Action Now Underway on Plastics Pollution Problems (3P’s)

October 30, 2018

Nations commit to fight plastic pollution together during the UN General Assembly From Press Release, Keith Weller, UN Environment, New York, September 25, 2018 To launch the UN Environment’s Global Plastics Platform, UN Environment and the European Commission hosted an event alongside the UN General Assembly. The network will encourage new commitments to reduce plastic [...]

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The Problems & Dangers of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline are Real and Urgent

October 29, 2018

Editorial: The latest twists in the torturous path of Mariner East 2 | Opinion | delcotimes.com Editorial of the Delaware County Daily Times, October 25, 2018 This was probably not the news that opponents of the Mariner East 2 pipeline wanted to hear. But it was probably the one they expected. First, the findings from [...]

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Colorado Proposition 112 Would Require 2500 ft. Setbacks for Human Safety.

October 28, 2018

Colorado Proposition 112: Dissecting the science behind the oil and gas setbacks initiative From an Article by John Aguilar, Denver Post Newspaper, October 16, 2018 The fight over Prop. 112 has lured big money and clashes over interpretation of health studies. “The OEHHA chronic benzene REL considers several studies published after USEPA’s 2002 benzene assessment, [...]

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Table Salt Being Contaminated With Microplastic Particles

October 27, 2018

Some 90% of Sea Salt Is Contaminated With Microplastics From an Article by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, EcoWatch.com, October 18, 2018 A year after researchers at a New York university discovered microplastics present in sea salt thanks to widespread plastic pollution, researchers in South Korea set out to find out how pervasive the problem is—and [...]

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ATTN: Public Health Issues With Fracking in OH & WV — New Health Registry Active

October 26, 2018

“Keep Wayne Wild” Group Focuses on Anthony Wayne National Forest in Ohio bordering West Virginia along Ohio River From Keep Wayne Wild on October 25, 2018 The Ohio Health Registry has been gathering data on the health impacts of living, working, and going to school near gas and oil development in Ohio and now they’re [...]

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Shell’s Ethane Cracker Construction in High Gear in Upper Ohio River Valley

October 26, 2018

Shell reaches engineering milestone in Northeast From an Article by Heather Doyle, Petrochemical Update, October 19, 2018 Shell has completed a substantial step in the construction of its Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex, bringing the Northeast chemicals hub dream another step closer to reality. Shell said on October 10, 2018 it had successfully installed the project’s largest [...]

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ACP & MVP Pipelines are Struggling Forward in Virginia

October 25, 2018

Atlantic Coast Pipeline gets final approvals from Virginia From an Article by Robert Zullo, Virginia Mercury, October 19, 2018 The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has cleared the way for Dominion Energy’s 600-mile, deeply divisive Atlantic Coast Pipeline to begin construction here in Virginia. The agency has signed off on plans for how workers will [...]

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Six Young Protesters Arrested at MVP Pipe Yard in Southern WV

October 24, 2018

Six arrested after Mountain Valley Pipeline protest by Appalachians Against Pipelines By Tommy Lopez, WSLS, Raleigh, WV, October 23, 2018 BECKLEY, WV (WSLS) – Six people are facing charges after a protest at a Mountain Valley Pipeline equipment yard. The group is named Appalachians Against Pipelines. Organizers say more than a dozen people blocked trucks [...]

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“October 29th, Here We Come!” Youth’s Court Challenge of US Government’s Climate Change Policy

October 23, 2018

In ‘Blockbuster’ Ruling, Judge Says Youths’ Climate Case Against Trump Administration Can Proceed to Trial From an Article by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, October 16, 2018 Twenty-one children and young adults were looking forward on Tuesday to bringing their climate lawsuit against the federal government to trial in the coming weeks, following a U.S. District [...]

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Trump’s Response to the U.N.’s Dire Climate Report — Do You Need Three Guesses?

October 22, 2018

The U.N.’s scientific advisory board sounds a piercing alarm on climate change, but the President doesn’t seem to hear it From an Article by Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, October 22, 2018 Issue Three years ago, when world leaders met in Paris to negotiate a treaty on climate change, one of the sticking points was [...]

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