Essay from 2005 on the Supreme Court by Howard Zinn

October 21, 2018

Don’t Despair about the Supreme Court, Says Howard Zinn From the InfoShop Staff via The Progressive, October 6, 2018 #####. Essay by Howard Zinn on October 21, 2005 .##### John Roberts sailed through his confirmation hearings as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with enthusiastic Republican support, and a few weak mutterings of [...]

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The Killing 1948 Smog of Donora in Western Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley

October 20, 2018

1948 SMOG — 70th Anniversary Events — Donora in the Monongahela River Valley >>> On Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:30 p.m., WQED Producer and Monongahela native David Solomon will present his mini-documentary “Our Water, Land & Air,” portions of which tell the story about the 1948 Smog. A “Question and Answer” discussion will follow with [...]

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Dominion’s Proposed Charles Compressor Station Cancelled in Southern Maryland

October 19, 2018

Community Victorious; Dominion Won’t Build Proposed Compressor Station From an Article by lowkell, AMP Creeks Council, Blue Virginia, October 15, 2018 The AMP Creeks Council and greater Southern Maryland Community are Celebrating a Victory in a two-year fight against Dominion Energy Cove Point’s (DECP) efforts to build a giant fracked gas compressor station on 14 [...]

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A Look at Fracking Through Words and Pictures @ Frostburg State Univ.

October 18, 2018

Fracking Next Door — Pennsylvania and West Virginia Continue To Drill Frostburg State University’s Center for Literary Arts will host a presentation featuring poet Julia Kasdorf and photographer Steven Rubin as a part of the 2018 Fall Reading Series. Come out on October 25th at 7:30 pm. Maryland successfully adopted a ban on fracking in [...]

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Gas to Liquids (GTL) Methanol Chemical Plants are Small & Larger

October 17, 2018

Primus Advances Small-Scale GTL Facility in Marcellus Country From an Article by Jamison Cocklin, Natural Gas Intelligence, October 15, 2018 Houston-based Primus Green Energy Inc. is finally moving forward with plans to develop a small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in West Virginia after partnering with an international engineering, procurement and construction firm to improve the project’s [...]

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Ohio Residents Have Had More Than Enough Fracking Wastewater

October 16, 2018

Ohio Residents are VERY Fed Up with Fracking Wastewater from OH, PA & WV From an Article by Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front, October 5, 2018 Much of the wastewater from Pennsylvania’s fracking industry is trucked across the border to Ohio. Last year, Pennsylvania and West Virginia contributed nearly half of the more than a [...]

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Four Huge LNG Tankers Pass Through Panama Canal in One Day

October 15, 2018

Panama Canal reaches new Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) milestone From an Article by David Rowlands, LNG Industry, October 2, 2018 The Panama Canal Authority has announced that the Canal has reached a new milestone, after four LNG ships with beams of up to 160 ft (49 m) transited the waterway in a single day through [...]

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Perhaps 29 New Natural Gas Fueled Electric Power Plants in PA, OH, & WV

October 14, 2018

New Power Plants Represent an Investment of $25B in Tri-State Region From the Editor, Business Journal (Youngstown, OH), October 10, 2018 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A new report shows that natural gas-powered energy plants either in operation or in various stages of development have attracted more than $25 billion worth of new investment to the Appalachian [...]

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Federal Judges are Important in Protecting the Environment (or not)

October 13, 2018

Kavanaugh Also Lied About His Environmental Record From an Article by Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch.com, October 6, 2018 Protesters demonstrated against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3 thru 6 in Washington, DC. The upper chamber of the Senate is set to vote at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time Friday on [...]

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New Book on Frack Sand Mining and Impacts on the Local Communities

October 12, 2018

When the Hills Are Gone: Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community Book Release and Signing, October 24, 2018 — 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Fall Creek Public Library, 122 East Lincoln Avenue, Fall Creek, WI, 54742 Professor Tom Pearson will discuss how anthropological research was used in writing his book about the impact [...]

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