Climate Change is Now Also a Moral Issue

March 28, 2015

The Immorality of Climate Change Denial By Laurie David, StopGlobalWarming.org (SGW), March 26, 2015 This year, Pope Francis will issue an edict to the world’s Catholics to take action on climate change on moral and scientific grounds. This week, the head of the Episcopal Church in the US said that climate change is as much [...]

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Upcoming Interstate Pipeline Meetings for Public Attention

March 27, 2015

Interstate Pipeline Activities in WV & VA — Meetings & Other Information From Elise Keaton, Greenbrier River Watershed Association, March 27, 2015 Mountain Valley Pipeline has announced two open houses to address the concerns of citizens along their proposed alternative routes: Monday, April 6 (5:30-7:30 pm) Union Church of God Fellowship Center, Bud Ridge Road, [...]

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WV Government Promotes Drilling & Fracking Under Ohio River

March 26, 2015

Fracking Approved Under Ohio River in Marshall  & Wetzel Counties, WV From a Report by WTRF News 7 — Wheeling, March 25, 2015 For the first time ever, officials in West Virginia have come to an agreement to allow fracking under the Ohio River. It will happen on about 474 acres of land beneath the [...]

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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Concerns Told to FERC in Harrison County, WV

March 25, 2015

Update: U.S.  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission heard concerns on Atlantic Coast Pipeline project From an Article by Allen Clayton, WBOY, March 24, 2015 Clarksburg, WV — U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held its final meeting Tuesday evening at Bridgeport High School allowing residents to talk about their concerns of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Corky DeMarco, [...]

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Pipeline Accidents Happen! More to Come! How Big?

March 24, 2015

More on Natural Gas Pipelines in Central West Virginia Update by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV,  March 24, 2015 A small number of responses to the article by Mr. Campbell and I prompt this response. What I heard was many advances are inherently dangerous and we accept the [...]

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WV Citizens Seek Dominion over Their Own Land

March 23, 2015

Update from the Appalachian Chronicle: ‘Then & Now from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Allegheny Plateau’ From an Internet Post by Michael Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, March 22, 2015 Seeking Dominion over His Own Land: Randolph County landowner on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline route: ‘It’s my land; it must be my choice!’ Mill Creek, WV – [...]

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The State of Extraction: A Canadian Conference Primer

March 22, 2015

The State of Extraction: Corporate Imperatives, Public Knowledge and Global Struggles for Alternatives The State of Extraction is a free, public conference on Mining, Fossil Fuels and Common Resources and is being held on unceded Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver, B.C. from Friday, March 27th, to Sunday, March 29th, 2015 at Simon Fraser University – [...]

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WV Scoping Meetings for Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Elkins & Bridgeport

March 21, 2015

FERC is Requesting Comments and Scheduling Meeting for Atlantic Coast Pipeline Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,  Announcement, March 5, 2015 The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sent out a notice late last month announcing that its staff will begin preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. That process includes a request for [...]

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Input Needed on Integrated Resource Plans for WV

March 20, 2015

Dear Friends in WV & elsewhere: Help make sure West Virginia’s electric utilities put their customers first. This year, our electric utilities will be writing long term plans, called Integrated Resource Plans, for how they will power West Virginia. The West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) will issue its order for the utilities to begin [...]

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WV Looks for Sunshine to Forget Coal Mining & Shale Fracking

March 19, 2015

The Coal State of WV in Transition to Solar Energy Evell Meade of Kermit, WV, Greg Dotson of Parkersburg, WV and Mark Hunt of Charleston, WV, from left to right, carry a solar panel into a doctor’s office in Williamson, WV.  A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a [...]

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