Farm Bureau of Augusta County Approves Anti-Pipeline Resolution

October 2, 2018

Farm Bureau in Virginia Approves Anti-Pipeline Resolution From an Article by Bob Stuart, The News Virginian, Waynesboro, VA, September 29, 2018 While the builders of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are waiting for final approval of erosion and sediment plans from Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality to start Virginia construction, the local farm bureau has stated [...]

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PetroChemical Industry Showing No Concern for Climate Change

October 1, 2018

Climate Emissions From New Petrochemical, Oil and Gas Projects Same as 29 New Coal Power Plants From an Article by Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, 9/27/18 In the last six years, officials in Texas and Louisiana issued permits allowing 74 petrochemical, oil, and gas projects to pump as much climate-warming pollution into the atmosphere as running [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline is Damaging & Very Expensive

September 30, 2018

Landowners facing irreparable harm from MVP, lawyers argue From an Article by Kate Mishkin, Charleston Gazette-Mail, September 26, 2018 Mountain Valley Pipeline never sufficiently showed that it would face harm without access to landowners’ properties, lawyers for those landowners told the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday. They also said that, [...]

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Fourth Circuit Court Hears Two Appeals of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

September 29, 2018

Subject: Report on Friday’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals arguments on pending challenges to ACP permits >>> From: Lewis Freeman, ABRA, September 29, 2018 Yesterday, September 28, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond heard arguments on two important cases challenging permits granted to the Atlantic Coast [...]

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Natural Gas & NGL Can Be Bombs: Beware of Leaks, Spills, Fires, Explosions

September 29, 2018

Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids are Dangerous Sources of Fires & Explosions Report prepared by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemist & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV There are many stories about natural gas explosions. Picking one at random, “Capt. Greg Pixley, a spokesman for the Denver Fire Department, said seven bystanders were treated for [...]

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Construction in National Forests Halted for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

September 28, 2018

From the Augusta Free Press, Staunton, VA, September 24, 2018 “Court orders halt to Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction in national forest” The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a stay of the national Forest Service decisions allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction. The stay puts an immediate stop to any construction in the National Forest [...]

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Public Meetings on Environmental Risks of Ethane Cracker Chemical Plants in Ohio Valley

September 27, 2018

Groups to hold informational sessions about environmental risks of potential cracker plant From an Article by Brittany Grego, WTOV 9 News, September 26th 2018 BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — As Belmont County awaits the announcement of a potential billion – dollar ethane cracker plant, some have concerns about what’s involved. The plant could mean more jobs [...]

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Part 2. Moving to Higher Ground Due to Climate Change

September 26, 2018

‘We’re moving to higher ground’: America’s era of climate mass migration is here From an Article by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, September 24, 2018 A study published last year found that the economies of the southern states, along with parts of the west, will suffer disproportionately as temperatures rise. In what researchers called potentially one [...]

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Part 1. Moving to Higher Ground Due to Climate Change

September 25, 2018

‘We’re moving to higher ground’: America’s era of climate mass migration is here From an Article by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, September 24, 2018 After her house flooded for the third year in a row, Elizabeth Boineau was ready to flee. She packed her possessions into dozens of boxes, tried not to think of the [...]

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Wastewater Injection Can Cause Earthquakes Up to Six (6) Miles Away

September 24, 2018

Injecting Wastewater Underground Can Cause Earthquakes Up to 10 Kilometers Away From an Article by Emily Brodsky, The Conversation, September 2, 2018 Earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities. Enhanced oil recovery techniques, including dewatering and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have made [...]

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