Activities Continue with Major Concerns over the ACP & MVP

July 9, 2017

“Stop The Pipelines Action Camp” We have a Report from Erin McKelvy. Erin is a resident of the Blacksburg VA area and an affiliate of Blue Ridge Rapid Response Project (or BRRRP) and is helping to organize the “Stop The Pipelines Action Camp” in that area from July 13-17th, 2017. The action camp is being [...]

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Aerating Turbines Selected for Fish Friendly Hydropower Project

July 8, 2017

Cube Hydro Selects GE Renewable Energy to Provide High Rock with Aerating Turbines Press Release from Cube Hydro Partners, June 30, 2017 Denver, CO — GE Renewable Energy and Cube Hydro Partners today announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide three aerating turbines for the High Rock plant in North Carolina. The [...]

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Pipeline Tactics of Dominion Energy are Questioned

July 7, 2017

Critics Challenge Dominion’s Pipeline Tactics in Virginia From an Article by Sandy Housman, WVTF News, July 5, 2017 Virginia’s Director of Natural Resources has warned Dominion that state regulators will not be swayed by company requests or suggestions when deciding whether to issue permits for construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. That’s good news for [...]

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Big Banks are Critically Important to Limit Climate Change

July 6, 2017

Big banks fail to clear climate test From an Article by Soumya Sarkar, Economic Times (India), July 4, 2017 The world’s biggest banks are continuing to fuel climate change through the financing of “extreme” fossil fuels at a rate that will push the planet beyond the climate change limit agreed upon at the Paris Climate [...]

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Petroleum is the Power Behind our Politics

July 5, 2017

The power of petroleum is supreme nationally and globally Essay by S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV, July 3, 2017 Why does petroleum, oil and gas, have so much political power? Why are they able to buck the interests of the population as a whole, such as the advance of renewables? Why can they walk [...]

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Tell Donald Trump: The Paris Climate Deal Is Very Good for America

July 4, 2017

Trump argues the treaty is unfair to the US but America continues to impose an unfair burden on others Essay by Joseph Stiglitz, Guardian News (UK), July 3, 2017 Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward establishing itself as a rogue state on 1 June, when it withdrew from [...]

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Natural Gas Line Ruptures in Landslide, Public at Risk

July 3, 2017

Gas line ruptured at Finleyville Airport south of Pittsburgh From an Article by Scott Beveredge, Washington PA Observer-Reporter, June 30, 2017 FINLEYVILLE – A landslide ruptured a natural gas pipeline Thursday night at Finleyville Airport, a utility that serves customers as far away as Burgettstown and Beaver County. Peoples Gas was able to detour natural [...]

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US EPA Hearing on Methane Leakage July 10th in D.C.

July 2, 2017

Let’s stand up for commonsense clean air protections in Washington D.C. Subject: EPA Methane Hearing July 10 from 9 am to 5 pm, We need you in Washington D.C. Stand up for commonsense clean air protections in Washington D.C. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is trying to strip away vital safeguards that protect Americans,especially kids, from [...]

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Large Coalition Implores Governor McAuliffe and Virginia DEQ to Protect VA Waters

July 1, 2017

80+ Conservation Organizations Call on Governor, VA-DEQ and Water Board to Protect Virginia Waters Today, Virginia Conservation Network, along with our partners Southern Environmental Law Center and Shenandoah Valley Network, sent a letter to Governor McAuliffe, DEQ Director David Paylor and the State Water Control Board asking them to use their full authority under the [...]

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Protesting the MVP Project Involves Financial Exposure and Stream Damages

June 30, 2017

Mountain Valley Pipeline opponents target bank with latest protest From a News Report by Joe Dashiell, WDBJ News 7, Roanoke, VA, June 27, 2017 Opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have opened a new front in their fight against the controversial project. Tuesday afternoon, more than a dozen people protested outside the Wells Fargo Tower [...]

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