Methane and Other Chemicals Affect our Climate — Can You Walk and Chew Gum?

January 8, 2016

To help stop global warming, let’s curb the short-lived pollutants also <<< The other pollutants must also be on the list >>> By V. Ramanathan and Dan Press, Los Angeles Times News Service Forum, January 4, 2016 (Page 6-A, Morgantown Dominion Post) Among climate scientists, the consensus is that we must become carbon-neutral by 2050 [...]

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Fracking Involves Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals That Poise Serious Illnesses

January 7, 2016

Fracking fluids contain many toxic chemicals – and that’s not the worst of it From an Article by Lynne Peeples Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post, January 6, 2015 Arsenic, benzene, formaldehyde, lead and mercury are among more than 200 toxins found in fracking fluids and wastewater that may pose serious risks to [...]

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Fayette County WV Expected to Ban Fracking Wastes

January 6, 2016

Letter Message from the Headwaters Defense for Fayette County, WV Hey all, Last month, we all came together as a group for the It’s a Gas – O&G Meet-Up. I wanted to reach out to you all to let you know some exciting news! On Tuesday, January 12th, Fayette County will become the first county [...]

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Excessive Contaminated Water Results from Drilling & Fracking Operations

January 5, 2016

Studying the contaminated water that comes up from fracking Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Slick water hydraulic fracturing, as most readers know, is using water solutions to break shale rock far below the earth’s surface, so that gas from pores containing oil and gas may be [...]

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Can the Planet be Saved? Article from The Atlantic Magazine (December 2015)

January 4, 2016

The State of Things: Climate Change and Conservation – The Atlantic Magazine From an Article by Rebecca J. Rosen, et al, The Atlantic Monthly, December 2015 >>> Experts on ecology, conservation, and climate change offer their reasons for optimism and pessimism going into 2016 <<< The two words “climate” and “change” are so routinely strung [...]

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Melting of Arctic Sea Ice is a Major Global Concern

January 3, 2016

Watch 25 Years of Arctic Sea Ice Melt in One Minute From a Posting by Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch.com, December 27, 2015 Recent social media posts by The Climate Reality Project are featuring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) one-minute video animation that tracks the relative amount of ice of different ages from 1987 through early [...]

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Methane Emissions from Arctic Tundra are Alarming

January 2, 2016

Arctic Methane Emissions Persist in Winter From an Article by Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, December 30, 2015 The quantity of methane leaking from the frozen soil during the long Arctic winters is probably much greater than climate models estimate, scientists have found. They say at least half of annual methane emissions occur in the [...]

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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition “Action Alert”

January 1, 2016

OVEC — 2015 Recap and a Look Ahead with an End of Year Appeal From Vivian Stockman, et al, OVEC Staff, December 28, 2015 Source: http://ohvec.org/end-of-year/ As we celebrate the successes, we recognize the challenges ahead. For instance, while OVEC has been at the forefront of the movement to end mountaintop removal coal mining for nearly [...]

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Huge Natural Gas Catastrophe Continues at the Porter Ranch in So. Calif.

December 31, 2015

Enormity of Billowing Methane Plume in California ‘Cannot Be Overstated’ <<< Porter Ranch leak, spewing methane since October, shows ‘gaping vulnerabilities’ in oversight >>> From an Article by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams Blog, December 30, 2015 The toxic methane cloud that has been “billowing” for months over an underground natural gas reservoir near the affluent [...]

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Polyethylene Production in North America is Expanding (Too) Rapidly

December 30, 2015

Polyethylene market (may or may not be) ready for increased capacity From an Article by Frank Esposito, Plastics News, 12/28/2015 For the North American polyethylene resin market, 2016 might prove to be the calm before the storm. Three new capacity projects are set to come on line that could add as much as 4 billion [...]

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