Ocean Hero’s Bootcamp onto Single Use Plastics (Pollution)

February 25, 2019

How We’re Collaborating to Eliminate Plastic in Washington DC Article by 2018 Ocean Heroes: Claire MacQueen (13 years old), Sabine Thomas (13) and Ava Inskeep (14) We despise single-use plastics. We want to keep our oceans and our beaches clean. Early last year I (Claire) lived in India for several months and became curious about [...]

Read the full article →

NOTE: Public Meeting on PTTG Cracker & Hub at Moundsville (2/26/19)

February 24, 2019

Upcoming Belmont Co. cracker plant/petrochemical hub informational meeting LOCATION: Moundsville Public Library, Tuesday, February 26th @ 6 PM From: Bev Reed, FaCTOV OhioValley — (reed.b1@yahoo.com) Hello to Friends & Concerned Citizens: Please join local Ohio Valley residents, the Sierra Club, FreshWater Accountability Project, and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition for an informational meeting pertaining to [...]

Read the full article →

WV $hale Development Le$$ Than Economic Promi$e

February 23, 2019

West Virginia Shale Development Falls Short of Economic Promise By Sean O’Leary, WV Center on Budget & Policy, February 7, 2019 The nearly six-fold increase in West Virginia’s natural gas production in the last decade, due largely to shale development, or fracking, has fallen short of expectations for economic growth, job creation, and tax revenue [...]

Read the full article →

Selected Drilling & Fracking Violations in Southwestern Penna. & NW W.Va.

February 22, 2019

Regulation and Enforcement of Good Practice for Marcellus Shale Drilling, Fracking and Pipelining are Challenging Information Compiled by FrackCheckWV, Primarily From SkyTruth, Shepherdstown, WV >>> PA Permit Violation Issued to Cnx Gas Co Llc in South Franklin Twp, Washington County Description: Administrative violation issued on 2019-01-30 to Cnx Gas Co Llc in South Franklin Twp, [...]

Read the full article →

The Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is Needed in WV

February 21, 2019

Protecting Natural Land & Forest Treasures in West Virginia From Beth Wheatley and Thomas Minney, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 16, 2019 Whether it is the forests of Monongahela or the winding waters of New River Gorge, the lands and waters of West Virginia create and define our history, our character and our way of life. The [...]

Read the full article →

Mountain Valley Pipeline Project (MVP) Now Under Federal Criminal Investigation

February 20, 2019

Federal criminal investigation of Mountain Valley Pipeline now underway From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, February 15, 2019 The Mountain Valley Pipeline is under criminal investigation into possible violations of the Clean Water Act and other federal laws, one of the companies building the project has confirmed. EQM Midstream Partners, the lead company [...]

Read the full article →

West Virginia Utilities Need “Power Purchase Agreements”

February 19, 2019

West Virginia Environmental Council — Action Alert … Appeal from WVEC, Charleston, WV, February 18, 2019 Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) will expand access to affordable energy for West Virginia communities, businesses, tax-exempt entities, and low-income families. Our lawmakers have a no-cost way to empower more West Virginians to benefit from affordable distributed energy. Current law [...]

Read the full article →

“The Plastic Apocalypse” Presentation at Sewickley, PA (2/20/19)

February 18, 2019

The Plastic Apocalypse – Action Network Award-winning National Geographic photographer Randy Olson will present his photos in a program entitled “The Plastic Apocalypse.” Mr. Olson’s photos of plastics around the world are part of National Geographic’s “Planet or Plastic?” campaign. Justin Stockdale, Western Regional Director at Pennsylvania Resources Council, Pittsburgh, will discuss the impact of [...]

Read the full article →

Insect Populations are Disappearing Rapidly Worldwide

February 17, 2019

Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’ >>> From Damian Carrington, The Guardian, February 10, 2019 Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at the current rate of decline Why are insects in decline, and can we do anything about it? The world’s insects are going down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse [...]

Read the full article →

ATTENTION to Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells Needed in West Virginia

February 16, 2019

WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization ALERT From Julie Archer, WV-SORO, Charleston, February 15, 2019 Help Prevent One of the Most (If Not the Most) Widespread Environmental & Property Rights Disasters in WV One of, if not the most, widespread environmental and property rights disasters ever is now unfolding in West Virginia! WV-SORO needs your help [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →