A sustainable energy future is vital and possible

December 19, 2017

‘We have the skills and the ingenuity to drive the next energy revolution.’ From an Essay by Rebecca Long-Bailey, The Guardian, Dec. 11, 2017 The climate crisis is the most significant issue facing humanity. Natural disasters are already displacing entire communities. More intense droughts are leading to unprecedented levels of food insecurity and hunger across [...]

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Renewable Energy Development Under Threat by Republican Tax Plan

December 18, 2017

Major Job Losses in Renewable Energy if Current Tax Plan Passes Source: Renewable Energy From an Article by Steve Clemmer, Union of Concerned Scientists, December 14, 2017 In March 2017, I testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on how federal tax credits for renewable energy have been a key driver for the recent [...]

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Shell Vice President Discusses Ethane Cracker Construction in Pennsylvania

December 18, 2017

Exclusive: Shell’s VP of Penna. Chemicals (Hilary Mercer) talks PE and construction From an Article by Martina Asbury, Petrochemical Update, December 15, 2017 Construction at Shell’s world scale $6 billion petrochemical complex near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has begun, and as the first major U.S. project of its type to be built outside the Gulf Coast in [...]

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Speak Up to the WV-DEP on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

December 17, 2017

Dear Friends, Dominion Energy wants to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 42-inch fracked gas pipeline, stretching 600 miles from West Virginia, through Virginia, and into North Carolina. Last week the Virginia State Water Control Board handed Dominion a significant delay. It approved a clean water certification for the project with a number of conditions, [...]

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Worldwide, the Construction Industry is a Threat to Global Warming

December 17, 2017

We’re building the equivalent of Paris every week. That’s a problem! From an Article by Brian Bienkowski, The Daily Climate, December 11, 2017 A new United Nations report from the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction released today finds that in order to keep the Paris Climate Agreement goals on track, the construction industry needs [...]

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Penna. Study Shows Low-Weight Babies From Fracking Areas

December 16, 2017

Fracking linked to low-weight babies in proximity of natural gas wells From an Article by Ann Gibbons, Science Magazine, December 13, 2017 The extraordinary growth in fracking—the hydraulic fracturing of deeply buried shale rock to extract natural gas—has transformed the United States over the past 15 years, boosting energy stocks, cutting pollution from conventional coal-power [...]

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Action Alert: Calling for Public Comments on MXP and ACP in WV

December 15, 2017

Action Alert: Comment on Water Quality Impacts of Two (2) Pipelines From the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, December 14, 2017 You can submit comments to WVDEP on the Mountaineer XPress Pipeline’s and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s stormwater and sediment control permits, which regulate polluted runoff from oil and gas development. Learn more about stormwater [...]

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The Gas Industry’s Playbook For Waging Pipeline Fights

December 14, 2017

Leaked PowerPoint Reveals — “Your Energy,” an industry front group, claims to have recruited 10,000 people to its cause of battling pipeline protesters From an Article by Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffington Post, December 5, 2017 One of the natural gas industry’s top trade associations launched a front group earlier this year to defend new East [...]

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VA Water Control Board Narrowly Grants ACP Certification

December 13, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FROM APPALACHIAN VOICES – December 12, 2017 Over vigorous opposition from water experts and citizens, Virginia water board approves conditional permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline, voting 4 to 3 CONTACTS: Cat McCue, Director of Communications, cat@appvoices.org and Peter Anderson, Virginia Program Manager, peter@appvoices.org The Virginia State Water Control Board today approved a [...]

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A Rational Energy Policy Would Make Renewables a Priority

December 12, 2017

Natural Gas – Wrong Start for America Essay by S. Tom Bond, Jane Lew, Lewis County, WV, December 8, 2017 When I got to I-79 this morning, a truck carrying one of the propellers for a wind electrical generator held me up. It has been a while since that happened last time. At one time [...]

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