Fact or Fiction? Natural Gas is Another Fossil Fuel not a Viable Bridge to the Future

August 4, 2015

Gas Just Another Fossil-Fuel Loser in Obama Push for Renewables From an Article by Naureen Malik and Harry Weber, Bloomberg News Service, August 4, 2015 Natural gas, once seen as a clear winner in President Barack Obama’s push for cleaner power, isn’t looking like much of a champ these days. That so-called bridge that gas [...]

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The Search for Sustainable Plastics — Not from Ethane Crackers

August 3, 2015

Plastic Trash is Contaminating Landfills, Streams, Rivers & Oceans — The Public Health is at Risk Around the World From an Article by Marc Hillmyer, Ensia, University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment, July 29, 2015 Minneapolis — The fate of the world’s oceans may rest inside a stainless steel tank not quite the size of [...]

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Natural Energy Research Goes Off the Deep End — Fact or Fiction!

August 2, 2015

NSF: Could deep-Earth microbes help us frack for oil & gas? From an Article by Sean Cockerham, McClatchy DC News Service, July 28, 2015 On a muddy hill above a World War II ordnance plant that made material for atomic bombs, a fracking crew will drill thousands of feet underground in a search for life [...]

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Recalling What Fracking is Really Like on the Ground

August 1, 2015

Down Fracking’s Memory Lane – Remembering What Some Would Rather Forget Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Concerned Citizen of Lewis County, WV, July 30, 2015 Remember when horizontal slickwater fracking began? How it was a triumph of private enterprise, when in fact it had been invented at Morgantown WV in the US Department of Energy [...]

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Virtual Marches and Real Marches are Raising Awareness of Global Warming

July 31, 2015

Letter from Laurie David, Founder of “The Stop Global Warming Virtual March” Dear Fellow Marcher (July 30, 2015): Ten years ago, I had an idea to build a large grassroots movement demanding solutions to global warming. With the help of friends and mentors including NRDC founder John Adams, former NRDC president Frances Bienecke, Senator John [...]

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U.S. Natural Gas to be Exported, Higher Prices Projected

July 30, 2015

Natural Gas Awakening From U.S. Shale Slumber as LNG Shipments come On-Line From an Article by Naureen Malik and Christine Buurma, Bloomberg News Service, July 30, 2015 After years of languishing in a shale-induced coma, the U.S. natural gas market is waking up. Seasonal price swings will intensify as the country begins shipping liquefied natural [...]

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A Plea to West Virginians – Consider Peaceful Civil Disobedience as an Alternative

July 29, 2015

A Plea to West Virginians: Throw off your oppressors before surrendering or joining the exodus, get educated and fight – peacefully – against the powerful interests which control The Mountain State From an Article by Michael M. Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, July 20, 2015 Alum Bridge, WV – The recent admission by Secretary Randy Huffman of the [...]

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Drilling Rig Count Down in Various Shale Regions from Last Year

July 28, 2015

Baker – Hughes releases weekly & annual shale drilling rig count From Pittsburgh Business Times, July 27, 2015 The number of drilling rigs in the Marcellus Shale stayed steady last week, although it’s down significantly from a year ago. There were 59 rotary rigs working the multistate Marcellus Shale play as of July 24, according to [...]

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Spreading Mesospheric Ice Clouds Shine at Night

July 27, 2015

Noctilucent Clouds, Methane & Climate Change From an Article by Damond Benningfield, StarDate Today, July 26, 2015 If you live at high northern latitudes, you might see some eerie clouds at this time of year. They show up for a little while in deep twilight, and shine electric blue. And they appear to have a [...]

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Our EARTH is in the Balance of Unseen Forces

July 26, 2015

President Obama Releases First Blue Marble Earth Photo in 43 Years From an Article by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch.com, July 21, 2015 NASA’s new Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has released a stunning, new Blue Marble photo for the first time in four decades, prompting President Obama to tweet a gentle reminder “that we need [...]

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