More Large & Long Distance Pipeline$ are Deeper in Trouble

November 9, 2018

Dirty Pipelines Are Bad Investments and a Reputational Risk for Banks From an Article by Leola Abraham, Greenpeace (EcoWatch.com), November 7, 2018 More than 400,000 people demanded Credit Suisse stop investing in environmentally harmful projects like pipelines and tar sands. Growing Resistance to Large & Long Distance Pipelines The banking industry should stop funding extreme [...]

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Proposition 112 was Defeated, but Colorado’s New Governor is Aware of Climate Change

November 8, 2018

Colorado’s New Governor Has Most Ambitious Renewables Goal in U.S. From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, November 7, 2018 Democratic Colorado Governor-elect Jared Polis arrives onstage with running mate Dianne Primavera on November 6th in Denver. Jared Polis, who won Colorado’s gubernatorial race to become the nation’s first openly gay governor-elect, is charting the [...]

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Can FERC Leadership Be Trusted With The Public Interest?

November 7, 2018

. . . . . . . . New FERC head pledges to avoid political influence From an Article by Timothy Cama, The Hill, October 31, 2018 The newly minted chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says he is committing to keeping the agency neutral and avoiding political influence. Neil Chatterjee, a Republican, [...]

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Preserving Natural Streams Should be the Business of the WV-DEP

November 6, 2018

It’s the Greenbrier River; Not the Greenbrier Ditch From the Indian Creek Watershed Association, November 4, 2018 Mountain Valley Pipeline’s plan to cross the Greenbrier River at Pence Springs has been in the news recently, and in the courtroom. On Tuesday, October 23rd, arguments were heard by Judge Robert A. Irons in the Summers County [...]

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Easy Way to Conserve our Natural Environment: VOTE ASAP!

November 5, 2018

Climate Scientist Explains Easiest Way To Protect Environment: VOTE ASAP! From an Article by Farron Cousins, Ring of Fire Program, September 23, 2018 Renowned climate scientist Michael Mann had an op-ed in The Guardian last week where he explained the growing threat of increasingly powerful storms and climate change-related weather events. But he lands the [...]

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Whole Truth About the $Atlantic Coast Pipeline$ is Unfolding

November 4, 2018

Dominion not telling the whole story about the ACP — Being built before the facts catch up with it Submitted by Glen Besa, Sierra Club — Virginia, Richmond, November 4, 2018 Dominion CEO Tom Farrell is trying to hide the ball when it comes to the ACP. His Op-Ed column, “Powering Virginia’s future with clean, [...]

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Extreme Weather Now Clearly Promoted by Climate Change

November 3, 2018

It’s not rocket science: Climate change was behind this summer’s extreme weather From an Article by Michael E. Mann, Washington Post, November 2, 2018 PHOTO in NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Thick smoke covers a beach near the village of Sarti in Halkidiki, northern Greece, as a wildifire rages in the area on October 25th. Summer 2018 saw [...]

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Monitoring of Emissions at Gas Well Pads Essential to Protect Public Health

November 2, 2018

FENCE-LINE MONITORING METHOD — A WAY TO MONITOR WELL PAD EMISSIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, October 25, 2018 PITTSBURGH — F e n c e l i n e monitoring is a way to monitor emissions from well pads and other gas industry sites. It’s been talked [...]

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Public Meetings on Wastes & Pollution from Fracking and Allied Industrial Processes

November 1, 2018

Public Meeting Granted for Injection Well Permit Renewal in the Deckers Creek Watershed From the Friends of Deckers Creek, Morgantown, WV, October 30, 2018 This is a follow up to our previous email regarding the permit renewal notice for an injection well in the watershed. Our request for a public hearing was granted. The WVDEP [...]

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Mariner Ea$t & Atlantic Sunri$e Pipeline Contractor Now in Bankruptcy

October 31, 2018

Main contractor on Atlantic Sunrise, Mariner East gas pipelines declares bankruptcy From an Article by Ad Crable, Lancaster Online, October 30, 2018 The main contractor on the Atlantic Sunrise and Mariner East 2 gas pipelines that run through Lancaster County has declared bankruptcy. Ohio-based Welded Construction LP was sued in Oklahoma by Atlantic Sunrise owner [...]

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