Climate Change Issues are Getting Both Hotter and Meaner says Naomi Klein

February 6, 2016

Climate Change “Not Just About Things Getting Hotter… It’s About Things Getting Meaner” In a wide-ranging conversation, the journalist and climate activist Naomi Klein discusses the recent Paris climate accords, the politics of global warming, climate change denial and environmental justice. >>> From an Interview by Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com, February 3, 2016 A week and [...]

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Large Propane Truck Rolls off US Route 250 in Wetzel County, Area Evacuated

February 5, 2016

Truck Accidents Keep Ohio Valley First Responders Busy From an Article by Casey Junkings, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 6, 2016 Wheeling, WV — Reports of accidents involving large trucks related to the Marcellus and Utica shale industry continue, as a tractor-trailer carrying propane crashed along U.S. 250 in Wetzel County Thursday, just one day after a [...]

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Driver Injured as Frack Water Truck Rolls in Marshall County

February 4, 2016

Water Truck Falls From Marshall County Roadway From an Article by Drew Parker, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 4, 2016 Dallas, Marshall County, WV – The driver of a large water truck was seriously injured Wednesday when a road collapse caused him to lose control on a hillside in rural Marshall County. According to Sheriff Kevin Cecil, [...]

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Renewable Energy Sources Reduce GHG Unlike Fossil Fuels

February 3, 2016

Revamping Electric Grid for Renewables Offers Quick Fix for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From an Article by Tim Radford, Climate Network News, EcoWatch.com, February 1, 2016 The U.S. could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation by 78 percent below 1990 levels within 15 years just by using renewable sources such as wind and solar [...]

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Greenhouse Gases (GHG) from those Long Distance Pipelines Surprisingly High

February 2, 2016

Climate Disrupting Pollution from Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines nearly twice that of Virginia power plants and other stationary sources Press Release from Virginia Sierra Club, Glen Besa, et al., January 28, 2016 A new report by the Sierra Club finds that greenhouse gas pollution from the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines would [...]

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Penna. Landowners Object to Tree Cutting for Constitution Gas Pipeline

February 1, 2016

Standoff Imminent as Penna. Family Opposes Pipeline Tree Cutting Thru Maple Syrup Operation Press Release from Cathy Holleran & Megan Holleran, North Harford Maple Syrup Farm, New Milford, PA New Milford, PA — Constitution Pipeline Company received federal permission to cut trees Friday afternoon on properties in Susquehanna County, including those obtained by eminent domain [...]

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Natural Gas Pipelines, Compressors and Storage Cause Damages and Many Risks

January 31, 2016

FERC: Constitution Pipeline can’t cut New York trees yet From an Article by Joe Mahoney, Daily Star, January 29, 2016 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday rejected the Constitution Pipeline company’s request to take down thousands of trees in New York but allowed it to begin doing so in Pennsylvania, where the firm has [...]

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“Peace Vigil” — Connie Picciotto Protested at the White House for 35 Years

January 30, 2016

The woman outside the White House (said no to nuclear armament & fracking) >>> From the Obituary of Concepcion Picciotto, Washington Post, January 26, 2016 Concepcion Picciotto, the protester who maintained a peace vigil outside the White House for more than three decades, a demonstration widely considered to be the longest-running act of political protest in [...]

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Finite Fossil Fuels have Real Limitations for US

January 29, 2016

One night stand for shale drilling and fracking Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County Fracking does produce a lot of energy, from one well. And a lot compared to what was produced before in the United States, that is. The frackers like to forget some pretty significant details, [...]

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Fracking Damages Here and There — Lawsuits Continue

January 28, 2016

Two more lawsuits filed against Antero for fracking damages From an Article by Kyla Asbury, WV Record, January 27, 2016 Charleston, WV — Two more lawsuits have been filed against Antero Resources Corporation for damages due to the company’s fracking practices. Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation and Hall Drilling LLC were also named as defendants in [...]

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