Virtual Tour of Climate Change Activity in the Arctic Region

October 11, 2015

Go on a 360º Virtual Arctic Tour to See First-Hand Effects of Climate Change From an Article by Cole Mellino, EcoWatch.com, October 7, 2015 The Sierra Club, Environmental Media Association and RYOT launched today the first-ever virtual reality climate change public service announcement, which offers 360 degree panoramic shots that catapults viewers into the heart [...]

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Now Consider These Large High-Pressure Gas Pipelines

October 10, 2015

Letter to the Editor:  By April Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance RE:  Large Long-Distance High-Pressure Natural Gas Pipelines in West Virginia The piece on the front page of the Exponent on September 19th was more of the same: happy words for the coming of the pipeline. This time, the headline seems to suggest that the [...]

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Wrongful Death Nets $18 Million from Tyler County Gas Explosion

October 9, 2015

Some $18 million payout in Tyler County oil and gas wrongful death lawsuit From an Article by WTOV News 9, Upper Ohio Valley, October 7, 2015 Wheeling, WV — A lawsuit arising out of the death of a local man resulting from a 2013 explosion at a Tyler County oil and gas operation came to [...]

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New $63 Million Electricity Sub-Station in Wetzel County for Shale Gas Processing

October 8, 2015

Work to Begin on New FirstEnergy Substation to Support Shale Gas Final design and preliminary site work is underway for a new FirstEnergy Corp. substation near Smithfield, West Virginia, to help meet increased electrical usage in the area’s rapidly expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry.  The project also is expected to enhance service reliability for more [...]

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“Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale”

October 7, 2015

Subtitle: The Seventh Generation: Survival, Sustainability, Sustenance in a New Nature — Paperback – Published on September 24, 2015 New Book by Jimmy Guignard (Author), M. Jimmie Killingsworth (Foreword) Book Summary:  Setting of Tioga County in Northeast Pennsylvania “Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale” Before the dust settles, as [...]

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Update: Large Interstate Pipelines in West Virginia

October 6, 2015

Dominion files with FERC to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Dominion has submitted their 30,000 page, 10 foot tall stack of paperwork to FERC as their formal application for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to gain a certificate of Eminent Domain and Public Necessity. Click here to learn more about their application. Now is the time [...]

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“Man and Nature: Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (1864)”

October 5, 2015

The Speech of George Perkins Marsh in 1847 on Damages by Human Action By Garrison Keillor, Writer’s Almanac, September 30, 2015 George Perkins Marsh delivered an address before the Agricultural Society of Rutland County, Vermont, on this date in 1847. Marsh had worn many hats over his lifetime: lawyer, journalist, sheep farmer, mill owner, linguistics [...]

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Voodoo Economics of the Marcellus Shale Gas Field

October 4, 2015

Supply-side (Trickle-down) economics and regulations unfairly favor oil & gas Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Jane Lew, Lewis County, WV Voodoo economics is famous as the economics of Ronald Regan. He was a sports announcer and then actor by training and experience. Regan was a liberal and union leader at first but became a “conservative” [...]

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BXE 18 Day Fast Completed at FERC Seeking “No New Permits”

October 3, 2015

The 18 Day Fast at FERC Comes to an End, Deemed Successful From an Article by Ted Glick, EcoWatch.com, September 29, 2015 There were many kind people, including some Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) employees, who thanked me or had supportive things to say during the 18 days that I fasted on water only in [...]

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FERC Needs a Consumer Advocate to Represent the Public Interest

October 2, 2015

Add Your Voice to Urge FERC to Secure a Consumer Advocate We, the undersigned, call on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create an Office of Consumer Advocate and Public Participation along the following principles: >>> The office should be organized in a way to maximize independence. Financing for the Office should be clearly [...]

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