US PetroChemical Industry Becoming Dependent on Shale Fracking Activities

September 23, 2018

$$$.US chemical investment from shale gas now exceeds $200 billion.$$$ From An Article of Petrochemical Updates, London, UK, September 19, 2018 U.S. chemical and plastics industry investment linked to natural gas has now surpassed $200 billion, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced in September. Since 2010, 333 chemical industry projects cumulatively valued at $202.4 billion [...]

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Fullstream Goff Connector Pipeline is a Sneaking Snake on the WV Landscape

September 22, 2018

The strange no-name pipeline — snaking across the local hills & valleys >>> Community interest report by S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV, September 20, 2018 I have been noticing a clearing along I-79 between Lost Creek and Quiet Dell for a few weeks. It goes across the highway from hilltop to hilltop in an [...]

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Radioactive Wastes Come From the Action of “Slick Water” on Black Shale

September 21, 2018

How Slick Water and Black Shale in Fracking Combine to Produce ….. Radioactive Wastes From a Press Release, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, September 18, 2018 Radioactivity in fracking wastewater comes from the interaction between a chemical slurry and ancient shale during the hydraulic fracturing process, according to Dartmouth College research. The study, detailed in twin [...]

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Legal Stay Issued for MVP Pipeline in Summers County, WV

September 20, 2018

Judge issues stay in Summers County MVP case (WITH VIDEO) From an Article by Matt Combs, Beckley Register-Herald, September 18, 2018 HINTON — Summers and Monroe County Circuit Judge Robert Irons issued a temporary stay Tuesday to work being done in Summers County on the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Specifically, the stay will halt work [...]

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ACP & MVP Now Back Under Construction, Says FERC

September 19, 2018

FERC allows construction to resume on Atlantic Coast Pipeline From an Article of the Virginia Mercury, September 17, 2018 PHOTO — A sign carried by demonstrators outside the State Water Control Board meeting Tuesday takes aim at, from left, Gov. Ralph Northam, Dominion Energy spokesman Aaron Ruby and Thomas Farrell, Dominion president, chairman and CEO, [...]

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Financial Investments in Fossil Fuels Now Questionable

September 18, 2018

IEEFA Update: The investment rationale for fossil fuels falls apart — — — Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis From an Article by Tom Sanzillo and Kathy Hipple, IEEFA, August 27, 2018 An outdated mindset that no longer lives up to its hype! For decades, the fossil fuel sector literally fuelled the global economy [...]

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Frackers are Blundering thru WV, OH, & PA, Unrestrained in Bleeding Fossil Fuels

September 17, 2018

Reply to George Ahern’s Op-Ed* of Naples, Florida: George Ahern’s Op-Ed of August 29 has been the source of many guffaws here in Appalachia, where it is passed around among people far from Naples, Florida. It is written as though there was no negative side on the balance sheet of fracking. The industry uses technology [...]

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Excess Pressure on Natural Gas Lines Implicated in Explosions and Fires in Massachusetts

September 16, 2018

Dozens of Massachusetts Homes Explode. A Gas Expert Explains Investigators still don’t know what happened, but apparently excess gas pressure occurred From an Article by Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic Magazine, September 14, 2018 Late Thursday, dozens of explosions erupted in three towns in northern Massachusetts. As many as 70 fires, explosions, and suspected gas leaks [...]

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Cost$ of Natural Gas Pipelines have Escalated to New Highs

September 15, 2018

Natural Gas Pipeline Costs Higher than Ever Expected “GAS PIPELINE COSTS RUN HIGHER” by Andrew Bradford, BTU Analytics, September 7, 2018 Gas pipeline costs are running higher and higher partially due to rising material and labor costs but also now protracted regulatory battles running legal bills higher. Before 2010, once a pipeline company secured necessary [...]

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Hurricane Florence Churning Dangerously! Local Citizens are Furious!

September 14, 2018

Dear Concerned Citizens, September 13, 2018 North Carolina is my home —— Hurricane Florence is at our doorstep. And I am furious. If you’re in the path of the storm, stop reading and get yourself and your family to safety. But if you’re outside the impacted region, it’s time to get to work. A million [...]

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