Climate Change a Factor in Cold Temperatures?

January 28, 2014

Start Your Own Climate Campaign With Help From . . . StopGlobalWarming.org From a Posting by Laurie David, StopGlobalWarming.org, January 28, 2014 Skeptics have been pointing to the very cold weather in parts of the United States as evidence that global warming doesn’t exist. As you know, local weather isn’t the same as climate, which [...]

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CGG-Veritas Wraps-Up Multi-Client Marcellus Seismic Survey

January 27, 2014

CGG Wraps-Up Multi-Client Marcellus Seismic Survey in NorthCentral Pennsylvania From an Press Release by CGG,  January 23, 2014 CGG has just announced  that it has extended its data library of shale acreage in the United States by completing a vast three-year multi-client 3D land seismic program targeting the Marcellus Shale Fairway. The Marcellus Shale is considered to [...]

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We Cannot Frack Our Way Out of an Energy Crisis

January 26, 2014

Why We Can’t Frack Ourselves Out of an Energy Crisis From an Article by Alex Kirby,  Climate News Network, January 24, 2014  Davos, an annual meeting of global political and business elites in Switzerland, will be hearing a different story about fracking.  They usually hear the opposite view. Jeremy Leggett, a former Greenpeace staff member who founded [...]

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The US Government isn’t Fixing Climate Change, but Making it Worse

January 25, 2014

A Big Fracking Mistake, No Less! From the Article by Bill McKibben and Mike Tidwell, Politico.com, January 21, 2014 If you want to know just how bad an idea it is for America to ship “fracked” natural gas to overseas markets, travel the 65 miles from the White House to a place called Cove Point [...]

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Sustainability Group Seeks Shale Gas Driller’s Participation

January 24, 2014

Center for Sustainability seeks shale operator’s participation . From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 1/21/14 PITTSBURGH — The Center for Sustainable Shale Development, an almost year-old organization that unites four major energy companies with environmental nonprofits and foundations, has a new director and has begun accepting applications from Marcellus Shale operators. But [...]

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WV Governor’s Water Protection Bill is Inadequate

January 23, 2014

Officials balk at bill from Governor . . . Say that it is too limited . . . . From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 22, 2014 CHARLESTON — Key legislators are disappointed with the Governor’s water protection bill. They said it’s too limited in scope. Meanwhile, the president of Morgantown-based [...]

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Environmentalists are Real People Concerned about Earth and Posterity

January 22, 2014

Who’s an environmentalist? What do they believe? Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV   After a recent article about the damage I expected from fracking on my farm, in some quarters there is this stir about whether I am an “environmentalist” or a (farming) businessman who expects [...]

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WV Rivers Coalition Recommends Updates to Storage Tank Regulations

January 21, 2014

WV needs changes in state regulations after chemical leak From an Article by Whitney Burdette, Charleston Daily Mail, January 21, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Downstream Strategies have co-authored a report outlining specific recommendations they think the Legislature should take in light of the recent chemical leak. Angie Rosser, executive director [...]

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GreenHunter Could Store Toxic Wastes Next to Ohio River

January 20, 2014

Concern Grows Following Spill In WV Kanawha Valley From the Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, January 19, 2014 WHEELING – When GreenHunter Water opens its planned frack water recycling facility in Warwood later this year, up to 23,000 barrels of possibly contaminated and toxic water and related materials will be mere yards from the [...]

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The Heinz Endowments Supports Research on Gas Drilling Impacts

January 19, 2014

Pennsylvania charity keeps funding gas drilling research From an Article by Kevin Begos, Associated Press, January 18, 2014 PITTSBURGH – The Heinz Endowments are continuing to strongly support research and advocacy relating to environmental and health impacts of natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in spite of significant turnover in its senior management.   The [...]

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