OMG! Mountain Valley Pipeline Bores Under the Greenbrier River

December 11, 2023

Mountain Valley Pipeline News from the Greenbrier River Watershed Association >>> From an Article by Chris Chanlett. GRWA Board Member. December 5, 2023 After eight years of underestimations and false starts, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is boring under the Greenbrier River at Pence Springs. As of mid-November the drilling wormed about half way through the [...]

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Flash Floods in Drilling & Fracking & Pipelining Areas Cause Severe Damages

December 10, 2023

‘Following the Water’ Provides a Trail Straight to the MVP in West Virginia Flash Floods View this posting by Michael M. Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, December 10, 2023 BIG ISAAC, W.Va. – When the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) started surveying in the mountains of North Central West Virginia in 2015, landowner and farmer Robert McClain wrote [...]

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WINTER OF 1958 – 1959 SPORTS SHOW DRAWS 500 TO CHEAT LAKE

December 9, 2023

The Mountaineer Winter Sports Club is Very Active in Monongalia County >>> From the Morgantown Dominion News, January 12, 1959 A crowd of over 500 came out to watch the 2nd Annual Winter Sports Festival ice skating competition on Cheat Lake at the Whippoorwill on January 11, 1959. The nine events, sponsored by the Mountainteer [...]

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LET’S INTERVIEW MAURY JOHNSON OF MONROE COUNTY, WV

December 8, 2023

Maury Johnson Chat on Fracked Gas Pipelines in West Virginia & Virginia >>> Interview on Friday, December 8th at 1:00 PM on Halt the Harm Network Join us today at 1:00 PM ET for a live 20-minute interview with Maury W. Johnson, the recent winner of the FracTracker Sentinel Awards. This live interview, hosted by [...]

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§ ~ Looking Deep at Increasing Black Lung Disease ~ §

December 7, 2023

Unearthing pathology of recent rise in black lung disease From an Article by Rob Mitchum, University of Illinois — Chicago, December 6, 2023 . . The first new pathology standards for black lung disease in over 50 years were published based on research from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health. The findings [...]

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New Dow Chemical Company Ethane Cracker Plant Set for Alberta, Canada

December 6, 2023

Dow Board Approves Path.2.Zero Project in Alberta, Canada From an Article by Amy Baxter, Energy Environment Leader, December 1, 2023 Dow has approved the final investment decision for its Fort Saskatchewan, Canada, Path2Zero investment. The project is the first net zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions-integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives facility in Alberta, Canada. The [...]

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A Rational Tax Structure Now Needed for the State of West Virginia

December 5, 2023

In Search of Sustainable Taxation Practices From the Article by Nyoka Baker Chapman, League of Women Voters, Nov. 2023 Earlier this year Gov. Jim Justice announced, “that West Virginia’s cumulative revenue collections for Fiscal Year 2023 will come in at $1.8 billion over estimate – shattering the all-time record for biggest single-year revenue surplus in [...]

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§ NATURAL GAS LEAKS & VENTS ~ Greenhouse Gases are Mainly CH4 & CO2

December 4, 2023

Inside the fight against methane gas amid milestone pledges at COP28 From a Article by Ben Tracy & Kerry Breen, CBS Morning News, December 2, 2023 Fossil fuel debate takes center stage at COP28: >>> A coalition of 50 major oil and gas companies said at COP28 on Saturday that they would work to cut [...]

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WV Surface Owners Rights Newsletter Now Available, WVSORO.org

December 3, 2023

WV-SORO Alert ~ West Virginia Surface Owners’ Rights Organization . . >> Surface Owners’ News 2023 Print Edition Now Available, December 1, 2023 . . . The 2023 print edition of Surface Owners News is now available on our website. Click here to download a copy. In this issue of the WV SORO Newsletter: §. [...]

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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP#28) Underway in Dubai

December 2, 2023

Delegate Evan Hansen to participate in UN COP28 climate conference in Dubai From an Article by David Beard, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, December 2, 2023 MORGANTOWN – Delegate Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, heads to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Monday to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28. He’ll be participating in [...]

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