WV-DEP News: 401 Certification Adjustment for Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)

November 2, 2017

===================================== WV-DEP: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 @ 10:57 AM ===================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2017 WVDEP Announces Permit Adjustments for Mountain Valley Pipeline “State Stormwater Permit includes enhanced inspection and enforcement, stronger environmental guidelines for project” CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Cabinet Secretary Austin Caperton announced today that the [...]

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The Challenge of Our Earthly Moral Circumstances

November 1, 2017

A Moral Situation for our Time on this EARTH Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemist & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV It is remarkable how few of us realize (in more than an academic way) our human dependence on nature. Preagrocultural people lived closer to nature and were more familiar with ups and downs [...]

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Update on ’401 Certification Review’ for Pipelines in VA and WV

October 31, 2017

Environmental groups say Virginia Water Control Board must deny pipeline water permits From an Article by Robert Zullo, Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 29, 2017 Three environmental organizations say the State Water Control Board cannot conclude that there is a “reasonable assurance” that the construction of a pair of highly controversial natural gas pipeline projects planned to [...]

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Storage Project for Natural Gas Liquids Proposed for Ohio River Valley

October 30, 2017

Mountaineer NGL to Invest $150M in Storage Project, Monroe County, OH From an Article of The Business Journal (Youngstown, OH), October 27, 2017 CLARINGTON, Ohio – Mountaineer NGL Storage is planning a $150 million investment over the next five years in its natural gas liquids storage project in Monroe County, creating at least 200 construction [...]

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Wetzel County Oil & Gas Task Force Concerned About Roads & Trucks

October 29, 2017

Wetzel County Oil and Gas Task Force, LEPC Discuss Issues From an Article by Barbara Harbac, Wetzel Chronicle, October 25, 2017 Members of the Wetzel County Oil and Gas Task Force came together Friday, Oct. 20 at the Mollohan Center. Members and community residents addressed issues concerning increased traffic caused by an increase in industry [...]

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Polluting Warehouse Fire Burning PLASTICS in Parkersburg, WV

October 28, 2017

A Fire Has Been Burning For Days At A West Virginia Plastics Warehouse — And the EPA has been silent From an Article by Chris D’Angelo, Huffington Post News, October 26, 2017 WASHINGTON, WV — A fire continued to smolder at a plastics warehouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on Thursday evening, nearly six days after [...]

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Brain Impacts of Frack Chemicals Under Research

October 27, 2017

Fracking chemicals and kids’ brains don’t mix: Study From an Article by Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News, October 25, 2017 Multiple pollutants found in the air and water near fracked oil and gas sites are linked to brain problems in children, according to a science review published today. Researchers focused on five types of pollution [...]

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Marcellus & Utica Drilling Rigs Active in PA, OH & WV

October 26, 2017

Pennsylvania retains slim lead in rig counts over Ohio, more than WV From an Article by Paul J. Gough, Pittsburgh Business Journal, October 23, 2017 Pennsylvania added one working natural gas rig to its tally in the first two weeks of October, maintaining its slim lead over Ohio among Appalachian natural gas producers. There were [...]

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A People’s Tribunal on Environmental Justice and Fracked Gas

October 26, 2017

A people’s tribunal on environmental justice impacts of fracked gas From an Article by Lakshmi Fjord, Appalachian Voices, October 20, 2017 >>> Our guest author today is Lakshmi Fjord, a Visiting Scholar in Anthropology at the University of Virginia who lives in Charlottesville and owns property in Yogaville in Buckingham County, Va., where a giant [...]

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OVEC Warns Against Underground Storage Hub for Natural Gas By-Products

October 25, 2017

Planned Chemical Monstrosity Would Bring Skyrocketing Climate Emissions, Public Health Dangers From a Study of the Ohio Valley Environmental Council (OVEC), August 30, 2017 The nation’s largest petrochemical hub is located in southern Louisiana along the Mississippi River. This area is known as Cancer Alley, because its neighbors suffer very high illness rates. This Gulf [...]

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