Opposition to Pipelines in Appalachia Growing Fast

July 16, 2014

Pocahontas County group opposes Dominion pipeline plan From an Article by Paul J. Nyden, Charleston Gazette, June 28, 2014 Dominion Resources is considering building two pipelines, each 42 inches in diameter, to transport natural gas about 450 miles through the wilderness areas of Randolph and Pocahontas counties and down through Virginia to Lumberton, N.C. The [...]

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Some 24 People Arrested at FERC Protesting Proposed Fracked Gas Export Facility

July 15, 2014

Protesters call upon President Obama and federal regulators to reject proposed Cove Point facility and halt approvals on all pending liquefied natural gas export terminals nationwide From an Article of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, July 14, 2014 WASHINGTON – July 14 – Residents impacted by shale gas infrastructure and their supporters blocked the entrances to [...]

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Compendium on Effects of Fracking Now Available

July 14, 2014

Major Scientific Document Shows Why NY Fracking Moratorium Is Imperative From EcoWatch.com, July 10, 2014 Less than two weeks ago, local communities triumphed over the fracking industry in a precedent-setting case decided by the New York Court of Appeals. The court ruled that the towns of Dryden and Middlefield can use local zoning laws to [...]

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GreenHunter Seeks to Pipeline Wastewaters to Ohio River

July 13, 2014

GreenHunter Still Eyes Panhandle for Pipeline From an Article by Ian Hicks, Wheeling Intelligencer, July 12, 2014 WHEELING – The destination point for GreenHunter Resources’ planned pipeline to carry water, brine and hydrocarbons through Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the Ohio River will be somewhere in the Northern Panhandle, according to its vice president of [...]

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Fossil Fuel Divestment Now by World Council of Churches

July 12, 2014

World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment From an Article by Juan Cole, et al., Informed Comment, July 12, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland — The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), a fellowship of over 300 churches which represent some 590 million people in 150 countries, endorsed fossil fuel divestment this week, [...]

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Research Institute Finds Plastics in Every Ocean Sample From Bermuda to Iceland

July 11, 2014

Microplastics in the Sea Water and Plastics Everywhere From the Article by Kara Law and Richard Thompson, Science: Vol. 345 no. 6193 pp. 144-145, July 11, 2014 Department of Oceanography, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA  and School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, Plymouth UK Plastics litter beaches and the open ocean. Scientists are [...]

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More & More are Divesting of Fossil Fuels

July 10, 2014

Quakers are Divesting of Fossil Fuels From an Article by Paula Kline, Fossil Free Friends, July 7, 2014 The Eco-Justice Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has announced that more than $2 million of assets have been divested from fossil fuels and reinvested in a new Quaker Green Fund offered by Friends Fiduciary Corporation. By [...]

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Fish Killed in Ohio’s Opossum Creek After Large Fire at Well Pad

July 9, 2014

Ohio Fracking Fire Likely Cause of Large Fish Kill From an Article by Brandon Baker, EcoWatch.com, July 2, 2014 Ohio Department of Natural Resources and state Environmental Protection Agency officials have launched an investigation to find out what killed a large, but unspecified, amount of fish in a creek that feeds into the Ohio River. [...]

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The Safety of Fracking and its Consequences are Big Problems

July 8, 2014

New concerns arise over fracking’s safety for society From an Article by Bruce Kennedy, CBS / Moneywatch, July 2, 2014 The ongoing controversy over the method for removing oil and gas from unconventional, hard-to-reach underground deposits that’s known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” has some new data to chew on. It seems a large percentage [...]

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Upcoming WVU Extension Educational Program on Leasing Mineral Rights

July 7, 2014

Understanding Renegotiation and Renewal of Natural Gas Leases Speaker: Eric M. Gordon, Esquire,  from Berry, Kessler, Crutchfield, Taylor and Gordon, Attorneys at Law, Moundsville Program at 6:00 PM with Question & Answer Session at 7:00 PM. Tuesday, July 22: Wheeling, WV – Northern Community College, 1704 Market Street, Wheeling. Local Contact: Norm Schwetfeger at 304-234-3673 [...]

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