WV and PA Government Officials Seek to Continue Human Services

March 16, 2016

Western PA Counties support human services funding From an Article by Christine Haines, Uniontown Herald Standard, March 14, 2015 Commissioners in the four-county area are taking a stand in support of continuing funding for human services even in the face of a future state budget impasse. The Washington, Greene and Westmoreland county commissioners have adopted [...]

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Is the Virginia DEQ Protecting the Land, Forests, and Streams?

March 15, 2016

Subject: Dereliction of Duty at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Commentary by Rick Webb, Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, March 13, 2016 Today’s Roanoke Times carries an op-ed by Columbia Gas Company spokesman, Robert Innes, wherein he objects to our complaints about Columbia Gas Company’s Peters Mountain/Giles County/Celanese pipeline project. This is the same project [...]

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MVP Pipeline Project to Disturb Hundreds of Miles of Land & Streams

March 14, 2016

Mountain Valley Pipeline Project would disturb hundreds of miles of land and streams Submitted by April Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Association, March 13, 2016 Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has filed an application for a stormwater permit from the WV Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The pipeline would disturb hundreds of stream and wetland crossings in [...]

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Philadelphia Continues to Neglect Fossil Fuel Impacts on the Earth

March 13, 2016

Philadelphia fails to find common ground on “energy hub” From an Article by Katie Colaneri, StateImpact PA, March 11, 2016 On December 5, 2014, protesters marched outside Drexel University’s Creese Student Center where business leaders met to discuss plans for expanding Philadelphia’s role in the Marcellus Shale natural gas boom. The prospect of Philadelphia as [...]

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Drinking Water, Fracking, Pipelines, Eminent Domain, and Value$

March 12, 2016

Personal and Property Values in the Countryside and in the Fracking Zones Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV There is an important point here which is easily overlooked.  The value of property (or friends or anything you like) is not the same as a corporation values it. What [...]

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Drinking Water Contamination Case Decided against Cabot Oil & Gas for Families at Dimock, PA

March 11, 2016

In ‘David vs. Goliath’ Fracking Case, Families Handed Major Win From an Article by Deidre Fulton, Common Dreams, March 10, 2016 The 10-person jury in court on Thursday handed down a $4.2 million verdict — and vindication — to two Pennsylvania families who refused to settle in a case pitting homeowners in the village of [...]

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Pipeline Safety is a “Serious Concern” Across the US

March 10, 2016

Kanawha County fire ruled not to be caused by explosion From an Article by Chris Lawrence, WV MetroNews, March 9, 2016 BELLE, W.Va. — Four different gas companies are now involved in the investigation of a gas pipeline fire which happened a little after 6 a.m. on Wednesday. The first reports indicated smoke in the area [...]

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More & More Problems from Diesel Trucks and Toxic Wastes

March 9, 2016

Truck overturns, spills drilling wastewater that taints reservoir From an Article by Laura Arenschield, Columbus Dispatch, March 9, 2016 A truck hauling drilling wastewater overturned in eastern Ohio early this morning, sending thousands of gallons of toxic water into a nearby creek and contaminating a reservoir in Barnesville in Belmont County. The truck crashed along [...]

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Updates on the ACP and MVP Large Gas Pipelines in WV & VA

March 8, 2016

Update from Greenbrier River Watershed Association, March 7, 2016 Upcoming meetings you may want to attend: Dominion Power ACP Public meetings www.dom.com (Corporate-What We Do- Atlantic Coast Pipeline-Open Houses and Meetings) Augusta County –Tuesday, March 8– Churchville Elementary School 5-7:30 p.m. Bath County–Wednesday, March 9– Bath County High School 5-7:30 p.m. Pocahontas County–Thursday, March 10 [...]

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Solid Waste Authorities under Attack by SB-601

March 7, 2016

Bill Would Make It Easier to Build Drilling Waste Landfills, Hurt Local Solid Waste Authorities Legislative Alert from Julie Archer, WV-SORO, March 6, 2016 A bill that would make it easier to site and build landfills for drilling waste will be voted on by the House of Delegates later this week. SB 601 has been [...]

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