Trapped Methane in the Arctic Threatens our Atmosphere, Part 2

August 5, 2014

CLIMATE CHANGE: The Giant Methane Monster Is Lurking, Part 2 From an Article by Thom Hartmann, EcoWatch.com, July 7, 2014 Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center have found that Arctic methane is leaking out from the ocean floor nearly twice as fast as was previously thought. The researchers found that the [...]

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Trapped Methane in the Arctic Threatens our Atmosphere

August 4, 2014

The Giant Methane Monster Is Lurking; Release May Occur as the Ice Melts From an Article by Thom Hartmann, EcoWtch.com, July 7, 2014 There’s something lurking deep under the frozen Arctic Ocean, and if it gets released, it could spell disaster for our planet. That something is methane. (Methane is a greenhouse gas much more [...]

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Published Opinion: Environmental Stances Criticized

August 3, 2014

Letter to the Editor, Wheeling Intelligencer & News-Register, August 3, 2014 “Deforestation greater threat than coal fired power plants.” Now, who do you think is so environmentally concerned? Take a guess. How about David McKinley? You probably know him as a commentator columnist for the “Wheeling Republican News Register.” I think he also moonlights as [...]

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Drilling in the Dark: Biological Impacts of Fracking Still Largely Unknown

August 2, 2014

Drilling in the dark: Biological impacts of fracking still largely unknown From an Article by David Tenenbaum, University of Wisconsin News, August 1, 2014 As production of shale gas soars, the industry’s effects on nature and wildlife remain largely unexplored, according to a study by a group of conservation biologists published in Frontiers in Ecology and the [...]

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The People’s Climate March on September 21st in NYC’s Times Square

August 1, 2014

People’s Climate March—Largest Climate March in World History—Set for Times Square in NTC From an Article of EcoWatch.com, July 30, 2014 A spirited press conference in Times Square has launched the People’s Climate March, the largest climate action in world history. Scheduled for Sept. 21 in New York City, the People’s Climate March will coincide [...]

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Public Comments Taken on Disposal of Marcellus Drilling Wastes

July 31, 2014

WV-DEP Holds Final Hearing on Drilling Waste Disposal From an Article by Michael Erb, Wheeling Intelligencer, July 31, 2014 CHARLESTON – A handful of passionate opponents spoke out Wednesday against proposed rule revisions for the disposal of waste material from drilling sites. The comments came during a public hearing at the West Virginia Department of [...]

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Dominion SE-Pipeline to Disturb National Forest and Endanger Entire Area

July 30, 2014

Cheat Summit Overlook, Randolph & Pocahontas County Line Report by Lauren Ragland, July 28, 2014 [PHOTO - Courtesy of Amy Mitchem] Cheat Summit Overlook, Randolph / Pocahontas County line, WV. National Scenic Highway, Stau​n​ton-Petersburg Turnpike. View of Dominion’s proposed transmission pipeline: SE-Pipeline. [The black water line circle is the actual size of the proposed 42" dry [...]

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This Gas Boom is Wrecking Havoc on Rural America

July 29, 2014

Hard Facts About Fracking | OnEarth Magazine (NRDC) From an Article by Scott Dodd, Natural Resources Defense Council, July 21, 2014 A new book evaluates whether natural gas is a ‘transitional fuel’ to a low-carbon future—or perhaps, more like a methadone addiction that’s tearing apart rural communities. Growing up in northern West Virginia in the [...]

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More or Less 6.5 Percent of the Gas from a Shale Field is Recovered

July 28, 2014

Residual Wastewater Tanker Truck Out of Control in Holding Pond Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Recorded human history goes back some 8 or 10,000 years. How much future does the human race have? I recently came across a reference to an article in the Oil and [...]

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The Collapse of our Civilization: A View From 2393

July 27, 2014

Some 14 concepts that will be obsolete after catastrophic climate change From an Article by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, Authors of Book, Washington Post, July 25, 2014 Naomi Oreskes is a professor of the history of science at Harvard University. Erik Conway is a historian of science and technology at the California Institute of [...]

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