Fracking on Public Lands Not Popular with Local Residents

December 18, 2016

Some 700+ Acres of Ohio‘s Only National Forest Leased for Fracking From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, December 15, 2016 Despite heavy opposition from public health and environmental groups, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has leased 759 acres of Ohio’s only national forest for fracking. According to the Associated Press, oil and [...]

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State-Wide WV Congress on Solar Energy Quite Popular

December 17, 2016

State-Wide Solar Congress Held at WVU in Morgantown From the Report by April Pearson-Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance, 12/14/16 Morgantown, WV – The first annual Solar Congress was held at WVU Law School last Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9a.m. – 3p.m. The event, hosted by WV Sun, was an educational and networking opportunity for those [...]

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Global Warming is The Issue of Greatest Importance

December 16, 2016

As a football score: It is Catastrophic Climate Change 400 ppm, Humanity 0. From an Article by John de Waal, MBA, Lake Chapala (Mexico) Magazine, December 2016 The Meteorology Office and Climatic Research Unit at Britain’s University of East Anglia reported that the Earth’s average temperature has increased by 1-degree C (1.8 F). The world’s [...]

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Political Nonsense is Making Us Gasp — It May Get Worse

December 15, 2016

Trump and Pruitt Will Make America Gasp Again From an Article by Paul Krugman, New York Times, December 9, 2016 Many people voted for Donald Trump because they believed his promises that he would restore what they imagine were the good old days — the days when America had lots of traditional jobs mining coal [...]

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Memorial to James “Jim” Sconyers, WV Sierra Club Activist

December 15, 2016

Jim Sconyers Lived in Rural Preston County, WV Memorial to Jim Sconyers, FrackCheckWV, December 14, 2016 James M. “Jim” Sconyers, 73, of Cranesville, WV, died on Monday, December 12, 2016, at his home. Born on November 16, 1943, in Yazoo City, MS, he was the son of the late Joseph and Virginia (Post) Sconyers. Jim [...]

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Trillions of Dollars Being Divested from Fossil Fuels Due to Climate Change

December 13, 2016

Keep it in the ground: five trillion reasons to be happy From an Article of The Guardian, Manchester UK, December 13, 2016 The value of investment funds committed to selling off fossil fuel assets has jumped to $5.2 trillion, doubling in just over a year. Five years ago, the idea that investments in fossil fuel [...]

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Protesters Decry Fracking in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest

December 12, 2016

Wayne National Forest in Ohio River Valley at center of debate From an Article in the Wheeling Intelligencer, December 12, 2016 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A national forest in Ohio has closed its offices to the public through Tuesday, the day it auctions 1,600 acres of park land for fracking, in anticipation of extended public [...]

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Moms Clean Air Force is Outraged at Trump

December 11, 2016

Moms Outraged at Trump’s Pick to Head EPA From an Article by Dominique Browning, Moms Clean Air Force, December 9, 2016 The nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is unprecedented. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, it is a travesty—because Pruitt has vigorously used [...]

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Testimony Taken at “People’s Hearing” to Reform FERC

December 10, 2016

People’s Hearing’ Convened to Reform Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) From an Article by Mark Hand, DC Media Group, December 5, 2016 PHOTO: Panel of ‘judges’ hears testimony from residents opposed to FERC’s close relationship with the natural gas industry. Described as the first-ever “People’s Hearing” challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), more than [...]

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The Benefits, Costs and Risks of Fracking in Maryland?

December 9, 2016

Commentary on Fracking in Maryland [Garrett County already has a huge natural gas storage field at Accident, MD] In 2007 I was part of a team at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who reviewed $37 billion-dollar-plus programs.  We were trying to understand why so many DHS programs were failing.  As part of the review [...]

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