MVP & ACP Pipelines to Intersect Appalachian Trail

May 3, 2017

ATC: Mountain Valley Pipeline an unprecedented threat to ALL national trails From an Article by Diana Christopulos, Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club, April 21, 2017 Kelly Knob on Appalachian Trail and other mountains to be affected Many small pipelines currently cross the Appalachian Trail, but they are nothing like the proposed new Mountain Valley Pipeline that [...]

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To Help Stop the Cove Point Terminal, Call-In May 4th

May 2, 2017

Don’t Let Cove Point Slip into the Dark Side! Letter to Maryland Residents and Friends in the Region On May 4th, we’re asking as many people as possible to join in resistance to the Cove Point  Terminal and call Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s office to insist that he order a public and thorough safety study [...]

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The Streets of DC were Filled with People’s Climate Marchers

May 1, 2017

People’s Climate March Draws Massive Crowd in DC From an Article by Stephanie Spears, EcoWatch.com, April 29, 2017 More than 200,000 people took to the streets in Washington, DC, today for the People’s Climate March. Tens of thousands more joined via sister marches across the globe, including Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Uganda, Kenya, Germany, [...]

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Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Will Cause Extensive Damages to our Mountain Ridges

April 30, 2017

New research exposes how Dominion’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline would decapitate 38 miles of ridgelines in VA and WV Press Release from Chesapeake Climate Network & Friends of Nelson County, April 27, 2017 Richmond, VA — A briefing paper released today details how Dominion Resources intends to blast away, excavate, and partially remove entire mountaintops [...]

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Call to Action for “The People’s Climate March”

April 29, 2017

With The ‘People’s Climate March’ Approaching, Activist Bill McKibben Calls Environmentalists To Action From the Speech by Bill McKibben, Northampton Community College, April 21, 2017 One of the country’s leading environmentalists made a stop in the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, stressing the importance of civil disobedience in the fight against climate change. Bill McKibben, who [...]

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Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Seeks 401 Certification in WV

April 28, 2017

Subject: Announcement on ACP 401 certification application Friends, An urgent matter, pipeline-related, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) has filed a “State Water Certification Application” to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) as required by Section 401 of the nation’s Clean Water Act. The ACP will try to show that their construction will not [...]

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Letter 93 for Day 93: Values & Voices from Earth Day

April 27, 2017

Earth Day Message to the President, VP, Admin. & Congress From FORREST CLINGERMAN, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Ohio Northern University Dear President Trump, Vice President Pence, Members of the Trump Administration and 115th Congress, Greetings on Earth Day!  From its start in 1970, Earth Day has drawn the support of people from all [...]

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Facing Up to the Future for West Virginia Coal Reserves

April 25, 2017

A career in coal geology says WV must bank on new industries From the Opinion-Editorial by C. Blaine Cecil, Charleston Gazette-Mail, April 15, 2017 Over the past couple of years, I have followed claims about the restoration of the coal industry in the Appalachian region. As a native West Virginian and someone who still has [...]

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Title V Hearing Set 4/26 on Compressor Station at Accident, MD

April 24, 2017

Accident Compressor Station Title V permit hearing set for April 26, 2017 at 6 PM From an Announcement by Engage Mountain Maryland, The Garrett County Republican, April 19, 2017 The air quality permit to operate the Texas Eastern Transmission facilities at Accident will be the subject of a public hearing on Wednesday, April 26, 6:00 PM at [...]

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The US Anti-Science Budget Proposal is an Insult to our Earth

April 23, 2017

Trump’s anti-science budget will be a disaster for America’s bottom line From an Article by Denis Hayes, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2017 In its approach to scientific research, President Trump’s budget can be accurately described as a mugging. I’ve watched this happen before, up close and personal. It does not end well. In 1979, President Carter [...]

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