WV Legislature gets Report on Disposal of Marcellus Shale Drill Cuttings

October 21, 2015

Drill Cuttings Report Presented to Legislators From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, October 19, 2015 Charleston, WV — State legislators got their first glimpse on Sunday of a WV Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) report on natural gas drilling waste deposited in landfills. While finding no concerns about chemicals leaching from the [...]

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Information Disclosed on Chemical & Isotope Tracers in Water Systems and Storage Ponds

October 20, 2015

New information surfaces in Washington County PA water well contamination complaint From an Article by Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 16, 2015 Range Resources used chemical and low-grade radioactive isotope “tracers” to chart and analyze the reach of hydraulic fracturing done on a gas well in Amwell in 2009. But, according to a motion filed [...]

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Biocrusts and Permafrosts Generate Methane Gas Adding to Global Warming & Climate Change

October 19, 2015

New environmental threats generating more greenhouse methane into the earth’s atmosphere Article by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Those of us who follow the science of global warming realize it is not a simple thing. It involves many phenomena. It involves some that are very important but are [...]

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Public Attention to Fracking Issues Clearly Necessary — Economy and the Environment

October 18, 2015

Tax Reform Committee Public Hearing This Tuesday in WV The Joint Select Committee on Tax Reform will host its first public hearing on Tuesday, October 20 starting at 9:00 AM in the House Chamber at the State Capitol. West Virginia policy makers are already struggling to maintain funding for important programs. Governor Tomblin recently announced [...]

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Environmentalists Create “Green Justice Philly” in Philadelphia

October 17, 2015

Coalition vows to combat pollution and promote green jobs and sustainable energy >>> From an Article by Hayden Mitman, Philly Voice Staff, October 14, 2015 With a rallying cry of “no pollution,” representatives from several environmental associations on Wednesday announced a new “Green Justice Philly” coalition intended to promote green jobs and sustainable energy in [...]

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Ethane from Marcellus Shale to Save the Dying Chemical Plant 3300 Miles Away

October 16, 2015

Britain’s largest closely held company has U.S. shale to thank for its survival From an Article by Kelly Gilblom, Bloomberg News Service, October 15, 2015 LONDON — Ineos Group, which manufactures chemicals used to make jet fuel to yogurt cups, was running equipment at its biggest plant, in Grangemouth, Scotland, at less than half capacity. [...]

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Climate Debate or Comic Debacle — Sen. Cruz vs. Aaron Mair

October 15, 2015

How to win a debate when you don’t know what you are talking about >>> Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV >>> First watch this exchange between Sen. Ted Cruz and Aaron Mair on climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=84&v=Sl9-tY1oZNw Now, here are two guys who wouldn’t know the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current from [...]

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FRACKING is still a Dirty Word — Think About That!

October 14, 2015

Frackers Continue ReBranding Fracking From an Article by Dory Hippauf, No Fracking Way Blog, September 25, 2014 When a product or corporation takes a hit in public opinion, one of the steps that will be taken is to change their name or roll out a rebranding campaign. Led by their front group, the Marcellus Shale [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Benefits vs Impacts & Issues

October 13, 2015

Study refutes positive local effects of natural gas pipeline From an Article by Pamela Pritt, Beckley Register-Herald, October 8, 2015 An 18-page study released (last week) by the Greenbrier River Watershed Association says that economic benefits of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline slated to bisect Nicholas County and cut through portions of [...]

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Public Health Study: Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Premature Birth

October 12, 2015

New research suggests increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes closer to active unconventional natural gas wells From the News Release, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (10/8/15) Expectant mothers who live near active natural gas wells operated by the fracking industry in Pennsylvania are at an increased risk of giving birth [...]

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