Sunday School 107 – “Let us salute the silence and certainty of mountains”

October 11, 2014

Reluctant Activist — Soft-spoken introvert finds herself in the middle of the fracking battle From a Blog Post by Michael Barrick, The Barrick Report, September 22, 2014 “Let us thank the earth That offers ground for home And holds our feet firm To walk in open space To infinite galaxies. “Let us salute the silence [...]

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Propane from Marcellus “Wet-Gas” Wells Sometimes a Real Problem

October 10, 2014

Route 50 Reopens in Doddridge County after Liquid Propane Leak From a News Report of Chrystal Phillips, WBOY 12 News, October 9, 2014 The WV Department of Transportation is reporting US Route 50 in Doddridge County was closed for some time on October 9th. The County dispatchers say the closure was due to a liquid [...]

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Shale Drilling is in Trouble: Conclusion (Part 5)

October 9, 2014

Shale Drilling is in Trouble, Part 5. “The Limits of Shale Drilling” Original Article by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV So far we have seen shale drilling, the subject of one of the world’s most ballyhooed public relations campaigns, has serious limitations: low rates of recovery, immense capital costs, low profitability (for [...]

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ASCENT WV Cracker Adopts Polyethylene Process Technology

October 8, 2014

INEOS Polyethylene Technology Selected for the ASCENT Cracker Plant in WV From a Press Release of INEOS, October 1, 2014 INEOS Technologies announced today that it has entered into license agreements for its Innovene S and Innovene G polyethylene technologies to be used by the proposed ASCENT (Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise) petrochemical complex currently being [...]

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Major Pipeline Project to Transport Ethane & Propane Across Pennsylvania

October 7, 2014

More hearings ordered for Sunoco pipeline regards pumping and valve stations From an Article by Marc Levy, Associated Press (Washington County, PA) October 2, 2014 HARRISBURG – More hearings were ordered on whether to exempt the construction of buildings around pump and valve-control stations from local zoning ordinances along a 300-mile pipeline to ship natural [...]

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PTT-Marubeni Joint Venture Looking at PA-WV-OH for Chemical Complex Site

October 6, 2014

Thai-Japanese duo angling for another Marcellus ethane cracker From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, September 28, 2014 A partnership between Thailand’s largest chemical company and a Japanese trading and investment house is shopping the region for an ethane cracker site. Allenport’s Mon River Industrial Park in Washington County is one of three [...]

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More on Antero’s Frackin’ Accident in Doddridge County, WV

October 5, 2014

Antero is distributing drinking water where drilling accident occurred Original Article by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV   When the Stella 1H unconventional well was drilled by Anterio’s crew into the Callie 2H well about 1:00 AM on September 29th it made a spectacular mess that has been in the news for [...]

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Sunday School 106: The World has Changed and Coal is a Nasty Substance

October 4, 2014

Sunday School 106: “The alluring, controlling promise of coal” Letter to Editor, Charleston Gazette, September 30, 2014 Coal River, what a portentous name. Sounds like it might eventually be burned and take the whole world with it. Coal is a nasty substance, full of cancer-causing compounds, that once released by the magic of fire distributes [...]

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Proposed Air Permit Modification for Blue Racer Fractionation Plant in Marshall County, WV

October 3, 2014

DEP Public Notice – County – Marshall – Notice of Intent to Approve Permit R13-2896 for Blue Racer Midstream LLC’s Natrium Extraction and Fractionation Plant ===================================== WV-DEP Division of Air Quality, October 1, 2014 ===================================== AIR QUALITY PERMIT NOTICE — Notice of Intent to Approve On August 3, 2014, Blue Racer Midstream, LLC applied to [...]

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FERC Approves Cove Point LNG Export Project on Chesapeake Bay

October 2, 2014

Dominion Resources’ Cove Point LNG Terminal Wins Federal Approval From an Article by Jim Polson & Mark Chediak, Bloomberg News, September 30, 2014 The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the permit for the Cove Point liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Maryland. Dominion Resources has proposed a tax-advantaged master limited partnership, or MLP, to [...]

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