Marcellus Drilling Active Along Ohio River Including Wetzel County

February 4, 2013

Magnum Hunter Drilling On Ormet Land, Others Drilling Nearby Areas From Article by Casey Junkins, The Wheeling Intelligencer, February 3, 2013 HANNIBAL – Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. is busy at work in Monroe County in OHIO, in addition to their activities in Wetzel and Tyler counties in WEST VIRGINIA. This is  highlighted by the natural gas drilling [...]

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Secretary Steven Chu Stepping Down at the U. S. Department of Energy

February 3, 2013

Secretary Steven Chu Stepping Down at the U. S. DOE In a letter to Energy Department employees on February 1st, Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the progress of the last four years, and announced his decision to not serve a second term as Secretary. Text of the letter is below. Dear Colleagues: Serving the country as [...]

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Our Food Supply System Adds to Global Warming

February 2, 2013

Our Food Supply System Adds to Global Warming Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer of Lewis County, WV           We have now seen black carbon elevated to the second most serious cause of global warming, displacing agriculture, in part due to an article in the Journal of Geophysical Research.  Fossil fuel carbon dioxide is [...]

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WV-DEP & Three Gas Drilling Reports for WV Legislature

February 1, 2013

WV Capitol Reporting to the State Legislature, or Not From an Associate Press Report, January 30, 2013 CHARLESTON, WV — The  WV Department of Environmental Protection is late submitting a report on the gas industry’s use of wastewater impoundments to the Legislature because it wants to remove unsolicited recommendations from West Virginia University researchers. Secretary [...]

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Renowned Biologist Discusses Climate Change at WVU College of Law

January 31, 2013

Prof. Thomas Lovejoy Prof. Thomas Lovejoy heads the Biodiversity Program at the Heinz Center in Washington, DC Innovative conservation biologist Thomas E. Lovejoy presented “Climate Change: A Wild Solution” on Thursday, January 31st  in the Lugar Courtroom at the West Virginia University College of Law. The public was invited to attend. In his lecture, Lovejoy [...]

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WV Legislature Should Revisit the State’s Fracking Law

January 30, 2013

WV State Code Letter to Editor, Morgantown Dominion Post,  January 27, 2013 Legislature should revisit fracking law By Catherine Lozier, Morgantown, WV The League of Women Voters of West Virginia, as well as the local League in Morgantown, are supporting a petition calling for a moratorium on new permits for natural gas wells until some minimum [...]

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Some Utica Shale Gas Wells May Produce $100,000 Daily

January 29, 2013

Belmont Co. Ohio Utica Gas Wells Pump $100K Daily From Article by Casey Junkins, The Wheeling WV Intelligencer, 1-27-13 BARNESVILLE, OHIO – The positives keep coming for Gulfport Energy’s Utica Shale operations, as the Stutzman well in southwestern Belmont County, Ohio, could be producing about $100,000 worth of revenue per day. “Add in the 945 [...]

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Blockade at PA Fracking Site Highlights Risks to Farms and Food

January 28, 2013

Pig Farm Protest Site in Pennsylvania Blockade Highlights Risks to Farms and Food From the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective, January 27, 2013 Residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig today in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well site in order to protest [...]

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Standing Room Only in Tyler County WV Courthouse

January 27, 2013

Standing Up in Tyler County, WV From the Article by Pam Kasey, State Journal, January 25, 2013  What can stop a natural gas boom? Probably not much. But limited space in the records room is slowing things down in Tyler County. “People running title for oil and gas leasing companies are lining up as early [...]

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WV Legislature Should Update Surface Owners Rights

January 26, 2013

EDITORIAL, Morgantown Dominion Post, 1-25-13 It’s time to scratch more than surface Legislature should put land rights back on the table when it convenes We all now understand how extractive industries have changed everything in West Virginia. From the way budgets for governments are calculated to how energy is generated and communities prosper, or don’t, [...]

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