Community Meetings Scheduled on MVP Environmental Study

September 1, 2016

From Appalachian Voices-  Community Meetings on Mountain Valley Pipeline POWHR , Virginia Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices are holding meetings to inform community members about the upcoming Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  The DEIS is expected to come out some time in September and there is only a 45 day [...]

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In Blow to Colorado Residents, Anti-Fracking Measures Fail to Make Ballot

August 31, 2016

Proponents, who faced a well-funded opposition campaign led by Big Oil, have 30 days to appeal the decision From an Article by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams Blog, August 29, 2016 Fracking opponents vowed to keep up the fight in Colorado on Monday after it was announced that measures seeking to restrict fracking in the state [...]

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Comment Period Still Open for Doddridge County Frack Waste Treatment Facility

August 30, 2016

The Written Comment Period for the Antero Clearwater Facility Extends to September 3rd Letter from April Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance, August 28, 2016 Antero Resources has been holding meetings for its proposed landfill and water processing facility, ironically named “Clearwater.” The 400-acre facility, a 25-year project located upstream of the Hughes River, will affect 11 wetlands and over 5 [...]

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Natural Gas is Not a Bridge to Future Renewable Energy

August 29, 2016

Bridge to the Future of Renewables not Natural Gas Opinion Editorial by S. Thomas Bond, Morgantown Dominion Post, August 28, 2016 Carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas are projected to exceed emissions from coal by 10 percent this year, accdording to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.  (EIA). Last year, natural gas use was 81 percent [...]

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Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America’s Historical Shame

August 28, 2016

Photo: Native Americans protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in southern North Dakota. From an Article by Sonali Kolhatkar, TruthDig.Com, August 24, 2016 Until a few years ago, the word “occupation” was synonymous with power, imperialism and foreign invasion. Today, in the post-Occupy Wall Street era, more and more [...]

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Third Study on Adverse Health Effects of Fracking for Natural Gas

August 27, 2016

Health Dangers of Fracking Revealed in Johns Hopkins Study From an Article by  Wenonah Hauter, EcoWatch.com, August 25, 2016 A new study out today from Johns Hopkins in Environmental Health Perspectives revealed associations between fracking and various health symptoms including nasal and sinus problems, migraines and fatigue in Pennsylvanians living near areas of natural gas development. [...]

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Guidance for Monitoring Water Supplies Threatened by Pipeline Development

August 26, 2016

From: Rick Webb, Nelson County, VA Sent: August 22, 2016 To: Pipeline Contacts and Affected Persons Subject: Guidance for Monitoring Water Supplies Threatened by Pipeline Development The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) has released a report for landowners and water providers concerned about the potential impacts of pipeline development on water supplies: GUIDANCE FOR MONITORING EFFECTS [...]

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Arctic Ice is Disappearing Faster than Realized

August 25, 2016

‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’ From an Article by Robin McKie, The Manchester Guardian, August 21, 2016 Scientist Peter Wadhams believes the summer ice cover at the north pole is about to disappear, triggering even more rapid global warming. Peter Wadhams in the Arctic in 2007: ‘We [...]

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The Collapse of Our Society is Underway at a Rapid Pace

August 24, 2016

We’re Running Out of Buffer as a Society, According to Experts From an Article by Dawn Allen, Legal Review, August 1, 2016 Photo: The Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse is within sight of a temporary location of the Whoville Homeless Camp in Eugene, Oregon. A given population, whether it is the yeast in a homebrewer’s carboy [...]

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Public Hearing in West Union on Antero Landfill Project (8/23/16)

August 23, 2016

  Your Comments are Needed on Antero Landfill Project Announcement from WV Rivers Coalition, August 22, 2016 Public Hearing Tomorrow, August 23, 2016, in West Union, WV The WVDEP is currently accepting comments on two permit applications for Antero’s landfill project, 401 water quality certification and NPDES stormwater construction permit. The permit application for these large [...]

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