The Regulation of Chemical Storage Tanks in WV and US

March 9, 2014

Hearing on Preventing Potential Chemical Threats and Improving Safety: Oversight of the President’s Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security Testimony of Evan P. Hansen, Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, WV Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, US Senate, March 6, 2014, as reported by WV Public Broadcasting. Panelists included representatives from the [...]

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Corporations, the Government and the People: Influence and Governance

March 8, 2014

Analysis by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV One of the principal arguments for extreme energy extraction is “the nation needs the energy,” but the extraction is not done by the nation it is done by a private corporation. According to current legal practice, a corporation is a “person.” [...]

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Big Citizens Water Party at WV State Capitol, March 8th @ 11am

March 7, 2014

Subject: Big Citizen Water Party at WV Capitol On Saturday Update from Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), March 6, 2014 Gather your family and friends and come out to the Big, Big, BIG Citizen Water Party this Saturday, March 8. Join us at 11 a.m. on the Senate side of the Rotunda. Meet up with [...]

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What About the Public Health as Drilling Boom Expands?

March 6, 2014

Gas drilling boom accelerates with little study of public health effects Article by Lisa Song and Jim Morris, InsideClimate News, Charleston Gazette, March 5, 2014 A new study has underscored just how little is known about the health consequences of the natural gas boom that began a decade ago, when advances in high-volume hydraulic fracturing, [...]

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See ‘Triple Divide’ and Discussion on March 12th in Pittsburgh

March 5, 2014

FRACKING, With Liberty & Justice For All “Triple Divide” & Discussion with John Detwiler, John Smith, Rich Fitzgerald, & Kent Moors. Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 6:30 PM, $15. Buy Tickets Now Here. A special screening of the  investigative documentary ‘Triple Divide’ and discussion about fracking by leading authorities. PITTSBURGH—Catch a special screening and discussion of Triple [...]

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Marcellus Ethane Cracker in WV: Cautious Hope for Wood County on Ohio River

March 4, 2014

Will Brazil’s chemical giant locate a cracker plant in WV? Editorial From Staff Reports, The Charleston Gazette – Mail, March 1, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Relentless decline of the Central Appalachian coal industry threatens more hardship for West Virginia’s southern counties. But northern counties are enjoying a bonanza as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing keep [...]

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IPCC: Climate Impacts ‘Are Very Evident, They’re Widespread’ And ‘We Are Not Prepared’

March 3, 2014

Preview on IPCC: Now is the time to act. A. or B. Article by Joe Romm, Climate Progress, February 25, 2014 “IPCC: Climate Impacts ‘Are Very Evident, They’re Widespread’ And ‘We Are Not Prepared’” Humanity’s choice (via IPCC, 2013): A or B. A. Aggressive climate action ASAP minimizes future warming. B. Continued inaction results in catastrophic [...]

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Comments on Recent Methane Leakage Study

March 2, 2014

Information on Large Shale Gas Leakages Coming Forward Submitted by Heather Cantino,  Athens County (OH) Fracking Action Network, March 2, 2014 Here is an important critique of the methane leakage research recently published in Science (February 14, 2014) and its reliance on the 100-year time frame for analysis of fracking’s and methane’s impacts on climate [...]

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Keystone XL Pipeline: Students Risk Arrest in Protest

March 1, 2014

A Student’s Take on Why It’s Imperative to Risk Arrest Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline Article by Spencer H. Johnson, EcoWatch.com, February 25, 2014 On Sunday, March 2, at 22-years-old, I will take part in a nonviolent for civil disobedience campaign along with nearly 500 other college students in our nation’s capital and very will likely [...]

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Marcellus Gas Well Development Impacting Huge Land Area

February 28, 2014

Marcellus energy development could pave over an area bigger than Delaware From an Article by Kate Sheppard,  The Huffington Post, February 26, 2014 Development of natural gas and wind resources in the Marcellus shale region could cover up nearly 1.3 million acres of land, an area bigger than the state of Delaware, with cement, asphalt, and [...]

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