Surface Owners Rights Given Legal Consideration in Doddridge County WV

September 14, 2017

Doddridge case called a boost for surface owners in Marcellus gas region From an Article by Ken Ward, Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, September 9, 2017 Photo: The natural gas well pad, shown during the construction phase, was the subject of the lawsuit in Doddridge County. Two Doddridge County residents have won a court ruling and a [...]

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Football Stadium Evacuated due to Natural Gas Excursion at Compressor Station

September 13, 2017

Valve failure led to gas leak that forced evacuation of football stadium during game From an Article by Nate Miller, Greeley Tribune (Colorado), September 8, 2017 Firefighters clear the field at District 6 Stadium as they investigate a suspected gas leak. The game was cut short as a result of the investigation. Officials from SRC [...]

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Food to Sustain our Earth at Risk into the Future

September 12, 2017

Long Term Prospects for Food are not Good Essay by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Jane Lew, WV The future is always different from the past, but the pace of change is rapidly increasing for food, especially. Primary worsening factors are the world population increase, global warming, loss of farmland by development and erosion, and [...]

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WV is Ground Zero for Natural Gas Pipeline Disturbances

September 11, 2017

Double Crossed Event: Mountain Valley Pipeline involves many stream crossings From the Greenbrier River Watershed Association, September 10, 2017 Greenbrier River Watershed Association and others appeal MVP permit to WV authorities. On August 18, 2017, Greenbrier River Watershed Association, Indian Creek Watershed Association, Orus Ashby Berkley, Ty and Susan Bouldin challenged a WVDEP ruling granting [...]

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West Virginia Withdraws 401 Certification for MVP

September 10, 2017

WV-DEP vacates permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, September 8, 2017 Faced with a deadline to defend their permit approval against a federal court challenge, West Virginia regulators moved this week to back off their certification that the Mountain Valley Pipeline would not violate the state’s water [...]

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Applicants Petitition FERC to Expedite the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

September 9, 2017

. Utilities ask Federal Energy Regulatory Agency to step on it with ACP From an Article by John Bruce, Highland Recorder, September 7, 2017 MONTEREY — Today, in a move to speed up the regulatory process, Dominion, Duke and Southern asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline this month [...]

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Landowners Sue FERC to Stop Abuse of Eminent Domain for Private Gain

September 8, 2017

Landowners Sue FERC over Eminent Domain for Private Gain for Proposed Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Fracked Gas Pipelines FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2017 Contact: Carolyn Reilly, Bold Alliance, 540-488-4358, carolyn@boldalliance.org Carolyn Elefant (landowners’ attorney), 202-297-6100, carolyn@carolynelefant.com Press conference Wednesday morning outside FERC offices to feature landowner-plaintiffs and their attorney, regional organizers and climate [...]

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Air Quality Planning Underway for Shell’s Ethane Cracker Chemical Plant

September 7, 2017

Shell, environmental groups reach deal on air monitoring for ethane cracker Photo: Preliminary Construction for Shell’s Ethane Cracker Underway . From an Article by Marie Cusick, NPR StateImpact Penna., August 28, 2017 Shell Chemical Appalachia has reached a settlement agreement with two environmental groups that had challenged the air permit for its new petrochemical plant [...]

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Comprehensive Report on Fracking Close to WV Communities

September 6, 2017

In Everyone’s Backyard: Assessing Proximity of Fracking to Communities At-Risk in West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale . . . Comprehensive Report by Evan Hansen, Lara Cushing, Meghan Betcher, Christian Thomas Downstream Strategies, 911 Greenbag Road, Morgantown, WV 26508 Publication Date: August 15, 2017 Executive Summary In the past decade, natural gas drilling and extraction from the [...]

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Two Dead at Bruce Mansfield Coal-Fired Power Plant near Pittsburgh

September 5, 2017

Two Dead and Four Injured in Pittsburgh-Area Coal-Fired Power Plant Accident . From an Article by Reid Frazier, Allegheny Front, August 30, 2017 Two workers died and four others were injured in an accident at a Pittsburgh-area coal-fired power plant August 29th. Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John Michael Gorchock, 42, both of Pittsburgh, died [...]

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