Sugar Maple Research to Save the Trees & Syrup Industry

October 4, 2017

Maple Watch has its focus on the color of the maple tree sap From a Bulletin of Forest Watch, Univ.of New Hampshire Can the sap of sugar maple trees serve as a window on forest health? A research collaboration aimed at answering that question was inspired by New Hampshire maple syrup producer Martha Carlson’s curiosity [...]

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WVU Studies Impacts of Climate Change on Appalachian Forests

October 3, 2017

WVU Biology Students Investigate the Impact of Climate Change on Appalachian Forests From an Article of WVU Newswire, September 20, 2017 MORGANTOWN, W. Va.—Biology students at West Virginia University are studying the impact of climate change on the forests of the Appalachian Mountains. Justin Mathias and Nanette Raczka, Ph.D. students in the Department of Biology, [...]

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Planning for Tree Clearing for ACP & MVP Natural Gas Pipelines

October 2, 2017

Pipeline companies anxious to begin tree clearing From an Article by Duncan Adams, Roanoke (VA) Times, September 28, 2017 The two joint ventures planning to route 42-inch diameter natural gas pipelines through forests and fields long to hear the whining roar and chatter of chainsaws felling trees. Both the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic [...]

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Christiana Figueres says Climate Change Will Be Getting Worse and Worse

October 1, 2017

The world now needs to stop dangerous climate change, warn experts From an Article by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian ( UK), June 28, 2017 Photo: Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres: “We stand at the doorway of being able to bend the emissions curve downwards by 2020.” Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres among signatories [...]

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Climate Change is Upon Us — Rapid Transition to Sustainability Essential

September 30, 2017

We must accelerate transitions for sustainability and climate change, experts say From an Article by the University of Sussex (UK), Science Daily, 9/21/17 Rapid changes in electricity, heat, buildings, industry and mobility are needed! Changes in electricity, heat, buildings, industry and transport are needed rapidly and must happen all together, according to researchers at the [...]

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Help Protect the Greenbrier River & Other Streams

September 29, 2017
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Public Meetings in PA & VA on Drilling and Fracking — Food & Water Watch

September 28, 2017

Environmental group to discuss Marcellus shale fracking in Oakmont, Pennsylvania From an Article by Dillon Carr, Pittsburgh Tribune – Review, 9/25/17 A Washington D.C.-based environmental advocacy group is hosting a meeting in Oakmont on Tuesday to discuss local efforts to restrict Marcellus shale drilling. Tuesday’s meeting will be the first of three meetings scheduled by [...]

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Dominion Energy’s Cove Point LNG Air Pollution Permit Under Review

September 27, 2017

Important Public Hearing on Dominion’s Pollution Permit on Air Pollution at Cove Point From Food & Water Watch, September 24, 2017 Date: Monday, October 2, 2017 Time: 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM Location: Patuxent High School 12485 Southern Connector Blvd. Lusby, MD 20657 When Dominion’s Cove Point LNG terminal was approved, they were given pollution [...]

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Impressive Leadership Coming from Climate Alliance States

September 26, 2017

Climate Alliance States Show Us What Real Leadership Looks Like From an Article by Luis Martinez and Kit Kennedy, NRDC (EcoWatch.com), September 21, 2017 In a forceful show of climate leadership, Governors Andrew Cuomo (NY), Jerry Brown (CA), and Jay Inslee (WA) and former Secretary of State John Kerry came together in New York City [...]

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Kidney Disease Associated with Particulate Air Pollution

September 25, 2017

New study shows air pollution may be causing kidney disease in the US From an Article by Robert Ferris, CNBC, September 21, 2017 Add kidney disease to the list of health problems associated with air pollution. A team of scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System [...]

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