WV-DEP is Becoming an Instrument of Industry

March 23, 2017

New DEP is using W. Va. as industry dumping ground   Letter to the Editor, Charleston Gazette-Mail, March 19, 2017   The article by Ken Ward, Jr., titled “DEP eliminates protections for noise, light from natural gas facilities” shows how much the government of W.Va. has its middle finger up to the state’s citizens.   [...]

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Residents Standing Up Against Rover Pipeline in Harrison County, Ohio

March 22, 2017

Harrison County residents stand up to natural gas company From the Staff News Report, WTOV News 9, Steubenville, OH Harrison County, OH — Sheila Bittinger and her husband Stanley have gotten used to the loud noise of heavy machinery the past couple of weeks. But that doesn’t mean they like it. The machines are operated [...]

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Concerns About Methanol Plant at Institute, WV

March 21, 2017

Institute citizens meet to discuss methanol plant From an Article by Alex Thomas in WV MetroNews | February 14, 2017 INSTITUTE, W.Va. – A new methanol plant in Institute drew concern from citizens at a meeting February 13th  at West Virginia State University. The founders of U.S. Methanol, Brad Gunn and Richard Wolfli, discussed at [...]

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NOAA Coral Reef Watch: The Progressive Death of Earth’s Corals

March 20, 2017

It is Unacceptable to Normalize the Disruption and Loss of Earth’s Corals From an Article by Stephen Mulkey, The Environmental Century, 3/18/17 For the first time the Great Barrier Reef has experienced two back-to-back bleaching events, which have been driven entirely by extreme sea surface temperatures. The devastation is hard to miss, unless you are [...]

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Global Warming Continues to Damage Coral Reefs

March 19, 2017

Coral Reefs’ Only Hope Is Halting Global Warming From an Article by Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, March 15, 2017 PHOTO: The Great Barrier Reef has experienced a series of damaging bleaching events since 2014. >>> Bleaching events have stressed coral worldwide, particularly the Great Barrier Reef, and research says their survival depends on quickly [...]

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Medical Doctors Describe Global Warming’s Health Impacts

March 18, 2017

Climate Change Impacts: American’s Health Hurt By Global Warming, Doctors Say From an Article by Denisse Moreno, I B Times, March 15, 2017 Climate change is already harming Americans’ health, a report released Wednesday by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, which represents more than half of the country’s doctors, found. “Climate change [...]

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Deadline March 19th for Comments on MVP Stream Certification

March 17, 2017

Mountain Valley Pipeline 401 Application From the WV Rivers Coalition, MVP Update, March 15, 2017 The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a proposed 42 inch natural gas interstate pipeline, has submitted their Section 401 Water Quality Certification Application to the WVDEP. WV Rivers has reviewed the application and submitted comments to the WV Department of Environmental Protection [...]

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Dominion Resources Understates ACP Pipeline’s Landslide Potential

March 16, 2017

Study Concludes that Dominion Understates Pipeline’s Landslide Potential in Nelson County From the Friends of Nelson County, Staunton, VA, March 13, 2017 A study of the potential for slope failures and landslides in Nelson County, VA from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, coupled with a review of Dominion’s in-house analysis, has concluded that “Dominion has not [...]

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Hilcorp Alaska Pipeline Spewing Natural Gas Underwater for Weeks, Leaking Continues!

March 15, 2017

Alaska underwater pipeline leak may have started in December 2016 From an Article by Dan Joling, Associated Press, March 7, 2017 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pipeline spewing natural gas into Alaska’s Cook Inlet may have started leaking in December, two months before the leak was spotted from the air, according to a federal pipeline safety [...]

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WVSORO Opposes Unfair “Forced Pooling”

March 14, 2017

New Forced Pooling Bill Introduced in the Senate From an Article by Julie Archer, WVSORO, March 12, 2017 Updates and Alerts On Friday a new forced pooling bill, SB 576, was introduced in the state Senate. While WV SORO has said that a “good” forced pooling bill would be a good thing, the devil is in [...]

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