Construction Underway on Natural-Gas Fired Power Plants in OH & PA

May 7, 2018

Power Plant Projects Invest $4.6B in 4 Counties of Ohio & Penna. From an Article by Dan O’Brien, Business Journal, Youngstown, OH, May 3, 2018 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The investment numbers are unlike any the region has witnessed in decades – more than $4.6 billion scattered across four counties in or around the Mahoning Valley [...]

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PSU Seminar: “Does Unconventional Natural Gas Development Affect Human Health”

May 6, 2018

Health data with respect to Marcellus Shale development May 7 Network of Shale Water Researchers, Penn State University., May 1, 2018 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Brian Schwartz, professor at Johns Hopkins University and senior investigator in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Geisinger, will speak at Penn State on health data related [...]

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New Book in Preparation: The Art of Waste: Narrative, Trash, and Contemporary Culture

May 6, 2018

WVU English professor awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship From the Press Release, WVU Today, April 25, 2018 West Virginia University English professor Stephanie Foote has been named one of the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellows for her work related to cultural production in and around the Anthropocene, the geological epoch in which human activity has had a [...]

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Carbon Dioxide Now at 410 ppm in Earth’s Atmosphere

May 5, 2018

Earth’s Average CO2 Levels Cross 410 ppm for the First Month Ever From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, May 4, 2018 April was the first month in recorded history with an average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide topping 410 parts per million (ppm). This dubious new milestone was recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory [...]

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Gas Industry Following Coal Mining with Adverse Impacts on West Virginia

May 4, 2018

Covering West Virginia’s long history of broken promises From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Staff Writer, Charleston Gazette, April 27, 2018 This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ProPublica is supporting seven local and regional newsrooms this year, including the Gazette-Mail, as they work on important investigative projects affecting [...]

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WVU Research says Clean Streams Necessary for Wild Birds

May 3, 2018

Study: Songbird that Needs Clean Streams Threatened by Fracking From an Article by Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front, April 26, 2018 One of the biggest unknowns about the shale gas boom is how it’s affecting wildlife. A new study from West Virginia University on a warbler that depends on clean streams is helping to change [...]

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The Struggle Over the Large Pipelines in Rural Virginia

May 2, 2018

Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines — A fight for power in rural Virginia Opinion Editorial of Tom Perriello and Tom Cormons, Washington Post, April 30, 2018 State and local law enforcement are manning anti-pipeline protest sites to make sure that no attempts are made to give them food or water. Upper left is the platform where [...]

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Keep the Anthony Wayne National Forest Wild

May 1, 2018

Protest Challenges New Fracking Leases Threatening Ohio’s Only National Forest From a Press Release, Ohio Chapter, Sierra Club, February 21, 2018 COLUMBUS, Ohio— Seven conservation groups have filed an administrative protest challenging a Bureau of Land Management plan to auction off 345 acres of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest for oil and gas fracking leases in [...]

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Rover Pipeline Progressing from WV & PA thru OH & MI

April 30, 2018

Rover Gets Limited FERC OK to Start Up Mainline Compressor 3, Segment From an Article by Jeremiah Shelor, NGI Shale Daily, April 26, 2018 FERC on Wednesday gave Rover Pipeline LLC the green light to ramp up part of its second and final phase, bringing the 3.25 Bcf/d Appalachian natural gas takeaway project a step [...]

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Federal Drilling/Fracking Leases Risk Doing Harm to Colorado Residents

April 29, 2018

Fracking in Colorado: Lawsuit Targets Federal Shell Game Hiding Harm to Communities and Wildlife From the Center for Biological Diversity, EcoWatch.com, April 27, 2018 The view from lease parcel COC77996 looking across the Colorado River and DeBeque State Wildlife Refuge toward parcel COC77999 and the Roan Plateau. Conservation groups on Thursday sued Interior Secretary Ryan [...]

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