Fracking Related Earthquakes in OK plus TX, CO, OH, KS, Canada, etc?

January 18, 2016

Oklahoma Residents Sue 12 ‘Reckless’ Fracking Companies for Earthquake Damage From an Article by Cole Mellino, EcoWatch.com, January 13, 2016 Oklahoma has seen a dramatic uptick in earthquakes in recent years, and some residents refuse to sit idly by. Some 14 residents of Edmond, Oklahoma have now filed a lawsuit against 12 energy companies, claiming [...]

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Can WV Legislators Get Fracking Money for Road Maintenance?

January 17, 2016

West Virginia Delegates Want Fracking Money For Road Repairs From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, January 16, 2016 Wheeling, WV – West Virginia leaders collected about $18 million from leasing mineral tracts beneath the Ohio River and state parks for fracking, but a bipartisan bill in the House of Delegates would require money [...]

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Fracking, Land Disturbances, Toxic Chemicals, Greenhouse Gases, and More

January 16, 2016

Banning Fracking Isn’t Enough: How We Fight to Stop Pipelines, Compressor Stations and Gas Plants Prepared Speech by Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch.com, January 15, 2016 [Note: Hundreds of climate activists and renewable energy advocates gathered for a State of the Climate rally and march outside of Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address in Albany. Here [...]

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Looking Forward: Energy Policy in WV & USA

January 15, 2016

Securing W. Va.’s economic future: www.thedaonline.com Editorial, The Daily Athenaeum (WVU Student Newspaper), January 15, 2016 Like President Barack Obama, West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin is reaching the end of his second and final term. In his final State of the State address on Wednesday, Tomblin addressed current issues in West Virginia and offered [...]

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Auto & Oversize Load Collide on Slippery WV Route 2

January 14, 2016

Tyler Co. Woman Dies in Crash with Oversize Load Truck on WV Route 2 From an Article by Miles Layton, Tyler (County) Star News, January 6, 2016 The Tyler County Sheriff’s Department investigated a traffic fatality near Sistersville, WV on January 4th. The sheriff’s department said vehicles driven by Nancy Lyle Dabbs of Friendly and [...]

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Federal Favors for the Oil & Gas Industry Not the Best Policy for the US

January 13, 2016

Goodies for the oil and gas industry may be the dumbest idea yet An Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV An article entitled “Oil plunge sparks calls for Congress to act,” published in The Hill on January 10 is making the rounds now. The Hill bills itself [...]

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The ‘Speck’ Monitor for PM2.5 now Available to Public

January 12, 2016

CMU creates device, app to monitor home air pollution From an Article by David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10, 2016 When her son was diagnosed with leukemia six years ago, Patrice Tomcik said she wanted to protect the 3-year-old from environmental exposures she believed may have contributed to the cancer. But few options were available [...]

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Water Supply from Morgantown Utility Board Considered Safe

January 11, 2016

<<< Nothing in testing to indicate Morgantown’s water unsafe >>> Guest Editorial by Paul Ziemkiewicz, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 10, 2016 As the director of WVU’s Water Research Institute (WRI), I am frequently asked about water quality in the state’s streams and rivers. In Morgantown, the Monongahela River is critical for recreation, commercial navigation and [...]

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More Questions on the Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline

January 10, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service raises concerns over proposed ACP route To: Allegheny – Blue Ridge Alliance mailing list, January 9, 2016 The West Virginia Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (WVFO) filed on January 7th (posted January 8th) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an extensive litany of concerns about the [...]

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EPA Advisory Panel Very Concerned about Fracking Impacts on Drinking Water

January 9, 2016

EPA Scientists Call Foul on Fracking Study, Say Findings ‘Inconsistent With Data Presented’ From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, January 8, 2016 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) advisors are calling foul on the agency’s highly controversial study that determined hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has not led to “widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water [...]

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