LOE: Public Land Leasing Aggravates Climate Change

September 21, 2015

Climate Protestors Take on Public Land Leasing From Steve Curwood, Living On Earth, September 18, 2015 <The Powder River Basin in Wyoming has massive coal deposits.> A labor-green-faith-native rights coalition of 400 groups is demanding President Obama end fossil fuel leasing on public lands as part of a new climate activism campaign. Rainforest Action Network’s [...]

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Dominion Resources Files at FERC for ACP while Resistance Mounts

September 20, 2015

Wild Virginia Rallies Opposition to Dominion’s Federal Filings of Pipeline Plans From a Report by WVIR, NBC News 29, Charlottesville, VA, September 19, 2015 The non-profit environmental group Wild Virginia is rallying supporters to keep the 42 inch diameter Atlantic Coast Pipeline proposed by Dominion out of the George Washington National Forest. This latest push [...]

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Serious Questions Seeping Out on Antero Wastewater Facility

September 19, 2015

Public Meeting in Doddridge County on Proposed Antero Wastewater Treatment Facility Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Jane Lew, Lewis County, WV The Doddridge County Commission held a public meeting Tuesday evening, September 15, on the Proposed Antero Wastewater Treatment Facility along Route 50. The plan is to locate it at approximately 39o 16′ N and [...]

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Citizens Concerned over Antero Wastewater Complex in Doddridge County

September 18, 2015

WDTV.COM 5 News: Concerns Over Antero Wastewater Complex Part I: Citizen Concerns Over Antero Wastewater Complex In August, Antero Resources announced plans for a state-of-the-art advanced wastewater treatment complex in Doddridge County. The new treatment facility is expected to create hundreds of new jobs and about $1.5 million dollars in tax revenue for Doddridge county, [...]

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Radioactive Drilling Wastes Accumulating at Alarming Rate

September 17, 2015

W.Va. Continues to Wrestle with Radioactive Drilling Waste From an Article by Glynis Board, WV Public Broadcasting, September 17, 2015 In the growing wake of the natural gas boom, West Virginia has been trying to figure out what exactly to do with waste generated by the oil and gas industry. The waste presents unique challenges because [...]

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New Study Connects Health Issues with Gas Compressor Stations

September 16, 2015

Gas Compressors and Nose Bleeds A new study connects health issues with rural gas compressor pollution. From an Article by Jessica Cohen, The Utne Reader, Fall 2015 In rural Minisink, NY, air contaminants from the Millennium Pipeline gas compressor now exceed what would be found even in a big city, says environmental health consultant David [...]

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Chestnut Ridge Storage, LLC Conducts an Open Season for Gas Storage at the Junction Natural Gas Storage Facility

September 15, 2015

Underground Natural Gas Storage Services Proposed for Summit Gas Field in Fayette Co., PA, Monongalia & Preston Co., WV From an Article of PRNewswire, Houston, TX, July 31, 2015 Interstate Natural Gas Storage Services – Chestnut Ridge Storage, LLC, owned by affiliates of eCORP International, LLC and financial partners, is conducting a non-binding Open Season [...]

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Twelve Now Fasting for 18 Days at FERC in DC

September 14, 2015

Some 12 People Fasting for 18 Days Demanding FERC Issue #NoNewPermits From an Article by Ted Glick, EcoWatch.com, September 11, 2015 Twelve members of Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE), ages 19 to 72—from California, Virginia, DC, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan and North Carolina—are in the beginning days of a planned 18-day, water-only “Fast [...]

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The Battle of Frackistan — Real World Aspects of Life in WV

September 13, 2015

A Real World Account of What it Means to be a Victim of the U.S. Fracking Boom From an Article by Annie Leadingham-Seay, On-The-Road, May 17, 2015 What would you do if you bought your perfect home: acreage, creeks, waterfalls, home office, studio, gardens and orchards, gourmet kitchen and solitude; then your neighbors decided to [...]

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Lack of Public Policy for Pipelines Poses Great Danger to States

September 12, 2015

Dangers of pipeline strategy in Virginia (and WV & PA) From a Letter to the Editor by Tom Morgan, Roanoke VA Times, July 20, 2015 Tom Morgan and his wife are retired and split their time between Greenville, North Carolina, and their place near New Castle, Virginia. Their home and property in the Sinking Creek [...]

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