Climate Action is Not Grandmother’s Tea Party in Protesting Fossil Fuel Pipelines

October 21, 2016

Calling All Climate Activists: “Go Out and Get Yourself in Some Holy Trouble” From an Article by Valerie Schloredt, YES! Magazine | Interview, October 6, 2016 A handful of climate activists turned off the flow of Canadian tar sands oil through pipelines in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington on Tuesday, October 11. Five who cut chains and [...]

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Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant in WV Attracts Controversy

October 20, 2016

Jobs Alliance at Odds With Marshall County Gas-Fired Plant From an Article by Alan Olson, Marshall County Reporter, Wheeling Intelligencer, October 19, 2016 PHOTO: Demonstrators from local unions stand at the Marshall County Courthouse before a county commission meeting Tuesday during which the Ohio Valley Jobs Alliance spoke against the proposed Moundsville Power plant. Moundsville, [...]

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Banning Fracking in Maryland & Worldwide

October 19, 2016

Banning Fracking from A to Zirkin in Maryland and Elsewhere Engage Mountain Maryland says a ban on fracking is essential in Maryland Senator Bobby Zirkin has been a long-time opponent to hydraulic fracturing and was instrumental in helping pass the two year moratorium currently in place in Maryland. He is now working with the public, [...]

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Important WV Watershed Meetings October 19th & 20th

October 18, 2016

Jennifer Baker,  New Coordinator for the Greenbrier River Watershed Association to be introduced at Annual Meeting, October 19th The Greenbrier River Watershed Association will hold its annual meeting, October 19, 2016 at St. James Episcopal Church in Lewisburg, WV. The meeting will start at 7pm, with Howdy Henritz from The Indian Creek Watershed Association as [...]

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Spirit of Environmental Protection Award to Bill Hughes of Wetzel County

October 17, 2016

WV-DEP Recognizes Bill Hughes for Public Service & Community Involvement From an Article of the State Journal, Page 25, October 14, 2016 William (Bill) J. Hughes of Wetzel County has received the Spirit of Environment Protection Award from the WV Department of Environmental Protection (WV-DEP). “Mr. Hughes exemplifies what it means to be an engaged [...]

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The Clean Power Plan is Good for the Economy

October 16, 2016

Investors and Businesses Know the Clean Power Plan is Good for the Economy From an Article by Katina Tsongas, Senior Manager, Policy Program, Ceres Coalition, September 27, 2016 Today, challengers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan will try to make their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the plan—the [...]

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It is Not Practical to Extract CO2 from the Atmosphere

October 15, 2016

We’re placing far too much hope in pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, scientists warn From an Article by Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post, October 13, 2016 In the past decade, an ambitious — but still mostly hypothetical — technological strategy for meeting our global climate goals has grown prominent in scientific discussions. Known as [...]

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EPA has Issues with Xpress Pipeline Impact Assessment

October 14, 2016

EPA: FERC’s Pipeline Environmental Impact Assessment Is Wrong From an Article of Climate Nexus, EcoWatch.com, October 13, 2016 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) did not properly account for climate change in its environmental impact assessment of a $1.4 billion natural gas pipeline, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). FERC found that the [...]

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VOC Pollution from the Ethane Cracker in Western Penna.

October 13, 2016

Could Shell’s Ethane Cracker Erase Recent Gains in Air Quality? From an Article by Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front, September 9, 2016 Officials around the state are optimistic about the impact of Shell’s new ethane cracker on the local economy. It will bring thousands of construction jobs to western Pennsylvania and 600 permanent ones once [...]

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Pipeline Protesting Held On Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 12, 2016

Four Water Protectors Crawl Inside Pipe to Stop Construction of Spectra Energy’s AIM Pipeline, More Climb On Top of Pipe From an Article by The Staff, Resist Spectra, October 11, 2016 [Defenders take action along the Hudson River to halt plans to pull AIM pipeline under the river] At about 7 AM on October 10th, [...]

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