Natural Gas Pipelining Under the Potomac River is Very Risky

August 26, 2017

Pipelines and protests: Why environmentalists oppose funneling natural gas under the Potomac River From an Article by Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, August 6, 2017 HANCOCK, MD — Activists with the Potomac Riverkeeper Network set up at Paw Paw Tunnel Campground near Oldtown, Md., for a weekend paddle and protest over TransCanada’s planned natural gas pipeline. [...]

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The Global Average Temperature of Earth is Increasing

August 25, 2017

Global Temperature Reported by NASA LATEST ANNUAL AVERAGE: 2016 0.99 °C This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. Sixteen of the 17 warmest years in the 136-year record all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record. (Source: [...]

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The “National Climate Assessment” Provides Scientific Information

August 24, 2017

Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe on the National Climate Assessment From an Interview by Theresa Riley, Moyers & Company, 8/23/17 . On Monday, August 7, before North Korea, and before Charlottesville, you might recall that The New York Times published an article entitled “Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report” that kicked up a storm of press coverage. The [...]

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Natural Gas Fired Electric Power Plants Coming On Rapidly

August 23, 2017

More people’s electricity coming from natural gas From an Article by Stephen Huba, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 27, 2017 Natural gas is on pace to either equal or exceed coal as a source of electricity for the second year in a row, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Coal and natural gas generated 30 percent and [...]

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Ohio Gov. Kasich Cuts Ribbon at New Natural Gas Plant near Toledo

August 22, 2017

New natural gas power plant near Toledo opens From an Article by Tyrel Linkhorn, Toledo Blade, August 21, 2017 His voice slightly raised to get above the low thrum of the Oregon Clean Energy power plant behind him, Gov. John Kasich made clear on Monday where he stands on Ohio’s electric future. “This is the [...]

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Clues Abound to Attest to Climate Change!

August 21, 2017

Should You Trust Climate Science? Maybe the Eclipse Is a Clue From an Article by Justin Gillis, New York Times, August 18, 2017 Eclipse mania will peak on August 21st when millions of Americans will upend their lives in response to a scientific prediction. Friends of mine in Georgia plan to drive 70 miles to [...]

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Drilling, Fracking & Pipelining are Unfriendly to Local Residents

August 20, 2017

Residents fearful for future of their homes, blame nearby drilling From an Article by Alex Taylor, WTOV News 9 (Steubenville), August 18, 2017 TORONTO, Ohio —Drilling for the Rover Pipeline may be the cause of crippling damage to one road in Toronto and after two weeks and no one taking responsibility, residents are fearful for [...]

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Why Preserve and Protect the Appalachian Trail?

August 19, 2017

Science, Solitude And The Sacred On The Appalachian Trail From an Article by Adam Frank, 13.7 Blog (NPR), August 15, 2017 This week, you can’t reach me by email, or text, or Tweet. This week, I’m not taking anyone’s calls, either. That’s because I’m walking the Appalachian Trail — alone. And while I am, without [...]

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Upcoming 401 Certification for ACP & MVP in Virginia

August 18, 2017

LETTER FROM BOLD AMERICA REGARDING ACP & MVP The Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently held public hearings for people to express their concerns for both the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Landowners and all those opposed to these unnecessary fracked gas pipelines that threaten waters in West Virginia, [...]

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Our Forests are Under Attack: Fracking, Pipelines and Invasive Species

August 17, 2017

Tree of Heaven Creates Hell for Native Forests From an Article by Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front, August 11, 2017 There’s an invasive tree that is becoming a threat to Pennsylvania’s forests. And it’s one that you see all the time. Ailanthus altissima, better known as tree of heaven, is a tough urban tree that [...]

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