Over 365 Businesses Call for Support of the Paris Climate Agreement

November 18, 2016

Some 365+ Businesses Call on Trump to Support Paris Climate Accords Article from CERES,  EcoWatch.com, November 16, 2016 More than 365 businesses and investors, from more than a dozen Fortune 500 firms to small, family-owned businesses across more than 35 states, sent a strong message today to President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and other [...]

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ALERT: Multiple Statements Regarding Dakota Access Pipeline

November 17, 2016

US Government Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline Contacts: Jessica Kershaw (US Dept. of the Interior) and Moira Kelley (Dept. of the Army),  Nov. 14, 2016 Washington, DC – Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on [...]

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WV Supreme Court Outlaws Unauthorized Natural Gas Pipeline Surveys

November 16, 2016

WV Supreme Court sides with landowners on unauthorized gas line surveys From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston WV Gazette – Mail,  November 15, 2016 Developers of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline cannot survey land for the project without the permission of the landowners, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Justices upheld an [...]

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Drilling Mud Leak Sparks Concerns on Georgia – Florida Gas Pipeline

November 15, 2016

Gas pipeline project headed to Suwannee River leaks into Georgia waterway; sparks environmental worries From an Article by Steve Patterson, Jacksonville News, November 14, 2016 A leak in the shaft for a natural gas pipeline beneath a Georgia river has reinforced environmental worries at Florida’s Suwannee River and other waterways in the pipeline’s path. The [...]

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Loud Pipeline Noises Disturb Doddridge County Residents

November 14, 2016

Loud noise in Doddridge County wakes up residents Information From Local News Reports, WDTV News 5, November 12, 2016 BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Several viewers reached out to WDTV News 5 on Saturday morning after hearing loud, explosive noises near the Stonewall Jackson momentum pipeline in Doddridge County. After investigating and sending a reporter to the [...]

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Solidarity Action Scheduled to STOP the Dakota Access Pipeline

November 13, 2016

Reference: Nov 15 #NoDAPL Day of Action at Army Corps of Engineers Letter from Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, November 12, 2016 Dear Friends, Just a week before the presidential election, Indigenous leaders and protectors in Standing Rock, North Dakota, called on us to take to the streets this Tuesday, November 15th, in a [...]

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“Game Over” for the Climate due to Global Warming?

November 12, 2016

Donald Trump presidency a ‘disaster for the planet’, warn climate scientists From an Article by Oliver Milman in New York, The Guardian, November 11, 2016 Leading scientists say the climate denier’s victory could mean ‘game over for the climate’ and any hope of warding off dangerous global warming. Trump has called global warming a ‘bullshit’ Chinese-invented hoax [...]

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The Arctic Ocean & Greenland are Melting More Rapidly

November 11, 2016

Arctic Ocean Could Be Ice-Free Before Midcentury From an Article by Tim Radford, Climate Network News, November 5, 2016 The average American is responsible for the melting of almost 50 square meters of ice per year. LONDON — Two scientists have worked out what it would take to melt all the ice in the Arctic [...]

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Long Large-Diameter Pipelines for Marcellus Gas will Strangle West Virginia

November 10, 2016

Global Warming is the Most Serious Environmental Impact of Natural Gas Pipelines Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Jane Lew, Lewis County, WV Natural gas pipelines encourage fracking, which puts carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, resulting in more global warming. There are many other environmental problems, too, which will be [...]

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EARTH: Our Land and the Climate Equation

November 9, 2016

An essay from “The Future of Conservation,” a series exploring how nature can help tackle the most pressing challenges facing people and the planet. From an Article by Justin Adams, The Nature Conservancy, August – September 2016 Twenty years ago, long before I joined The Nature Conservancy, I was already searching for solutions to climate [...]

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