Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil

February 17, 2014

Bill McKibben Says No to Big Oil and Gas Companies From a Program of Bill Moyers & Company, PBS, February 6, 2014 After the State Department issued a long-awaited environmental impact statement on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline last week, environmentalists and those opposed to the 1,179-mile pipeline have intensified their push for the Obama [...]

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NOW is the Time to Tell the U. S. President What You Think

February 16, 2014

PRESIDENTS DAY in 2014. Advocacy by Duane Nichols, www.FrackCheckWV.net, February 16, 2014 NOW is the time for YOU to say what you THINK!  Whether you have ever contacted the President of the United States, he needs your opinion NOW. What are you doing for President’s Day.  One thing above all other should be done.  Let [...]

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WV-DEP Questions Exemptions in Proposed Storage Tank Bill

February 15, 2014

DEP chief: Toughen chemical tank bill From the Article by Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette, February 14, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s top environmental regulator said Friday his agency needs more authority over all above-ground chemical storage tanks in the state — regardless of whether the tanks are covered by industry-proposed exemptions in a bill making [...]

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Tyler County Tank Explosion Similar to Kanawha’s Water Pollution

February 14, 2014

Tyler County also dealing with contamination — Op-Ed Commentary Op-Ed by Bill Hughes, Charleston Gazette Mail, Sunday, February 9, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In early January, as I walked through a hay field in the bottom land along Big Run in Tyler County, I tried to avoid stepping in big blobs of black goo next [...]

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Proposed Preston County Injection Well Under Discussion

February 13, 2014

Preston County Well May Be Turned Into Deep Well Injection Site News from Andrew Clay, WBOY 12 News, February 12, 2014 An old Energy Corporation of America gas well in Masontown may become a deep well injection site for toxic materials. That concerns some Preston County Residents. “Disposal of waste like this is not in [...]

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The Wide Divide: Financial Interests vs. Local Adverse Impacts

February 12, 2014

The Great (Wide) Divide that Separates Financial Interests from the Reality on the Ground >>> Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Jane Lew, Lewis County, WV <<< One of the things I have been thinking about lately is  the division between those who recognize the damage done by shale drilling (and by extension other extreme hydrocarbon extraction, [...]

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Marcellus Well Pad Fire Out of Control in S.W. Penna. near WV

February 11, 2014

MARCELLUS WELL PAD FIRE. KDKA Channel 2 News, February 11, 2014 Three fire crews are on the scene in southwestern Pennsylvania at a Marcellus well pad fire, burning out of control. LOCATION: Bald Hill Road near Bobtown, PA.  This is near the Mason-Dixon Line between Mt. Morris (I-79) and Pt. Marion (PA-88). UPDATE (Associated Press) [...]

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“Time to Change Tactics on Climate” says Congressman Waxman

February 10, 2014

Rep. Henry Waxman: Time to change tactics on climate Article by Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill Blog, February 6, 2014 With House GOP Leadership making it impossible to move any type of legislation on climate change in Congress at the moment, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and fellow Democrats plan to take their cause off the House [...]

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Prof. Michael Mann: The Embattled Climate Scientist Who Fought Back

February 9, 2014

Interview by the Real News Network: The Embattled Climate Scientist Who Fought Back Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC). [...]

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“Cove Point” Rally February 20th in Baltimore

February 8, 2014

Cove Point Rally in Baltimore Cove Point is “Keystone” of the East From Ted Glick, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, February 5, 2014 For those of you in the Marcellus Shale region, this is an urgent request that you mark your calendar for Thursday, February 20th and make plans to get to Baltimore and bring as many people with you [...]

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