Reducing Plastic Pollution is an Essential Goal for Everyone

December 17, 2018

Inspiring Interview Urges You to Cut Plastic Consumption From an Article by Jordan Simmons, EcoWatch.com, December 14, 2018 In a recent expedition, Gaelin Rosenwaks found plastic in the Great Blue Hole in Belize, Central America. Did you know that 2018 was the year for plastic pollution awareness. One good aspect of the plastic crisis is [...]

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Migratory Birds Will be Affected by Climate Change Winds

December 16, 2018

Winds of climate change will affect migratory birds From the Cornell Ornithology Laboratory, Ithaca, NY, December 10, 2018 Under future climate scenarios, changing winds may make it harder for North American birds to migrate south in the autumn but easier for them to come north in the spring. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology [...]

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Four Injured in Explosion & Fire at MarkWest Gas Processing Complex in Southwest PA

December 15, 2018

Four injured, one critically, in explosion at MarkWest processing plant in Washington County, PA From an Article by Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 14, 2018 Four people remain hospitalized, one in critical condition, after an explosion at a Washington County gas processing plant Thursday night. The explosion involved two storage tanks at the MarkWest Energy facility [...]

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Risk Assessment on Mariner East 2 Pipeline Appears Inadequate

December 15, 2018

Delaware County (Pennsylvania) sets public hearing on pipeline risk study Article from the Delaware County Daily Times, Upper Darby Township, PA, December 14, 2018 MEDIA COURTHOUSE — Delaware County Council will hold a public presentation of the Pipeline Risk Assessment on December 17 at 6 p.m. in the County Council Public Meeting Room, located on [...]

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US District Court Vacates Forest Service Approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

December 14, 2018

US Fourth Circuit Court Throws Out Forest Service Approvals for the ACP Article from the Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), December 13, 2018 The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated on December 13 the U.S. Forest Service’s approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail. The Court’s [...]

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Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA) Supports Reduction in Atmospheric Methane Emissions

December 13, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2018 Support for Methane Reduction from Existing Natural Gas Operations PITTSBURGH – County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has added his support to efforts being undertaken by the Wolf Administration to reduce methane from the oil and gas sector by encouraging efforts to address emissions of methane from existing natural gas operations. [...]

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The Arctic Region Ice Appears to be Rapidly Melting

December 12, 2018

Warming in Arctic Raises Fears of a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the Region From an Article by John Schwartz and Henry Fountain, New York Times, December 11, 2018 Persistent warming in the Arctic is pushing the region into “uncharted territory” and increasingly affecting the continental United States, scientists said Tuesday. “We’re seeing this continued increase of [...]

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ACP Pipeline Work Stoppage is Over Entire 600 Miles

December 11, 2018

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Developer Stops Construction From an Article by Brittany Patterson, WV Public Broadcasting, December 10, 2018 Atlantic Coast Pipeline developer Dominion Energy stopped construction Friday along the multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline’s entire 600-mile route. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dominion said it was halting construction following a Friday [...]

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US 4th Circuit Grants Stay in ACP Endangered Species Act Case

December 10, 2018

News on the Case against the Fish and Wildlife Service for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Submitted by Kirk Bowers, P.E., Pipelines Program Coordinator, Virginia Chapter of Sierra Club, 106 George Rogers Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911 (12/7/18) The Fourth Circuit just issued a stay in the renewed lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service over the [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: Virginia Attorney General Brings Suit Against the MVP Pipeline

December 9, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, December 7, 2018 ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING AND THE VIRGINIA D.E.Q. FILE LAWSUIT OVER REPEATED ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE ~ Complaint cites numerous instances in which MVP failed to adequately control erosion, sediment, and stormwater runoff in violation of state environmental laws and regulations and the project’s Clean Water [...]

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