$$ — Clean (Green) Energy Investments Offer Future Opportunities

September 11, 2016

Clean Energy Investment in 2016 Undershoots 2015 Record From a Report of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, July 14, 2016 < View this press release in PDF > Investment slowdowns in China and Japan, as well as further reduction in the cost of solar, mean 2016 investment will fall well short of 2015’s upwardly revised $348.5bn [...]

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US Government Steps In After Judge Rules Against Standing Rock Sioux

September 10, 2016

Federal judge denies tribe’s request for injunction, but federal agencies issue statement pausing pipeline construction From an Article by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams Blog, September 9, 2016  A series of “game-changing” developments impacting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) battle on Friday afternoon were testament to the power of organizing. Striking a blow to the vibrant, [...]

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More Earthquakes Rattle Fracking Oklahoma

September 9, 2016

Several new earthquakes rattle Oklahoma From News 9, KFOR in Oklahoma City, OK, September 8, 2016  OKLAHOMA– At least six earthquakes shook Oklahoma Thursday, September 8, 2016. The latest being a 3.8 magnitude quake, with the epicenter in Spencer at 9:06 p.m. The others were near Pawnee, Stillwater, and Perry with magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to [...]

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Action Alert on Global Climate Change: WV vs. US-EPA

September 8, 2016

Legal Process in the Nation’s Capital:  West Virginia vs. the EPA Action Alert from Ciera Pennington, WV Citizen Action Group, September 7, 2016 Action Alert on Global Climate Change Response As you may know, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is the lead in an effort to block the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.  On September [...]

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Micro-Particles of Plastics are Contaminating the Oceans

September 7, 2016

A ‘smog’ of plastics may be killing our oceans From an Article by Daphne Branham, Vancouver Sun, September 6, 2016 ABOARD THE AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV — The biggest problem in the world’s oceans isn’t swirling, Texas-sized islands of discarded plastic. It’s the small stuff; the little bits you can’t see that are congregating in gyres where ocean [...]

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Health Problems Arise from Natural Gas Development & Utilization

September 6, 2016

We are Having Increasing Health Problems with Natural Gas Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Due to environmental problems, coal is being unceremoniously dumped.  Coal is a solid, and contains many of the elements found in the swamp plants that it came from, notably sulfur and heavy [...]

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Leading G20 Countries Must Increase Carbon Reductions

September 5, 2016

The Carbon Reduction Pledges of the World’s Most Powerful Economies Are Far Too Low From an Article by Alex Kirby, TruthDig Blog, September 1, 2016 London — The promises made by the G20 group of the world’s leading economies to meet the goals reached in last December’s Paris Agreement on emissions reduction are nowhere near [...]

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Churches are Adopting Renewable (Green) Energy

September 4, 2016

Churches put their faith in green energy From an Article by Pilita Clark, The Financial Times, September 1, 2016 Wind and solar farms have always had faithful adherents in the environmental movement but now more than 3,500 churches have turned their back on fossil fuels to embrace renewable energy. Churches from a range of denominations [...]

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US Forest Service Rejects Route for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

September 3, 2016

USFS rejects Atlantic Coast Pipeline route in Virginia mountains From an Article in the Augusta Free Press, Staunton, Virginia, September 2, 2016 The United States Forest Service and the George Washington National Forest dealt a blow to Dominion’s Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline by rejecting numerous stream crossings in Bath County and expressing concern for wild [...]

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Rockefeller Family Fund Shames Exxon Mobil For ‘Morally Reprehensible Conduct’

September 2, 2016

The Rockefeller Family Fund announced it is divesting from fossil fuels and threw shame on Exxon Mobil in the process   From an Article by Daniel Marans, The Huffington Post, 03/24/2016  The Rockefeller Family Fund will divest from fossil fuels, prioritizing Exxon Mobil holdings. The fund’s statement rips Exxon Mobil for allegedly deceiving the public [...]

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