Texa$ Oil Man Headed to be $ecretary of $tate

January 24, 2017

U.S. Senate panel clears Tillerson’s path to be secretary of state From an Article by Patricia Zengerle,  Reuters News Service, January 23, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil Corp. Chairman Rex Tillerson, narrowly won approval from a Senate committee on Monday, but is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate. [...]

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The White House Website has been Purged of “Climate Change”

January 23, 2017

“Climate Change” Purged From White House Website From an Article by Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, January 22, 2017 As the Trump Administration Sunday descended into a farce of “alternative facts” to try and argue that there had been historic numbers at the new President’s inauguration, it is quite clear “alternative” and blatantly bogus facts, [...]

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Micro-LNG Unit to Capture Stranded Marcellus Gas in Tioga County, Penn.

January 23, 2017

Siemens (German) Rolls Out Micro-LNG Unit in Marcellus Region From an Article by Mark Smedley, Natural Gas World, January 18, 2017 PHOTO: The LNGo low pressure liquefaction solution from Dresser-Rand consists of four different modules Siemens subsidiary Dresser-Rand said January 18 it has commissioned its first micro-LNG system. The Ten Man facility in Pennsylvania began [...]

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Concern About the Trump Agenda is Stronger than Ever

January 22, 2017

INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT >> The mission of Interfaith Power & Light is to be faithful stewards of Creation by responding to global warming through the promotion of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Dear Friends, These are historic days, as we witness the peaceful transfer of power to a new president. I revere [...]

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LIVING on EARTH: “The Social Cost of Carbon”

January 21, 2017

This Week’s Show: The Social Cost Of Carbon, PRI, 1/20/17 A state-of-the-art report that brings together some of the best minds in environmental policy and economics recommends a new way of evaluating the social costs of carbon pollution to keep up with the best available science. Living On Earth’s Helen Palmer and Professor Billy Pizer, [...]

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Which One is It? Almost Heaven or Almost Hell WV

January 20, 2017

Important Letter by Carol Nix in Morgantown Dominion Post Edited from the Letter by Carol Nix, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 16, 2017 So, which one is it? Almost heaven or almost hell? You’ve seen the acres of green plastic-coated pipe piling up along the west bank of the Monongahela River, you’ve seen the trains bringing [...]

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Three Examples Show Pruitt is Unfit to Head EPA

January 19, 2017

Pruitt’s EPA Lawsuits Are Worse Than You Think From an Article by Ken Kimmell, Union of Concerned Scientists, January 17, 2017 One well-reported thing about Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump‘s nominee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, is his penchant for filing lawsuits to block the EPA from enforcing clean air, clean water and [...]

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Some 500+ Groups Urge Senators: ‘Use All Your Power’ to Block Anti-Environment Pruitt

January 18, 2017

‘Anyone that breathes air and drinks water should be aggressively opposed to this man leading the EPA,’ says head of Food & Water Watch From an Article by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, January 17, 2017 More than 500 national, state, and local organizations on Tuesday announced their opposition to Donald Trump’s fossil-fuel soaked nominee to [...]

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Carla Hardy WV Project CommuniTree Applications for Spring 2017

January 17, 2017

  Carla Hardy Memorial Tree plantings have been successful From Regional News, Morgan Messenger (Berkeley Springs), November 11, 2016 Carla Hardy, a conservationist and champion of trees, passed away on July 13. In honor of her lifetime of achievements, Cacapon Institute, through the recently renamed “Carla Hardy West Virginia Project CommuniTree,” hosted a “Carla Hardy Memorial Tree [...]

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Sundance Film Festival is Spotlighting Climate Change this Year

January 16, 2017

Sundance is shining a spotlight on climate change this year From Notice by Katie Herzog, Grist News, January 11, 2017 The film festival, running January 19 – 29 in Park City, Utah, will showcase several films about the environment, including An Inconvenient Sequel, the follow-up to the award-winning 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Like the original, the sequel highlights Al Gore’s [...]

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