Update on Ethane Cracker Planning for Wood County, WV

March 19, 2014

Feasibility studies continue for WV ethane cracker plant Update from Huntington Herald-Dispatch, March 18, 2014 PARKERSBURG — The proposed ethane cracker project for Wood County is continuing to move forward as work has started to see what will be needed to make the project a reality. In November, officials announced the Brazil-based Odebrecht is planning [...]

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Ethane from the Marcellus Shale is Becoming an Important Export to Canada

March 18, 2014

Marcellus ethane increasingly important in Canada From an Article by Stephanie Novak, Pittsburgh Business Times, March 14, 2014 Ethane was initially viewed as a problem for Marcellus gas, making it too rich to pass through normal pipelines, said Pace Markowitz, director of communications at Nova chemicals, with offices in Pittsburgh. Nova announced in December of [...]

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Photo Exhibition & Lectures Now in Youngstown at Y.S.U.

March 17, 2014

Marcellus Shale Documentary Project at YSU This Month! From an Article of the Y.S.U. News Center, Youngstown, OH, March 7, 2014 The Youngstown State University Department of Art is sponsoring a series of free and public events called the “Marcellus Shale Documentary Project: MSDP,” including a photography exhibit, lectures and film screening throughout the month [...]

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WV Host Farms Assists in Marcellus Public Health Studies

March 16, 2014

Scientists study fracking diseases with WV Host Farms Update from S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV On Thursday, March 13th,  a small group of scientists came to Doddridge County, which is being hit particularly hard by the fracking industry because of the high “natural gas liquids” content there. This visit was hosted by [...]

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Recent Fires and Explosions with Natural Gas in the US

March 15, 2014

Natural Gas can Explode & Burn at the Well Head, in Processing Plants, or at Pipeline Operations Compiled from Public News Sources, March 15, 2014 An early summary from WDTV reports a gas compressor fire in west central West Virginia.  A Dominion compressor station fire occurred around 4 pm on Friday, March 14th in Ritchie [...]

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Four Earthquakes in Ohio Result in Shutdown Order to Nearby Drilling/Fracking

March 14, 2014

Did Fracking Cause All Four Earthquakes in Ohio? From an Article by Brandon Baker, EcoWatch.com, March 12, 2014 The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has ordered Texas-based energy company Hilcorp to halt all fracking operations in Mahoning County after at least four earthquakes shook the area on Monday. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 2:26 [...]

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Plastics are Encroaching on Our Lives, But …

March 13, 2014

New Bioplastic Even Encourages Plant Growth In The Environment From an Article by the News Staff, Science 2.0 Blog, March 4, 2014 A number of people are concerned about BPA in plastics but that is far less warranted than concern about plastics themselves. In 1967′s movie “The Graduate”, the following conversation took place between an [...]

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The Capture and Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Soil

March 12, 2014

The Earth’s Soil Serves as a Carbon Storehouse Analysis by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV An exciting new way to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by a natural process is being discussed in many places. See here, and see here, and see here, and see here, for example. To understand it, some [...]

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WV Legislature Will Need a Special Session to Complete Marcellus Landfill Regulations

March 11, 2014

Fracking Waste Disposal Still A Question Article by Glynis Board and Ashton Marra, WV Public Broadcasting, March 10, 2014 The House and Senate have spent weeks working on House Bill 4411 dealing with the disposal of hydraulic fracturing drill cuttings in land fills. Earlier in the session, the House of Delegates held a public hearing [...]

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All-Night “Climate Change” Speeches March 10 & 11 by US Senate Democrats

March 10, 2014

Senate Democrats to stage climate all-nighter From an Article by Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill Blog, March 9, 2014 At least 28 Senate Democrats are pulling an all-nighter on Monday to wake up “stubborn” climate change deniers in Congress. With substantial climate change legislation all but dead in Congress, the senators involved in Monday’s climate-fest just [...]

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