Marching on Washington DC, April 22nd & April 29th

March 4, 2017

At the People’s Climate March, help launch a new drive for a 100% renewable energy economy on April 29 Letter from Bill McKibben, Co-Founder of 350.org, March 1, 2017 Dear friends, I don’t know if you’re like me, but there are days when the sound of Mr. Trump’s voice just makes me want to curl [...]

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Our Environment is National Security & Our Environment Needs You

March 3, 2017

What is it we are defending, after all, if not our land and water and air quality? Reprint of the Editorial, Morgantown Dominion Post, Opinion Page 10-A, March 2, 2017 Some scoff at the notion of putting the environment in the same category as national security. They might want to do more than scoff at [...]

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OMG: Global Warming Driving Earlier Springtime

March 2, 2017

Northern Hemisphere Sees Spring a Month Early Due to Global Warming From an Article by Tim Radford, Guardian UK News Service, March 1, 2017 Spring is sprung 26 days earlier than a decade ago, causing problems for the natural cycle of plants and wildlife, Climate News Network reports Spring is arriving ever earlier in the [...]

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So Many Reasons to Oppose Very Large Pipelines Thru the Mountains

March 1, 2017

This Land: There are many reasons to oppose natural gas pipelines This Land Column by Dan Radmacher, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, February 23, 2017 Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has rightly lauded decisions by two West Coast breweries to build East Coast facilities in Virginia. But he doesn’t seem to truly understand why Virginia — and specifically [...]

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To the WV Legislature: Trespassers Will Not be Re-elected

February 28, 2017

Bills to let surveyors on private land without permission shall not pass >> From the Editorial, Morgantown Dominion Post, Opinion Page, February 27, 2017 Honestly, we expected better from lawmakers who introduced these bills.  But, since “doublespeak” is the rage and still fools many, why not? We refer to two measures in the Legislature to [...]

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Forbes: Fracking is Dangerous to Your Heath

February 27, 2017

Fracking Is Dangerous To Your Health — Here’s Why From an Article by Judy Stone, Forbes Magazine, February 23, 2017 Fracking, or drilling for gas by hydraulic fracturing, has been associated with a growing number of health risks. Last week, I began this series looking at some of the hazardous chemicals injected into the wells [...]

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Virginia’s Governor Needed For Unbiased Review of Pipelines

February 26, 2017

Roanoke Times Op-Ed: Governor’s Role in Pipeline Review David Sligh says Virginia’s governor can and must protect us from bad pipeline projects From the Opinion-Editorial by David Sligh, Roanoke Times, February 23, 2017 David Sligh is conservation director for Wild Virginia, an investigator for the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, an environmental attorney, and a former [...]

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Rover Pipeline Claims Eminent Domain in WV, PA, & OH

February 25, 2017

Eminent Domain Claims Filed for Rover Pipeline in West Virginia From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 23, 2017 WHEELING –As a 29-year U.S. Army soldier and former West Virginia State Police trooper, Larry Helmick said he is no stranger to the federal courthouse in Wheeling, where he and dozens of other property [...]

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LA Airport Police Arrest ‘Frack Master’ from Dallas, TX

February 24, 2017

Dallas ‘Frack Master’ arrested by Los Angeles Airport police From an Article by Jeff Mosier, Dallas News, February 23, 2017 Dallas oil executive Christopher Faulkner, the self-titled “frack master” who federal authorities said ran an $80 million scam, was arrested Sunday in the Los Angeles area. Faulkner, 40, was taken into custody at 5:30 p.m. [...]

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Thousands of Known Spills at Fracking Sites, But How Many Unknown?

February 23, 2017

Fracking Caused 6,648 Spills in Four States Alone, Duke Study Finds From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, February 21, 2017 Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has long been tied to environmental risks such as spills. The frequency of spills, however, has long been murky since states do not release standardized data. Estimates from the U.S. [...]

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