PUBLIC MEETING: Parsons (Tucker Co.) Regarding Big Run Hydro-Pumped Storage Project

January 6, 2019

Big Run Pump Storage Hydro Project Public Meeting From Autumn Crowe, WV Rivers Coalition, January 4, 2019 The Big Run Pump Storage Hydro Project is a proposed hydroelectric storage facility in Tucker County. As proposed, the facility would impact the Big Run Bog National Natural Landmark; Mill Run, a high quality, naturally reproducing brook trout [...]

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Maryland Rejects Fracked Gas Pipeline from PA thru MD to WV

January 5, 2019

Maryland Board of Public Works votes down ‘fracked gas’ pipeline from Pennsylvania thru Western Maryland to West Virginia From an Article by Luke Broadwater, Baltimore Sun, January 2, 2018 The Maryland Board of Public Works unanimously rejected Wednesday plans for a pipeline that would carry fracked natural gas through three miles of Western Maryland, after [...]

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Public Observance for WATER in WV — A Gift, Right & Responsibility

January 4, 2019

Public Advisory: WATER: A sacred gift, a human right, and our stewardship role Public Advisory from the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), January 3, 2019 Contacts: Robin Blakeman, OVEC, 304-522-0246, robin@ohvec.org Angie Rosser, WVRC, 304-437-1274, arosser@wvrivers.org Janet Keating, CCM, 304-360-4201, keatingjanet49@gmail.com What: On the eve on the fifth anniversary of the 2014 water crisis, community [...]

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CLIMATE CHANGE is THE ISSUE in the USA and ELSEWHERE

January 3, 2019

NBC’s Meet the Press Devotes Entire Show to Climate Change With No Time for Deniers From an Article by Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch.com, Meet the Press (NBC), December 31, 2018 In an unusual move for the Sunday talk show circuit, NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd devoted its entire program Sunday to discussing climate change, [...]

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Numerous Robust Court Challenges to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are Active

January 2, 2019

As court challenges pile up, the ACP gas pipeline falls behind From an Article by Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, December 31, 2018 Protesters banging drums may get more attention, but what has really damaged the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2018 has been quiet action taking place in courtrooms. Opponents represented by the Southern [...]

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Was 2018 Another Year of Pretending that Fracking is Profitable?

January 1, 2019

Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money From an Article by Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, December 18, 2018 Actually, 2018 was the year the oil and gas industry promised that its darling, the shale fracking revolution, would stop focusing on endless production and instead turn a profit for its investors. But as [...]

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Special Report: A Thirty (30) Year Alarm on Climate Change Reality

December 31, 2018

How much Earth has warmed since a NASA scientist’s warning 30 years ago From an Article by Harry Stevens, Axios, June 23, 2018 Three decades have passed since then-NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the Senate Energy committee and alerted the country to the arrival of global warming. Why it matters: The predictions of the [...]

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Alternative Energy Training for Laid Off Oil & Gas Workers

December 30, 2018

‘Oil and gas used to be our bread and butter, but it isn’t anymore’ This Article from CBC News, The Canadian Press, December 22, 2017 The winds of change are pushing Mark Kokas in a new career direction. Nearly two years after being laid off as an electrician in Alberta’s flailing oil and gas sector, [...]

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Virginia Landowners Petition US Supreme Court Over Eminent Domain

December 29, 2018

Supreme Court deciding whether to hear Mountain Valley Pipeline lawsuit — The case deals with eminent domain and the Natural Gas Act of 1938 From an Article by Shayne Dwyer, WSLS News 10, Roanoke, VA, December 26, 2018 ROANOKE, Va – A lawsuit involving the Mountain Valley Pipeline may be headed to our nation’s highest [...]

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Pierpont College & WVU to Offer OSHA Training for Oil & Gas Jobs

December 28, 2018

West Virginia University Extension to train oil and gas workers From a News Item of Farm & Dairy News, December 20, 2018 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Safety and Health Extension has partnered with Pierpont Technical and Community College to provide OSHA Education Center courses to students interested in the oil and gas [...]

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