Our Good Earth is Under a Major Challenge

April 12, 2017

TRUMP vs. EARTH From the Essay by Amy Davidson, The New Yorker Magazine, April 10, 2017 He said that his order puts “an end to the war on coal.” In reality, it’s a war on basic knowledge of the harm that coal can do. In late 2006, President George W. Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency argued [...]

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WVSORO: Final 2017 Legislative Update & Free Webinar

April 11, 2017

WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization: Final Legislative Update From an Article by Julie Archer, WV SORO, April 9, 2017 Today is the last day of the 2017 legislative session. You’ve probably heard that the industry’s re-branded forced pooling legislation (SB 576) was officially declared dead earlier in the week by the chair of the House [...]

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New York State DEC Denies Permit for National Fuel Pipeline

April 10, 2017

National Fuel’s pipeline project would have crossed more than 190 creeks and streams up through Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie and Niagara counties, according to the specifications From an Article by T.J. Pignataro, Buffalo NY News, April 8, 2017 The state Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected National Fuel’s plans for a 97-mile pipeline to carry natural gas [...]

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WV Gas Industry has No Place for Science

April 9, 2017

No Science, Please, for Fracking Industry ….. ? Essay by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV, April 4, 2017 The human brain is not a reality machine.  It is a device for survival in a world where problems must be solved, but exact reality is not needed.  Think about all the fantasies in literature, everything [...]

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Earthquake in Wayne National Forest is Within Ohio’s Fracking Region

April 8, 2017

Ohio investigates cause of weekend earthquake in drilling region From an Article by Marion Renault, The Columbus Dispatch, April 4, 2017 State officials are investigating whether a magnitude 3.0 earthquake in the Wayne National Forest was caused by nearby oil and gas operations. It wouldn’t be the first time: Hundreds of temblors have been linked [...]

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Health Impacts Associated with Unconventional Oil and Gas Production

April 7, 2017

Evaluating the Implications of Chemicals in Oil & Gas Operations Focus on Endocrine Disruption Chemicals, Teleconference, April 13, 2017 Join us on Thursday, April 13th at 12 pm Eastern to hear Dr. Lisa McKenzie present her recent paper on proximity to oil and gas development and risk for hematologic cancers in children 0-24 years old. [...]

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Expansion of Frack Sand Mining in Wisconsin

April 6, 2017

COURAGEOUS CITIZENS RAISE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS EXPANDED FRAC SAND MINING IN THE TOWN OF BRIDGE CREEK IN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN READ THEIR COMMENTARIES! KUDOS TO THESE PEOPLE FOR ALLOWING THEIR MESSAGES TO BE PRINTED IN THE FRAC SAND SENTINEL, ISSUE 132, APRIL 5, 2017. >>> On April 6, 2017, Frac Sand Sentinel wrote: Address [...]

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WV Legislature Session in Final Week

April 5, 2017

Coal, gas drilling bills get hearings as session enters final week From an Article by Ken Ward, The Charleston Gazette-Mail, April 3, 2017 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bills to give West Virginia’s coal industry a break on water quality standards and the state’s natural gas drillers help in dealing with unwilling land and mineral owners had [...]

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Take Action on Atlantic Coast Pipeline & FERC

April 4, 2017

Greenbrier River Watershed Association Mark Your Calendars & Take Action — April 5 & 6, 2017 Call In Days to Protect Communities from Fracked Gas Pipelines, Compressors and LNG Exports Right Now, FERC Can’t Approve Any Fracked Gas Pipelines or LNG Export Facilities Because they Don’t have the Legal Quorum Necessary to Cast Binding Votes. [...]

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Norfolk VA Prepares For Battle With Rising Sea Level

April 3, 2017

The Navy’s efforts to respond to sea level rise From an Article by Jay Price, WUNC, North Carolina Public Broadcasting, March 20, 2017 When President Donald Trump visited a shipyard at Newport News, VA, this month, he told an audience of sailors and shipbuilders that the United States would defeat any danger and handle any [...]

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