Massive Canadian Wildfire Displaces 88,000 People in Alberta

May 6, 2016

Massive Canada wildfire spreads south forcing more evacuations Update news report, BBC News Service, May 5, 2016 A massive wildfire is raging in Alberta and has grown to 210,000 acres (328.2 sq miles), with 88,000 people facing their second evacuation in three days. The blaze has grown five times its initial size as it spreads [...]

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Update on the ACP and MVP Pipelines from the Greenbrier RWA

May 5, 2016

Update on Pipelines from the Greenbrier River Watershed Association There is action needed on two pipelines: ### — Mountain Vally Pipeline (MVP) Action Needed: WV DEP is considering a 401 Permit (Clean Water Act) for MVP Please submit your comments to DEP on the MVP. We are trying to get them to allow email comments. [...]

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Some of the Serious Risks of N.G. Pipelines in Appalachia

May 4, 2016

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL GAS PIPELINE EXPANSION IN APPALACHIA Report of the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis, April 2016 [EXECUTIVE SUMMARY] Major utilities, pipeline companies and natural gas producers are proposing construction of two new natural gas pipelines into Virginia and North Carolina from the Marcellus and Utica shale region of West Virginia. [...]

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Being a “Believer” Depends on Where You Put Your Trust

May 3, 2016

Global Warming and “Belief” Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, May 2, 2016   A majority of Americans say global warming is occurring. Pew Research, using the words “solid evidence that the earth is warming,” get 67 percent, and Gallop gets 54 percent saying “solid evidence that the earth is warming.”  A CBS poll [...]

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US Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Webinar May 3rd, 2 – 4 PM

May 2, 2016

U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI) Webinar May 3, 2016: Everyone is welcome to participate in this webinar from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the first annual report of the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI): useiti.doi.gov/ This is a multistakeholder initiative, coordinated out of the U.S. Department of the Interior by a steering committee [...]

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Explosion & Fire on Spectra 30 inch Gas Pipeline in Western Pennsylvania

May 1, 2016

No cause found yet in Westmoreland County gas explosion From an Article by Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 30, 2016 Robert Rosatti turned the bend in his truck Friday morning and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. “The whole way across my windshield I could see nothing but fire.” “When I came around the corner [...]

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NASA Satellite: The United States Shows the Most Gas Flares on Earth

April 30, 2016

Methane Flares, Vents, Leaks, Fires and Explosions all Contribute to Global Climate Change From an Article by Bobby Magill, Climate Central, April 29, 2016 Drive through many oil and gas fields in the U.S. and one thing stands out above the pumpjacks and storage tanks, especially at night — steadily flickering flames. Those flames are [...]

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Scientific Literature Shows Overwhelming Health Issues with Fracking Industry

April 29, 2016

New Study: Majority of Peer-Reviewed Science Shows Public Health, Water & Air Quality Concerns from Shale & Tight Gas Development From Physicians, Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy, April 20, 2016 PSE Healthy Energy released a new analysis, published in the PLOS ONE journal, that shows the direction of scientific understanding of the public health [...]

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Natural Gas Contributes to Climate Change and is a Bridge to Nowhere

April 28, 2016

New Report Shows ‘Natural Gas Increasingly Becoming an Unnecessary Bridge to Nowhere’ From an Article by SUN DAY Campaign, EcoWatch.com, April 28, 2016 Setting a new lopsided quarterly record, renewable sources (i.e., wind, solar, biomass and hydropower) outpaced—in fact, swamped—natural gas by a factor of more than 70:1 for new electrical generating capacity placed in-service [...]

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Marcellus Shale Activities are Extending Historical Oil & Gas Leases in WV

April 27, 2016

There is an Implied Right to Pool an Oil and Gas Lease <??? – DGN> From the Jackson Kelly Law Web-Site, Oil & Gas Leases, April 20, 2016 In a case of first impression in West Virginia, on April 15, 2016, Judge David W. Hummel, Chief Judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit (Marshall, Wetzel and [...]

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