Update: Radioactivity in Western Penna. & Monongahela River

July 25, 2015

Mystery continues over radioactivity in Western Pennsylvania stream From an Article by Reid Frazier, NPR StateImpact-PA, July 24, 2015 The PA-DEP is investigating high radium readings along Ten Mile Creek southwestern Pennsylvania. The photo shows Ten Mile Creek, a stream that snakes through Greene County, which Ken Dufalla regards as one of his favorite fishing [...]

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Concerns Expressed About WVU Utica Shale Assessment

July 24, 2015

Looking at the WVU Assessment of Technically Recoverable Gas in the Utica Shale From an Article by David Hughes, Post Carbon Institute, July 21, 2015 Last week, members of the media breathlessly reported—based on a new study published by West Virginia University (WVU) entitled A Geologic Play Book for Utica Shale Appalachian Basin Exploration—that the [...]

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Dip in CO2 Emissions Primarily due to Economic Slump — Urgent Dangers Remain

July 23, 2015

Economic slump, not gas boom, responsible for drop in CO2 From an Article by Space News Daily, United Press International, July 23, 2015 Irvine CA (SPX-UPI)  – The 11 percent decrease in climate change-causing carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. between 2007 and 2013 was caused by the global financial recession — not the reduced [...]

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Reading & Writing About the Pope and His Message in “Laudato Si” — Part 3

July 22, 2015

“Laudato Si” — What did the Pope say? (Part 3) Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV, July 18, 2015 CHAPTER THREE – The Roots of the Ecological Crisis Paragraph 101. “It would hardly be helpful to describe symptoms without acknowledging the human origins of the ecological crisis. A certain way of understanding human [...]

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Fracking Linked to Hospitalizations in the Marcellus Region

July 21, 2015

According to U of Penn & Columbia U Study — Frack area residents have health problems Press Release — Perelman School of Medicine / University of Pennsylvania Health System, July 15, 2015 Philadelphia, PA – Hospitalizations for heart conditions, neurological illness, and other conditions were higher among people who live near unconventional gas and oil [...]

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Reading & Writing About the Pope and His Message in “Laudato Si” — Part 2

July 20, 2015

“Laudato Si” — What did the Pope say? (Part 2) Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV, July 18, 2015 CHAPTER ONE: What is Happening to our Common Home At this point begins attention to the problems as Pope Francis sees them. The first section is “Pollution and Climate Change.” To the best of [...]

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Limited Penalty Assessed to Snelson Pipeline Company for Killed Worker

July 19, 2015

Snelson pipeline builder cited in worker death by OSHA From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette, July 17, 2015 A pipeline construction contractor has been cited and fined $7,000 by federal officials following an investigation of the early January death of a worker on a project at Moundvsille. The U.S. Occupational Safety and [...]

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Reading and Writing About the Pope & His Message in “Laudato Si” — Part 1

July 18, 2015

“Laudato Si” — What did the Pope say? (Part 1)   Commentary from S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV, July 18, 2015   Several accounts were available, and after reading several of them I began an article to be called “How the news is managed,” using several of the [...]

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WV Gorby Pad Pipeline ‘Explosion’ & Fire Under Investigation

July 17, 2015

WV Tyler County Pipeline at Gorby Pad Ignites & Burns From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, July 11, 2015 Middlebourne, WV – A pipeline rupture early Friday, July 10th led emergency officials from Tyler, Wetzel and Doddridge counties to respond to a fire at a Jay Bee Oil & Gas well site in [...]

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Stonewall Gas Gathering Pipeline is More than They Bargained For

July 16, 2015

WV Property Owners are Standing Their Ground From an Article by Michael Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, July 14, 2015 Local farmers battle with companies building Stonewall Gas Gathering Pipeline over crop damage; WV DEP issues Notice of Violation to company for violations nearby, continues investigation of incident impacting farm Photo: Stonewall Gathering Pipeline construction as seen [...]

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