The White House: What Climate Change Means for the U.S. and the Economy

May 7, 2014

FACT SHEET: What Climate Change Means for America and the Economy Press Release, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, May 6, 2014 “…Science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind…those who are already feeling the effects of [...]

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Petrochemicals Not All They Are Cracked Up To Be

May 6, 2014

Petrochemicals will give W.Va. more harm than help Opinion-Editorial by S. Tom Bond, Charleston Gazette, May 4, 2014 Tom Witt’s article “Petrochemicals can boost state” (March 23) is a fascinating picture of economics cut loose from reality. The reality includes real costs not mentioned in his article and serious morality issues. One is global warming. [...]

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Tracking Gas Industry Workers in WV

May 5, 2014

Authorities have Difficulties Tracking Gas Workers From an Article by Sarah Harmon, Wheeling Intelligencer, May 4, 2014 MOUNDSVILLE – The influx of temporary workers coming into Marshall County for the oil and gas industry has posed a peculiar problem for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department when it comes to investigating crimes. Although Sheriff Kevin Cecil [...]

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Frackquakes: The Seismic Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes

May 4, 2014

New research indicates that wastewater disposal wells—and sometimes fracking itself—can induce earthquakes From Sharon Wilson, EARTHWORKS’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project, May 3, 2014   Ohio regulators did something last month that had never been done before: they drew a tentative link between shale gas fracking and an increase in local earthquakes. As fracking has [...]

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Texas Separator Explosion Kills 2 with 9 Injuries

May 3, 2014

UPDATE: 2 Dead, 9 Injured in Separator Explosion in Loving County From a Staff Report, Associated Press, NewsWest 9, April 30, 2014 MENTONE, Texas (AP) – A West Texas sheriff says two oil workers have been killed and nine others injured in an explosion at an oil field near the New Mexico border. Loving County Sheriff [...]

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How the Fracking Boom Increases Production of Disposable Plastics

May 2, 2014

The Accumulation of Waste Plastic on Land & Sea is Alarming From an Article by Susan Freinkel, NRDC OnEarth, April 29, 2014 I used to keep a running list of stupid plastic products and gimmicks I had seen or heard about. Like the gizmo that somebody invented to aid in the task of cutting a hot dog [...]

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Ithaca NY Lawyer Receives Goldman Prize For Community Fracking Bans

May 1, 2014

Central New York State: anti-fracking activist wins world’s largest environmental prize From an Article by Scott Waldman, Albany Capital Report, April 28, 2014 ALBANY—The world’s largest environmental prize has been awarded to an Ithaca-based lawyer who has helped organize fracking bans in dozens of New York communities. For winning the Goldman Prize, the lawyer, Helen Slottje, [...]

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Another Loophole Proposed to Block States Access to Info on Frack Chemicals

April 30, 2014

Proposed new legislation would undo state laws on fracking toxics Press Release from John Rumpler and Lauren Pagel, Environment America, April 28, 2014 With “trade secrets” claim debunked, proposed changes are clearly aimed at hiding toxic substances from the public. The current draft of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA), made public today, would add [...]

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Earth’s Freshwater Resources are Very Limited; Fracking Consumes and Pollutes

April 29, 2014

EARTH’S WATER COMPARISON: Ocean Water (large blue sphere), Groundwater (small blue sphere), Freshwater (nearly invisible blue dot). Source: Howard Perlman, United States Geological Survey.  Data source: Igor Shiklomanov “Worlds Freshwater Resources” in Peter H. Gleick (editor), 1993, Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World’s Fresh Water Resources (Oxford University Press, New York). Note: The [...]

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New Base Load Gas-fired Power Plant Announced for Marshall County, WV (550 MW for $615 Million)

April 28, 2014

Marshall County plans for natural gas combined cycle power plant Based on an Article from the Staff, State Journal, April 24, 2014 Members of the Marshall County Commission approved a resolution April 22 regarding a tax agreement with Moundsville Power LLC to advance plans for a $615 million natural gas combined cycle power plant. Moundsville [...]

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