Large Diameter Long Distance Gas Pipelines in WV & VA

December 19, 2015

Upshur County and the Large Diameter InterState Gas Pipelines Dear Friends: Nice report on WDTV, Channel 5 News On the last day of my travels in WV, I made a presentation to the Upshur County Commission in Buckhannon,WV requesting a resolution from the Commissioners to FERC asking for a PEIS in WV. Dominion packed the [...]

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WV Conservation Groups Gather to Tackle Gas Concerns

December 18, 2015

Central WV Meeting Plans Concerted Action on Broad Issues Press Release Dated: December 18, 2015 Jackson’s Mill, WV — West Virginians facing crucial quality of life issues with the onslaught of the deep shale oil and gas industry are banding together for the sake of their communities. On December 15, more than 40 people representing [...]

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Magnum Hunter Files for Bankruptcy as Gas Hits 14-Year Lows

December 17, 2015

Magnum Hunter Files for Bankruptcy as Gas Hits 14-Year Lows From an Article by Dawn McCarty & Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg News, December 15, 2015 >>> Majority of lenders agree to support restructuring plan >>> CEO sees chance to capitalize on energy price downturn Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., an oil and gas explorer once heady with [...]

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Forced Pooling of Mineral Rights is Hanging Around

December 16, 2015

Forced Pooling in W.Va.: The Plot Thickens with Industrial Proposals From Glynis Board, WV Public Broadcasting, December 15, 2015 In a dramatic turn of events last year at the statehouse, a bill died on a tie vote during the last night of the 2015 legislative session. The issue was whether companies should be allowed to [...]

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FERC Refuses to Perform Comprehensive Review of Large Diameter Pipeline Projects

December 15, 2015

Feds deny anti-pipeline groups’ request for comprehensive review of multistate projects This Article from the Daily Journal, Associated Press, December 10, 2015 ROANOKE, Virginia — Federal regulators have rejected a request to assess the overall environmental impact of several proposed multistate natural gas pipelines. A coalition of pipeline opponents had sought the review, arguing that [...]

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Greenhouse Gas: Huge Methane Leak Observed with FLIR Camera

December 14, 2015

Watch 50,000 Kilograms of Methane Per Hour Gush From a Busted Pipe << Infrared footage shows what a Los Angeles community has been living for nearly two months >> From an Article by Laura Bliss, L. A. City Lab, December 9, 2015 What does a pipe spewing 50,000 kilograms of methane per hour look like? [...]

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Breaking News: Conference of the Parties (COP21)

December 13, 2015

United Nations Conference on Climate Change — Paris 2015 Dear Friends of the Earth:                     Date — December 12, 2015 Today is a historic day: as tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Paris, politicians finalized a major new global climate agreement. (See also: [...]

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Post-Paris Planning: Low-Carbon Economy is Essential

December 12, 2015

Re-Tooling Economy for Low-Carbon Future is Critical Post-Paris Step From an Article by Mindy Lubber, Ceres News, December 10, 2015 The ongoing international climate negotiations here in Paris are an intricate ecosystem of policy wonks, finance ministers and world leaders trying to create one seamless tapestry called a low-carbon future. But there’s another equally important [...]

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Questions Regarding Virginia Governor’s Pipeline Support

December 11, 2015

The Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition has filed a request with VA Gov. McAuliffe for documents on the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines Letter by Rick Webb, Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, December 10, 2015 The request, filed under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), asks for all pipeline-related documents in the Governor’s Office that have [...]

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FERC Seeks Alternatives & Information for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

December 10, 2015

Federal agency seeks alternate pipeline route through Monongahela National Forest From an Article by Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette-Mail, December 7, 2015 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has asked developers of the planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline to consider an alternative route through the Monongahela National Forest that would veer southward from the currently proposed route, to avoid [...]

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