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WV-DEP Holding Public Meeting on Blue Racer NGL Processing Plant on 3/27/19

March 25, 2019

PUBLIC MEETING regarding Natrium Fractionation Plant, Marshall County, WV From the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, March 24, 2019 Thanks to everyone who submitted a request; the WVDEP has granted a public meeting on the air permit modification (permit R13-2896F) for Blue Racer Midstream, LLC’s Natrium Extraction and Fractionation Plant. The meeting is on Wednesday, March [...]

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Large Solar Projects Under Development in VA, KY & PA

March 25, 2019

Ten economic development projects in Virginia receive $10 million from Abandoned Mine Lands program From the Front Porch Blog, Appalachian Voices, March 21, 2019 Ten community revitalization projects that will reclaim old coal mining sites in Southwest Virginia will receive $10 million in grant money. Projects range from community revitalization initiatives like multi-use trains and [...]

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Marathon Petroleum Extends NGL Planning in Utica Region

March 24, 2019

Marathon looking at liquids storage in the Utica Shale region From an Update of Kallanish Energy News, March 22, 2019 NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum is exploring the possibility of an underground liquids storage facility in eastern Ohio’s Utica Shale, Kallanish Energy reports. The company is looking at utilizing underground salt caverns for [...]

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New Risks Posed by 2100 psi Pressure on Mariner 2x Pipeline in Penna.

March 23, 2019

Pipeline pressure on the 16-inch Mariner East 2x would pose greater dangers From an Article by Susan Phillip, StateImpact Pennsylvania, March 21, 2019 Pipeline opponents are raising new concerns about the safety of Energy Transfer/ Sunoco Logistics’ Mariner East 2x natural gas liquids line, which the company says will have a maximum operating pressure much [...]

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The Mix of Electric Power Generation and Natural Gas Transmission Now Problematic in Virginia

March 22, 2019

A revised generation plan leaves Dominion’s case for its pipeline in shambles Commentary by Ivy Main, Virginia Mercury, March 20, 2019 In December of last year, regulators at the State Corporation Commission took the unprecedented step of rejecting Dominion Energy Virginia’s Integrated Resource Plan. Among other reasons, the SCC said the utility had inflated projections [...]

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Cove Point LNG Terminal of Dominion Energy has Many Challenging Aspects

March 21, 2019

From tiny Cove Point on the Chesapeake, tankers take natural gas around the world. At what cost? Extracted from an Extensive Article by Kevin Rector, Baltimore Sun, March 20, 2019 In a quiet pocket of Southern Maryland where beach bungalows line dirt roads to the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s booming natural gas industry has established [...]

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Proposed Chickahomney Power Plant Would Use Natural Gas in Charles City, VA

March 20, 2019

Comments on air permit for giant new natural gas power plant in Charles City, Virginia From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, March 19, 2019 A proposed new natural gas-fired power plant in Charles City County, which, if built, would be among the largest power generators in the state, has sparked few objections, even [...]

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Environmental Impacts from the Plastics Industry are Excessive

March 19, 2019

Plastics may be the new coal in Appalachia. But at what cost to health and climate? From an Article by James Bruggers, InsideClimate News, March 6, 2019 MONACA, Pa. — Along the banks of the Ohio River here, thousands of workers are assembling the region’s first ethane cracker plant. It’s a conspicuous symbol of a [...]

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U. S. Accused of Blocking Global Programs that would Control Plastics Pollution

March 18, 2019

US accused of blocking ambitious global action against plastic pollution From an Article by Sandra Laville, The Guardian, March 15, 2019 >>> Commitments agreed at UN conference in Kenya do not go far enough, say green groups. Environmental groups involved in talks at a United Nations conference in Kenya have accused the US of blocking [...]

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