FERC has Issued the FEIS for the MVP Pipeline Project

June 29, 2017

Colette Honorable Leaving FERC Friday; LaFleur Last Woman Standing; Nominees Bottled Up in Senate From an Article by David Bradley, Natural Gas Intelligence, June 27, 3017 Friday will be Colette Honorable’s final day at FERC, she said Tuesday, a departure that will leave the already quorumless panel with a single member, and a pair of [...]

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OMG: The US EPA Booting Science Advisors and Bullying Others

June 28, 2017

EPA axes 38 more science advisers, cancels panel meetings From an Article by Sean Reilly, E&E News, June 22, 2017 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt continues to clean house at a key advisory committee, signaling plans to drop several dozen current members of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), according to an [...]

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Ice Sheets at Antarctica Melting Way Too Fast?

June 27, 2017

First detailed atmospheric measurements reveal influences of warm air From an Article by David Bromwich, et.al., Los Alamos National Laboratory, June 20, 2017 Scientists report that meltwater last summer formed on a large part of the surface of a major Antarctic ice sheet, extending over an area that was more than twice the size of [...]

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Due to Radiation Exposure, Don’t Frack in Illinois, etc.

June 26, 2017

Groups warn of radiation exposure associated with fracking From an Article by Barb Eidlin, The Southern, Carbondale, Illinois, June 22, 2017 CARBONDALE — Concerned citizens and opponents of the controversial oil and gas extraction method commonly known as fracking met Wednesday night at the Carbondale Township offices to discuss the risks of radioactive exposure associated [...]

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Book Review: Climate of Capitulation (to Fossil Fuels)

June 25, 2017

Climate of Capitulation — An Insider’s Account of State Power in a Coal Nation Book By Vivian E. Thomson, University of Virginia (MIT Press), April 2017 Overview – The United States has pledged to the world community a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 26–28 percent below 2005 levels in 2025. Because much of this [...]

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Vote for What’s Right for the People and the Earth!

June 24, 2017

The Halliburton Loophole Started an Attack on the Environment Letter to FrackCheckWV and Tom Bond from George Neall, June 22, 2017 What has been taking place in WV, PA and other states since 2004/2005 is a carefully choreographed action plan devised by the oil and gas industry. The first step was getting the “Halliburton loophole” [...]

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Another Explosion in Barbour County Kills Prominent PA Man

June 23, 2017

Industrial site explosion kills McDonald fire chief From an Article by Andrew Goldstein, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 20, 2017 The chief of the McDonald Volunteer Fire Department died Tuesday in an explosion at an industrial site in West Virginia while working a contracting job. Scott Albertini, 53, had been a member of the fire department [...]

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Pipelines Are Not Being Planned to Serve West Virginia

June 22, 2017

$-Living With Our Energy Choices Long Term-$ Letter to the Editor of the Weston Democrat, Weston, WV,  June 20, 2017 A recent talk to the local Rotary, by a spokesman for the gas industry, seriously needs a rebuttal. Fracking and pipelines are not a solution to West Virginia’s problems, but a continuation of the economic [...]

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History Reminds Us that Economic and Environmental Narratives are Intertwined

June 21, 2017

EDITORIAL: Pittsburgh myth, Paris reality Guest Editorial by Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh From: Science: June 16, 2017: Vol. 356, Issue 6343, pp. 1103 When announcing his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, President Trump reminded the world that, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, [...]

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It Appears that Exxon has Committed Climate Fraud

June 20, 2017

A Tale of Two Numbers: Exxon’s Alleged Climate Fraud From an Interview by Living on Earth, June 16, 2017 CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed the records of several ExxonMobil executives as part of his probe into allegations that Exxon knew about the dangers of [...]

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