PETITION to WV Governor & WV-DEP – “No Drilling Under the Ohio River”

November 20, 2014

PETITION — “No Drilling Under the Ohio River” Petition by Robin Mahonen, Ohio County, WV The Wheeling Water Warriors and multiple other concerned groups call on you to stop plans to drill under the Ohio River. The Ohio River provides drinking water to over 3 million people, and 10% of the population of the United [...]

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Seneca Lake Struggle On-Going in NY Finger Lakes

November 19, 2014

Pledge to Protect Seneca Lake – “We Are Seneca Lake” UPDATE: This cold morning, Wednesday, Nov. 19, we are having an extremely successful blockade. Now in their fifth hour today, 12 Seneca Lake Defenders are continuing our blockade of Crestwood. 7 are at the north gate, 5 at the south gate.  Yesterday, Tuesday, there were [...]

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Pipelines Are Dangerous — Here is the Evidence

November 18, 2014

Senate defeats Keystone XL pipeline From an Article by Susan Davis, USA Today, November 18 Washington, DC — The U.S. Senate defeated a bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, delivering a blow to Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., by members of her own party. “I came here 18 years ago fighting to [...]

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Natural Gas Booming & Coal Mining Busting in WV

November 17, 2014

Editorial Title:  “Marcellus Boom” Charleston WV Gazette Newspaper Editorial, Sunday, November 16, 2014 Last week — on the same day that Alpha Natural Resources announced closure of another southern West Virginia coal mine and the loss of 36 more miner jobs — news reports said a Texas gas firm will pay $100 million in up-front [...]

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Residents Very Concerned about Fayette County Injection Well

November 16, 2014

Lochgelly Frack Waste Injection Well Site Worries Residents in the Fayette Plateau From Keely Kernan, Into the Hills & Hollows, September 10, 2014 Below are images from a short film about an injection well site that is owned and operated by Danny Webb Construction, located in Lochgelly, WV. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection [...]

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“Resolution to Ban Extreme Extraction” by WV Mountain Party

November 15, 2014

WV Mountain Party:  “Resolution to Ban Extreme Extraction” From Tom Rhule, Mountain Party of WV, October 26, 2014 On September 30, 2014, a quorum of the State Executive Council for the Mountain Party of West Virginia passed the following Resolution to ban extreme extraction by unanimous vote*: WHEREAS in the wake of the West Virginia American [...]

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Blast and Fire at Blue Racer Processing Plant in Ohio Valley Kills Worker

November 14, 2014

Blast At Pump Kills Va. Worker  — Blue Racer facility near Caldwell in Ohio erupts in fire Wednesday From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, November 14, 2014 CALDWELL, OHIO – A Wednesday evening blast and resulting fire at a Blue Racer Midstream natural gas processing station near Caldwell in Noble County in Ohio [...]

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Area Group Conducts Forum on Fracking and Pipeline Issues in North Central WV

November 13, 2014

Report on Energy Education Forum at WVU Jackson’s Mill Assembly Hall By John W. Cobb, Retired from Marketing & Public Relations, November 12, 2014 A group of citizens in northcentral West Virginia organized a Public Meeting at Jackson’s Mill concerning the effects of coming energy exploitation in the area. It was held Tuesday, November 11, [...]

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WV Rushes to Sell Publicly Owned Natural Resources

November 12, 2014

WV DNR selects highest bidders for Ohio River gas drilling rights From an Article by Sarah Tincher, State Journal, November 6, 2014 The West Virginia Department of Commerce has selected three winning bidders for drilling rights for six miles of state-owned land under the Ohio River in Pleasants and Wetzel counties. The state Division of [...]

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Ethane Cracker Plans in WV & PA Continue Stepwise

November 11, 2014

Governor’s Trip to Brazil to Focus on Ethane Cracker Plant From an Article by Ashton Marra, WV Public Broadcasting, November 6, 2014 Governor Earl Ray Tomblin announced November 6th he will lead a trade mission to Brazil this week to continue talks with two companies who plan to bring an ethane cracker to the state. [...]

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