Doing Something to Avoid the Worst of Climate Change?

April 27, 2014

Doing Nothing Isn’t an Option: How to Avoid the Worst of Climate Change From an Article by Dr. David Suzuki and Ian Hanington, EcoWatch.com, April 23, 2014 It’s fitting that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released during Earth Month. After all, the third chapter of its Fifth Assessment focuses on [...]

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Input Needed at WV-DEP on Regulation of Chemical Storage Tanks by May 15th

April 26, 2014

WV-DEP Requests Public Input on Storage Tank Rules ==================================== From: WV-DEP, April 25, 2014 @ 4:14 PM ==================================== The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV-DEP) is seeking public input on what should be included in the rules related to how above ground storage tanks are regulated. As a requirement of the newly passed WV [...]

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Progress (or Not) with Energy and the Environment (Part III)

April 25, 2014

Part III.  ”Cui bono,” who benefits from change and who looses? Part III of three parts. By S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV In Part I in this series, we have seen the ever mounting costs of more and more hydrocarbon burning, and have taken a look at the [...]

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National Protest of K-XL Pipeline in Washington DC

April 24, 2014

‘Cowboys And Indians’ Stake Out The National Mall To Protest Keystone XL From the Huffington Post, April 23, 2014.  See 18 pictures here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reject and Protect: Stop Keystone XL Pipeline From Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, April 18, 2014 The Keystone XL fight is nearing the final phase: President Obama is expected to [...]

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WV Surface Owners Newsletter Available

April 23, 2014

WV-SORO Spring Newsletter Online From Julie Archer, WV-SORO, April 22, 2014 The Spring 2014 edition of Surface Owners’ News is now available on the website. In this issue: WV-DEP’s Non-Response to Horizontal Well Act Studies Concerns about NORMs (Radioactive Materials) WV-DEP Stonewalls Citizen Concerns on Ritchie County Injection Well Groups Seek Shut Down of Problem [...]

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Three Diesel Trucks Crash in PA Route 18 (Washington County) with Injuries

April 22, 2014

Diesel fuel spill closes Route 18 in Washington County, PA From an Article by Molly Born, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 21, 2014 Fracking water and diesel fuel spilled into Chartiers Creek in Washington County, PA, after a crash on PA Route 18 involving a tractor-trailer and two water tanker trucks, a state environmental official said. [...]

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EARTH DAY 2014: May the Beauties & Mysteries of the Earth Endure!

April 21, 2014

SILENT SPRING – The Book By Rachel L. Carson (1907 – 1964) Houghton Mifflin Company, Copyright 1962 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dedicated to Albert Schweitzer who said: “Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.” John Keats: “The sedge is wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing.” E. B. [...]

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Obama Needs to Stop (not Delay) Keystone XL

April 20, 2014

We Need to Win Not Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline Decision From an Article by Bill McKibben, EcoWatch, April 19, 2014 The Keystone XL news this past week from DC is both important and murky. In brief, the Obama administration announced yet another delay in their decision about the pipeline, meaning it may be past the [...]

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ECA Shelves “Injection Well Project” in Preston County

April 19, 2014

ENERGY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 501 56th Street, S.E.,  Charleston, W.Va. For Immediate Release: April 18, 2014 ECA elects not to pursue “injection well project” in Preston County This week, Energy Corporation of America (ECA) determined not to pursue an injection well the company has been exploring near Masontown in Preston County. A number of different factors [...]

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Reclaim the Trail System at Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area

April 18, 2014

Reclaim the Trail System at Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area Petition Here by Deborah Fulton, Snake Hill Area, Morgantown, WV, April 17, 2014 To: WV Governor Earl Ray Tomblin; Curtis Taylor, Wildlife Resources Section Chief, WVDNR; Frank Jezioro, Director, WVDNR; Keith Burdette, Secretary, WV Commerce Department The Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area (SHWMA) is an [...]

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