Commentary: These Large Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines are Risky Business

September 2, 2015

Large Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines in “Pipelinealachia” >>> Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV <<< Pepe Escobar and others have referred to four countries whose names end in  … -stan (Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) as “Pipelineistan” because they are rich in oil and gas and ripe [...]

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Large Interstate Natural Gas Projects Progressing in Appalachia

September 1, 2015

Dominion Resources Atlantic Coast Pipeline & Cove Point LNG Projects Progressing From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, August 31, 2015 Wheeling, WV — Officials with Dominion Resources continue working to complete the $5 billion, 42-inch diameter, Atlantic Coast Pipeline that will ship natural gas southward from West Virginia to North Carolina, in addition [...]

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‘Ninth Extinction’ of Many Earth Species Now Underway

August 31, 2015

Earth Is Facing Most Severe Extinction Crisis in 65 Million Years From an Article by Rex Weyler, EcoWatch.com, August 19, 2015 Earth’s living community is now suffering the most severe biodiversity crisis in 65 million years, since a meteorite struck near modern Chicxulub, Mexico, injecting dust and sulfuric acid into the atmosphere and devastating 76 [...]

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The Clean Air Council Challenge to the Sunoco Mariner 2 Pipeline

August 30, 2015

Clean Air Council challenges Sunoco Pipeline’s public utility status From an Article by David Conti, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 27, 2015 Sunoco Logistics has a new legal challenge against its ability to use eminent domain to secure land for a pipeline that would carry natural gas liquids from the Marcellus shale to a terminal on the [...]

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EPA Needs to Rewrite Report on Drinking Water Contamination by Oil & Gas Industry

August 29, 2015

EPA Urged by Nearly 100,000 Americans to Redo Highly Controversial Fracking Study From an Article by Cole Mellino, EcoWatch.com, August 28, 2015 The public comment period for the highly controversial U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) fracking study ends today. Food & Water Watch, Environmental Action, Breast Cancer Action and other advocacy groups delivered nearly 100,000 comments from [...]

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Drillers and Frackers Use Our Water & Spoil Our Water; They Should Pay For It

August 29, 2015

“Make gas drillers pay for using, ruining water” Letter to the Editor, Morgantown Dominion Post, Page 6-A, August 27, 2015 The 2000 Water Resources Group (a public-private partnership that assists government water officials) predicts that water demand will exceed supply by 40 percent in 15 years.  We are fortunate to live in a state with [...]

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Public Notice: Stormwater Discharge for Proposed Compressor Station and 31.5 Mile Pipeline in Wetzel & Marshall Counties, WV

August 28, 2015

Subject: DEP Public Notice – County – Wetzel – Applicant – Equitrans, LP – Application No. WVR-310515  =================================================== NOTICE: WV-DEP Stormwater Application for Pipeline & Compressor Station ==================================================== From: WV, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water and Waste Management, Public Information Office, 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston, WV 25304-2345 APPLICATION FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE [...]

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Mankind Faulted for Lacking Sustainable Practices on Earth

August 27, 2015

We Have Already Consumed a Year’s Supply of the Planet’s Resources in Less Than 8 Months From the Article by Global Footprint Network, EcoWatch.com, August 17, 2015 In less than eight months, humanity has used up nature’s budget for the entire year, with carbon sequestration making up more than half of the demand on nature, [...]

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Large Pipelines Disrupt “Home Place” of Local Residents

August 26, 2015

Anthropology / Sociology lesson: ‘Cultural attachment’ woven into review of Mountain Valley pipeline By Sean Sullivan, Savings N Loan Business, SNL.com, August 17, 2015 When U.S. Forest Service officials visit FERC with a long list of concerns surrounding the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC natural gas project and others slated to cross national forests in [...]

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Antero Resources Making Stronger Move into Water & Wastewater

August 25, 2015

Antero Announces 60,000 Barrel per Day Advanced Wastewater Treatment Complex Press Release from Antero Resources Corp., Denver, CO, PRNewswire, August 19, 2015 Antero Resources Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Veolia Water Technologies Inc. and Veolia North America to design and build a state-of-the-art advanced wastewater treatment complex in Doddridge County, [...]

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