Natural Gas Fired Electricity (Still) Under Development in West Virginia

June 5, 2016

Moundsville Power Natural Gas Plant Still Set for 2018 Online Date in Marshall County From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, June 3, 2016 Moundsville, WV  — In less than two years, 549 megawatts of natural gas-fired electricity are scheduled to come online at the planned $615 million Moundsville Power plant. In early 2015, [...]

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US DOE Secretary: Renewable Energy Now Inevitable (4 cents/kwh)

June 4, 2016

Renewable Energy Is Now Inevitable, Energy Secretary Says, Citing Price From an Article by Jeff McMahon, Forbes, June 3, 2016 Climate change may have inspired the clean-energy revolution, but price has made it inevitable, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said Thursday, citing plunging prices in solar, wind and efficient innovations like LED lighting. “The discussion [...]

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Fossil Fuels: ‘Enough is Enough’ Protest in Colorado

June 3, 2016

Colorado demonstration part of global protest movement From an Article by Bob Berwyn & Staff, Summit County Voice (Colorado), May 13, 2016 As part of a global series of protests against the continued burning of fossil fuels, hundreds of Colorado activists gathered this week in Denver to protest a Bureau of Land Management oil and [...]

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High Pressure Pipelines are a Huge Issue — Part 4

June 2, 2016

Push for Pipelines – Part 4 From an Article by Bill Hughes, Hoots & Hollers Blog (OVEC), January 28, 2016 Below is Push for Pipelines – Part 4. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. What Happened and How I think it is safe to say that, in light of my [...]

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Police Retain 14 Clergy at Boston Gas Pipeline Construction Site

June 1, 2016

Over a dozen clergy were arrested, including Rev. John Gibbons from The First Parish in Bedford, at the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline construction site on Grove Street. From an Article by J.D. Capelouto and John Tlumacki, Boston Globe, May 26, 2016 About 14 protesting religious leaders were led away by police Wednesday morning when they [...]

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High Pressure Pipelines are a Huge Issue – Part 3

May 31, 2016

Push for Pipelines – Part 3 From an Article by Bill Hughes, Hoots & Hollers Blog (OVEC), January 28, 2016 Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. A Word On Surveyors Most folks can relate to the work and responsibility of bookkeepers or certified public accountants. (CPAs). They measure and keep track of money. [...]

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Comments on Drilling/Fracking in Wayne National Forest due by May 31st Deadline

May 30, 2016

BLM limits comment period for Wayne National Forest leasing for oil and gas to May 31 deadline (Wayne National Forest borders Wetzel, Tyler & Pleasants Counties of WV on the Ohio River) From an Article by Terry Smith, Akron News Record, May 25, 2016 The federal government apparently plans to stick with a May 31 [...]

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High Pressure Pipelines are a Huge Issue — Part 2

May 29, 2016

Push for Pipelines – Part 2 From an Article by Bill Hughes, Hoots & Hollers Blog (OVEC), January 28, 2016 Push for Pipelines – Part 2. (Read Part 1 here.) How did we get to this point? Let’s review our first contact with the land agent representing EQT. In February of 2014, the EQT land agent [...]

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“Seeds of Resistance” Activity Coming to VA & WV, June 6, 7 & 8

May 28, 2016

Cowboy & Indian Alliance to Plant “Seeds of Resistance” Ponca Corn on Land in Paths of Atlantic Coast & Mountain Valley Fracked Gas Pipelines Press Release from April Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Association, May 25, 2016 RE: ACP & MVP Natural Gas Pipelines. [Large-diameter, high-pressure, long-distance, eminent –domain,  national-forests, public-risks, explosion-hazards & water pollution.] WHAT: [...]

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High Pressure Pipelines for Natural Gas are a Huge Issue

May 27, 2016

Push for Pipelines – Part 1 From an Article by Bill Hughes, OVEC, January 27, 2016 For anyone who has even casually followed Marcellus and Utica shale gas exploration and production, here in the active gas fields of West Virginia or south-western Pennsylvania or Ohio, you know there are many concerns surrounding the complete natural [...]

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