Update on MVP from Greenbrier River Watershed Association

December 28, 2016

MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE – The 401 Permit Application for Construction has been filed with WV-DEP. Comments may be made any time.  The 401 Certification is required to permit the entry to or crossing of streams where stream flows may be interrupted and/or sediment, subsidence or dissolved chemicals may affect the stream.   http://www.dep.wv.gov/news/Pages/Public-Comment-Period-on-Mountain-Valley-Pipeline-401-Water-Quality-Certification-Extended.aspx  The 401 certification [...]

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Climate Change Dangers Increase due to Feedback Loops

December 27, 2016

New Study ‘Sounds Alarm’ on Another Climate Feedback Loop From an Article by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, December 26, 2016 “What we know from this study is that warming will result in the loss of stored carbon in a wide variety of ecosystems—and that has potentially harmful effects in terms of future global warming.” The loss [...]

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Royalty Payments of “1/8-th” or More, Not Always Forthcoming

December 26, 2016

Gas Company Wants New Ruling on W.Va. Royalties From an Article of the Associated Press, WV Public Broadcasting, December 22, 2016 A Pittsburgh-based natural gas producer has asked West Virginia’s top court to reconsider its recent ruling that gas companies cannot take deductions for post-production costs from royalty payments to the state’s landowners for mineral [...]

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How Does it Feel to be in the Early Anthropocene?

December 25, 2016

A Planet With Brains? Peril & Potential of Self-Aware Geological Change From an Article by David Grinspoon, 13.7 NPR Blog, December 18, 2016 The universe is 13.7 billion years old.  Now we have something new! Recent years have seen a vigorous debate over whether or not we have entered a new epoch of geologic time, [...]

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Nature Offers Diverse and Unique Sounds That are Integral to Humanity

December 24, 2016

In a Noisy World, Our Brains Still Need the Sounds of Nature From an Article by Kerry Klein, The Allegheny Front, December 23, 2016 Kurt Fristrup is standing in the middle of a prairie and he’s the loudest thing for miles. He and I are huddled near an empty cattle pen in Pawnee National Grassland [...]

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Over 16,000 Citizens Question the Proposed MVP Pipeline

December 23, 2016

Over 16,000 Citizens Demand Unbiased Review of Proposed Fracked Gas MVP Pipeline Article from the Press Room, Appalachian Voices, 12/22/16 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the past three months, more than 16,000 people have sent comments or signed petitions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) demanding the agency do a thorough, accurate and unbiased review of [...]

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SkyTruth: Problems Abound with Oil & Gas Pipelines

December 22, 2016

Problem(s) with Pipelines: An Anthology From an Article by David Manthos, SkyTruth, December 21, 2016 On Sunday, Dec. 4 the Army Corps of Engineers issued a decision which will again delay construction of  the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The ruling was cheered by water protectors entrenched in the path of the pipeline at the Standing [...]

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Proposed Pipelines Would Cut Right Through The Appalachian Trail

December 21, 2016

Conservation groups are rallying against the Mountain Valley Pipeline From an Article by Hilary Hanson, Huffington Post, 12/17/2016  Environmental groups are voicing opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cut across the Appalachian Trail in Virginia and require clearing a previously protected corridor of forest. The Mountain Valley Pipeline would transport natural gas from [...]

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NOTE: Questions Remain Unanswered on ACP & MVP

December 20, 2016

NOT SO FAST – Concerns Remain Over ACP & MVP Pipelines This Article from Rick Webb, Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, December 17, 2016 The following was published in the December 16, 2016  ABRA Update (No. 109). The National Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have raised objections to FERC’s permitting timetable for the proposed [...]

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FERC Needs to Hear from You on MVP by December 22nd

December 19, 2016

Example of Land Disturbances  Mountain Valley Pipeline Set to Impact 613 Streams From Kathleen Tyner,  West Virginia Rivers Coalition, December 19, 2016 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. You can comment on the DEIS through December 22, 2016. The DEIS is [...]

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