Human Health Effects of Climate Change are Evident Now

June 26, 2015

The Lancet: Fossil Fuels Are Killing Us… Quitting Them Can Save Us From an Article by Jon Queally, Common Dreams, June 23, 2015 Comparing coal, oil, and gas addiction to the last generation’s effort to kick the tobacco habit, doctors say that quitting would be the best thing humanity can do for its long-term healing. [...]

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Propane and NGL Surplus from US Shale has Become Wasteful

June 25, 2015

Cook-Out News — Grillers rejoice as U.S. shale boom sends propane price to 13-year low From an Article in Bloomberg News, June 24, 2015 The fuel that will grill millions of hot dogs nationwide on the Fourth of July is giving energy producers heartburn. Propane inventories have soared to the highest seasonal level in more [...]

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Opposition to Natural Gas Pipelines Growing in West Virginia

June 24, 2015

Elise Keaton Liegel of Greenbrier County is a Leading Voice From an Article by the Editor, Corporate Crime Reporter, June 23, 2015 Fracking has been halted in New York and Maryland. That means it’s open season on West Virginia. Two major pipelines have been proposed– the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline — [...]

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U.S. Oil & Gas from Shale Shows a Retreat in Drilling, Fracking, and Production

June 23, 2015

Shale production retreats as oil & gas prices do not support the high cost of production Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV There were two impressive article in Bloomberg recently. One titled “Speculators Retreat From Oil as OPEC Oversupply Crowds Out Shale” and a second called “The [...]

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Gas Drilling/Fracking Companies Sue Landowners Seeking Pooling of Tracts

June 22, 2015

WV gas industry sues landowners to “legally” perform forced-pooling of mineral rights From an Article by Andrew Brown, Charleston Gazette, June 21, 2015 West Union, WV — When Lorena Krafft received the court summons in 2013, she didn’t quite understand what was happening. Months before, she had received a letter and a draft lease from Antero [...]

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Hydrochloric Frack Acid (HCl) Spills are Dangerous & Damaging

June 21, 2015

Overturned tanker truck spills hydrochloric acid in Marion County, WV From an Article by Aaron Payne, WV MetroNews, June 19, 2015 Farmington, WV — An environmental remediation contractor began working early Friday morning to clean up an area in Marion County after a tanker truck wrecked, spilling an estimated 3,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid. At [...]

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Pope Calls for Radical Shift in the Human-Nature Relationship

June 20, 2015

Living on Earth – Public Radio International, June 20, 2015 Pope Francis recently released his highly-anticipated Encyclical, “Laudato Si,” subtitled “On Care for Our Common Home.” Assistant Professor of Theology, Science and Ethics at Fordham University, Christiana Peppard, tells host Steve Curwood that in it, the Pope calls on people to be moral stewards of [...]

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Marcellus Ethane in Demand in Europe if not Locally

June 19, 2015

Local ethane headed to Europe  while local ethane cracker(s) sought From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, June 19, 2015 Wheeling, WV – As officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia hope to attract multibillion-dollar petrochemical projects with Marcellus and Utica shale ethane, European companies plan to sail much of the natural gas liquid [...]

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The Accident Gas Storage Field in Western Maryland is an Issue!

June 18, 2015

YOU are Invited to Come to Accident in Maryland with purpose! From Engage Mountain Maryland, June 10, 2015 Have you heard of the “Accident Dome”? It is a name used for part of an aging underground natural gas storage facility in Accident, MD built in the 1960s. The site houses a compressor station and an [...]

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Clean-Power Compliance Planning for West Virginia

June 17, 2015

CLEAN-POWER COMPLIANCE EXAMINED IN NEW REPORT From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, June 16, 2015 While the fight against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan continues in the halls of Congress and in federal courts, a report issued Monday suggests ways the State of West Virginia can comply with the plan and [...]

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