WV Legislature Rolling Back Storage Tank Regulations

February 26, 2015

WV Legislators Working to Roll Back Above-ground Tank Regulations From an Article by Glynis Board, WV Public Broadcasting, February 26, 2015 State senators in Charleston took action this week to roll back aboveground tank regulations put in place after last year’s chemical spill which contaminated water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginians. The Senate [...]

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Who is Watching the Crashing Crude Trains?

February 25, 2015

Hard Look at Oil on Rail Tanker Cars Investigative reporter Marcus Stern of Inside Climate News was interviewed on NPR’ Fresh Air, on Wednesday, February 24, 2014. Here is the audio recording of that broadcast. If you listen to this thru, you will be shocked! He discusses the crude oil train wrecks in Quebec, Alabama, [...]

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US Government Predicts 10 Derailments a Year for Fuel Trains

February 24, 2015

Subject: Feds predicts up to 10 derailments a year of fuel-hauling trains • Article by Matthew Brown and Josh Funk, Associated Press, February 22, 2015 Billings, Mont. — The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more [...]

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Fossil Fuels’ Damages Get Lost in the Gee Whiz Rhetoric

February 23, 2015

Energy needs could actually fit quite nicely in just one desert Guest Commentary by Mark B. Tauger, Morgantown Dominion Post, February 23, 2015 WVU President E. Gordon Gee’s remarks about solar power were recently quoted (DP-Tuesday) as: “Replacing fossil-fuel energy with alternative energy means ‘we would have to pave this country in windmills and solar [...]

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Cleanup Continues at WV RR Derailments, Explosions, Fires

February 22, 2015

Cleanup continues at site of derailments, some residents return home From the Article by David Gutman, Charleston Gazette, February 21, 2015 Photo from Paul Corbit Brown enhanced by David Adam Coffey shows crude oil in streams; click on it to enlarge it. Almost everyone has returned to their homes, the road is half open and [...]

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Gas Industry is Pushing Forced Pooling Again this Year in WV Legislature

February 21, 2015

Citizen Input to the Legislature is Essential on Most Bills From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 20, 2015 Whether one wants to call it “forced pooling” or “unitization,” Tim Greene said allowing Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas producers to drill on unleased land will give the industry an unfair advantage in [...]

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Multistate Groups Demand Coast Guard Action to Protect Ohio River

February 20, 2015

Thirty Eight (38) Conservation Groups Object to GreenHunter Barge Activities For Immediate Release: February 18, 2015.  Contact: Teresa Mills, 614-507-5651 tmills@chej.org, or  Robin Blakeman, 304-840-4877 rbrobinjh@gmail.com Columbus, OH — Citing serious public health and safety concerns, environmental and community groups opposed to barging of fracking waste sent a letter to the U.S. Coast Guard requesting [...]

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Upcoming Public Meetings on Interstate Pipelines Planned for WV

February 19, 2015

Open Public Meetings Set for Upshur and Lewis Counties for Information & Legal Advice From April Keating, Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance, Upshur County, WV The Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance and the Greenbrier River Watershed Association are  sponsoring public meetings regarding the several large pipelines proposed to cross many West Virginia counties. Counties to be affected [...]

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Clean Water and Dirty Fossil Fuels Do Not Mix

February 18, 2015

More than a train will be derailed before All THIS is over – Commentary by Paul Corbit Brown, WV Clean Water Hub, February 18, 2015 By now I’m sure most of you know about the train that derailed and the ensuing explosions in Fayette County, WV. We are told it was carrying around 109 tankers [...]

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New Model Crude Oil Train Cars — Derail, Explode & Burn

February 17, 2015

Derailed CSX train in West Virginia hauled newer-model tank cars From an Article by Edward McCallister, Reuters News Service, February 17, 2015 Fayette County, WV – An oil train was still on fire and leaking in West Virginia on Tuesday, a day after it derailed and erupted in flames, according to CSX Corp, which said [...]

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