US Forest Service Reveals Under-Handed ACP Activities

November 9, 2015

Forest Service accuses Atlantic Coast Pipeline of misrepresentation in soil surveys From an Article by Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 6, 2015 The U.S. Forest Service has accused the Atlantic Coast Pipeline of misrepresenting the qualifications of contractors hired to conduct soil surveys that are critical to evaluating the safety of extending the proposed natural [...]

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Let’s STOP the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Before It’s Too Late

November 8, 2015

Groups are Mobilizing to Stop the TPP — Text is Released An Article from the Staff, www.PopularResistance.Org, November 6, 2015 A mass mobilization in Washington, DC from November 14th to 18th has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP was made public 10 days [...]

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Global Issues are Overwhelming — Put the TTIP on Hold

November 7, 2015

Converging Crises and Opportunities: Let’s Put the TTIP on Hold >>> From an Article by Jakob von Uexkull, Founder, World Future Council, November 2, 2015 <<< Despite being the most powerful generations ever, we are failing to secure our shared future. “On current paths, we face global average temperatures by the end of this century [...]

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TransAtlantic Free Trade Agreement (TTIP) Allows Fracked Gas Exports But Environmental Issues

November 7, 2015

Leak: TTIP Would Result In Much More Fracked Gas Exports From an Article by Wenonah Hauter, EcoWatch.com, November 5, 2015 This week, negotiators from the U.S. and the EU began their fifth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Because the negotiations are [...]

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Is Climate Change Setting the Stage for Earth’s Next Great Extinction?

November 6, 2015

An Interview by The Allegheny Front of Elizabeth Kolbert, November 6, 2015 In a few weeks, world leaders will head to Paris for the United Nations climate conference, where they’ll be looking to set targets for reducing greenhouse gases. Before the talks get going, The Allegheny Front interviewed Elizabeth Kolbert to shed some light on [...]

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Update on Utica Shale Drilling & Fracking

November 5, 2015

Gas drillers eyeing Utica shale’s promise in OH, WV and PA From an Article by David Conti, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, November 1, 2015 Big results from recently drilled Utica shale wells have several Marcellus producers eyeing a possible push into the deeper rock, though not every driller is sold on its promise. “If the deep [...]

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WV-SORO News Update — Impacts of Drilling & Fracking Under Consideration

November 4, 2015

News Update from the WV Surface Owners Rights Organization >>> From: Julie Archer, Project Manager, WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization, 1500 Dixie Street, Charleston, WV 25311     Phone: (304) 346-5891  Web-Site: www.wvsoro.org Public Meeting on Air Quality Permit for Proposed Water Treatment Facility in Doddridge Co. The WV Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Air Quality [...]

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“Gaswork” Documentary Speaks to Fracking Issues

November 3, 2015

NOTICE – See “Gaswork” in Buckhannon on November 5th From April Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Association, October 27, 2015 In case you haven’t seen it on social media yet, “Gaswork: The Fight for CJ’s Law” will be shown on Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m. at Lascaux Micro-Theater in Buckhannon, WV. Thanks to Bryson Van [...]

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Now is the Time to Plan a Future for WV: How Much Fracking Can We Withstand?

November 2, 2015

What is the future for West Virginia? For our children? >>> Letter to Editor, S. Tom Bond, Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, November 1, 2015 It is interesting that the E-T article on a pact among the Governors of  West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania to advance horizontal drilling for natural gas came the same day a review of [...]

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Some Birds Flee Harm from Fracking, Others Have Been Dying

November 1, 2015

Birds Flee in the Face of Fracking >>> In North Dakota, several species are responding to the recent natural gas boom by moving far away from active wells. <<< From an Article by Laura Dattaro, Audubon Society, October 29, 2015 In recent years, fracking has surged in western North Dakota’s Bakken region—the area had just [...]

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