New Penna. Utica Well Being Plugged After Disturbing Other Wells

February 5, 2019

Penna. crews monitoring problem in deep gas well in Westmoreland County From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 2, 2019 CNX Resources Corp. has spent the past week trying to get a Utica Shale well near the Beaver Run Reservoir in Westmoreland County under control after a problem there was followed by [...]

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“Can We Get To Zero Carbon?” FORUM Held in Pittsburgh on Jan. 29, 2019

February 4, 2019

Three (3) thought-provoking things from the “zero carbon” forum in Pittsburgh From the Report by Scott Blanchard, StateImpact Penna., January 30, 2019 Three experts whose work focuses on issues related to climate change discussed whether it’s possible for the U.S. to eventually get its electricity from carbon-emission-free sources — and what that might look like. [...]

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Working Toward “Zero Carbon” Challenges Planners & Industry

February 3, 2019

StateImpact reporters discuss what ‘zero carbon’ might mean From Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front, January 23, 2019 An energy future with zero carbon emissions seems like a reasonable goal in light of the recent dire climate warnings. But is it even a feasible goal for Pennsylvania or anywhere else? And what would it take to [...]

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Small Earthquakes from Fracking Wastewater Injection are Significant

February 2, 2019

Small Earthquakes Matter in Injection‐Induced Seismicity From an Article by Megan R. M. Brown, Geophysical Research Letters, June 4, 2018 Descriptive Summary Studies of the triggering mechanisms of injection‐induced earthquakes have been investigated for decades, but the focus has been on the direct influence of fluid injection in causing fault failure. There have been limited [...]

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“Salt Water Disposal Wells” (SWD) Contaminating Our Region (PA, OH, WV)

February 1, 2019

Getting Rid of All of that Fracking Waste – Increasing Use of Injection Wells in Pennsylvania . . From a Study by Matt Kelso, FracTracker Alliance, January 31, 2019 Oil and gas development generates a lot of liquid waste. Some of the waste comes that comes out of a well is from the geologic layer [...]

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The Public Need for the 300 Mile — Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) — Under Question

January 31, 2019

Environmental groups attack federal approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, January 28, 2019 WASHINGTON — The good of the Mountain Valley Pipeline — a steady supply of needed natural gas — met the bad Monday, when opponents told a federal appeals court there’s really no public need for [...]

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Trump is Damaging the Public Health, Local Environment & Planet Earth

January 30, 2019

New UCS Report Tallies Attacks on Science in Trump Era Harming Public Health From the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Common Dreams, January 28, 2019 WASHINGTON – New research shows that the administration has interfered with or sidelined science in 80 separate incidents over the past two years, demonstrating a pattern of hostility to evidence—and [...]

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Sink Holes Along Mariner East Pipeline are a Risk Now Taken More Seriously

January 29, 2019

PA-PUC sets investigation into shut-down Mariner East 1 pipeline From an Article by Bill Rettew, Delaware County Daily Local News, January 27, 2019 The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Independent Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement , which includes the PUC’s Pipeline Safety Division, has launched an investigation including detailed geological surveys at the site of a [...]

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Sir David Attenborough Speaks to Earth’s Future at Davos

January 28, 2019

Attenborough: ‘If We Wreck the Natural World, We Wreck Ourselves’ From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, January 22, 2019 Britain’s Prince William interviewed famed broadcaster David Attenborough at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. During the sit-down, the 92-year-old naturalist advised the world leaders and business elite gathered in Davos that [...]

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WV Governor Promotes Underground Storage Hub for Tri-State Area

January 27, 2019

Appalachian Underground Gas Storage Hub Gov. Justice’s ‘No. 1 Economic Focus’ From an Article by Brittany Patterson, WV Public Broadcasting, January 23, 2019 West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said a major underground natural gas liquids storage facility proposed for the Ohio Valley is a top economic priority for his office. Speaking at the annual winter [...]

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