Large MVP & ACP Pipelines Urgently Challenge National Forests in WV & VA

March 18, 2015

U.S. Forest Service Extends Comment Period on Mountain Valley Pipeline Article by Jesse Wright, Associated Press, March 16, 2015 The U.S. Forest Service extended the comment period on whether portions of the Jefferson National Forest can be surveyed for a possible pipeline route. A special-use permit would be required before surveying could be done in [...]

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Solid Waste Authority Objects to Large Waste Disposal “Cell” for Drill Cuttings at Wetzel County Landfill

March 17, 2015

SWA Opposes Disposal “Cell” in Wetzel Landfill From an Article by Lauren Matthews, Wetzel Chronicle, March 11. 2015 Bill Hughes of Wetzel County Solid Waste Authority appeared before the Wetzel County Commission March 4 to give updates regarding a case before the Public Service Commission. The case in question is Case Number 13-0832-SWF-CN, named Lackawanna [...]

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WV Legislature Fails to Pass “Forced Pooling” on Last Day

March 16, 2015

Forced pooling bill defeated in House with tie vote From an Article by Aaron Payne, WV MetroNews.com, March 14, 2015 In an unusual series of events, a bill that would allow “forced pooling” or “integrated pooling” was put down by the House of Delegates with a 49-49 vote in the final hours of the last [...]

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Consider the Very Large Pipelines Planned for WV

March 15, 2015

The Safety Aspect of Very Large Pipelines From Kevin Campbell (background below) as told to S. Thomas Bond Although Marcellus drilling in Upshur county has been light, I worked for a while driving chemical (HCl) trucks from a hydrochloric acid tank on the banks of the creek in Anmoore, Harrison County, to wells being drilled [...]

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Climate Change: Putting the Threat to Earth Front and Center

March 14, 2015

The thinking behind the Guardian’s major series on the climate crisis From an Article by Alan Rusbridger, Editor — The Guardian, March 6, 2015 Changes to the Earth’s climate rarely make it to the top of the news list. The changes may be happening too fast for human comfort, but they happen too slowly for [...]

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Strip-Mining, Mountain-Top Removal Similar to Fracking & Pipelining

March 13, 2015

WV-DEP’s Huffman: Strip-mine health studies deserve ‘closer look’ From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette, March 12, 2015 West Virginia’s top environmental regulator says studies that have found residents near mountaintop removal coal-mining operations face increased risks of serious illnesses and premature death deserve to be carefully examined by state and federal officials. [...]

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Fracking and the Environment – More & More Concerns

March 12, 2015

Science Shorts from S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV A Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) analysis of the more than 400 peer-reviewed studies to date on the impacts of fracking and shale gas development is startling: · 96 percent of papers published on health impacts indicate [...]

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Put Your Foot Down on MTR, March 16th at WV-DEP

March 11, 2015

Message from Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, March 10th, 2015 No More MTR Permits Day, March 16th at 11 a.m., hosted by The People’s Foot at the WV Department of Environmental Protection headquarters, 601 57th Street SE, Charleston, WV 25304. WV-DEP continues to issue mountaintop removal permits that allow the coal industry to blast WV mountains [...]

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Status of Above-Ground Storage Tank Regulation in WV — Risks Persist!

March 10, 2015

Update on SB 423, Amending the Aboveground Storage Tank Act Report by Karan Ireland for the WV Citizens Action Group, Charleston, WV, March 7, 2015 The committee substitute for S.B. 423, “Amending the Aboveground Storage Tank Act” is before the House Judiciary Committee today. Environmental and citizen groups do not support this bill because, event [...]

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Weekly Report on WV Legislature from Environmental Council

March 9, 2015

Roundup: “The Week Just Passed, The Week Ahead” Weekly Report by  Vickie Wolfe, WV Environmental Council, March 7, 2015 >>>>>>>>>>  Note: This Week Ahead is the Last Week of the Regular 60 Day Session Please join us for our annual awards dinner/fundraiser TUESDAY, MARCH 10 at 6:00 p.m. We will enjoy dinner, music and fellowship [...]

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