DIVERSIFIED Has Created A Terrible Methane Problem for WV-DEP ~ Part 1

May 9, 2022

Gas Well Numbers Don’t Add Up for DIVERSIFIED at the WV-DEP From an Article by Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette Mail, April 30, 2022 All is often not well when gas wells end. In 2020, Carbon Tracker, a London-based think tank researching climate change impacts on financial markets, estimated the costs of plugging gas and oil [...]

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SOME FRACKING WASTES ARE RADIOACTIVE ~ Waste Facility in Martin’s Ferry Needs Attention

May 8, 2022

‘This Needs to Be Fixed’: Nuclear Expert Calls Radioactivity Levels Found Outside Ohio Oilfield Waste Facility ‘Excessive’ From an Article by Justin Nobel, DeSmog Blog, April 25, 2022 Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with [...]

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MOTHERS DAY 2022 ~ It’s Time to Face Health Realities at Home & Work

May 7, 2022

Capitalism and cancer seem to have much in common >>> Article by Randi Pokladnik, PhD Environmental Scientist, Tappan Lake, OH, May 7, 2022 Twenty years ago, I lost my mother to cancer. She died two months before her 70th birthday. Her cancer had already progressed to stage 3 by the time of her diagnosis so [...]

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CONCERN FOR BIRDS WORLDWIDE ~ Many Species are Experiencing Dramatic Declines

May 6, 2022

Global bird populations steadily decline From an Article of Cornell Chronicle, May 5, 2022 Staggering declines in bird populations are taking place around the world, according to a study from scientists at multiple institutions published May 5 in the journal Annual Review of Environment and Resources. Loss and degradation of natural habitats and direct overexploitation [...]

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BETTER THAN NET ZERO ~ New Populus Hotel in Denver Opens Eyes

May 5, 2022

The Country’s First Carbon-Positive Hotel Is Set to Open in Denver From an Article by Christine Deorio, Mile High Denver, 5280.com, May 2, 2022 Populus, the 265-room Civic Center Park hotel that broke ground on Earth Day 2022, is poised to exceed net-zero carbon emissions while redefining Denver’s skyline. As you drive through Denver, past [...]

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UPDATE ~ Marcellus Shale Drilling & Fracking Continues, Plus & Minus

May 4, 2022

UPDATE from the Shale Gas Reporter by Sara Welch, May 4, 2022 CNX Resources recently announced a four (4) year extension of its long-term agreement with Evolution Well Services to continue using an all-electric fracking fleet in the Appalachian Basin, according to Natural Gas Intelligence. CNX COO Chad Griffith said the “safety and efficiency benefits” [...]

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ATTENTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH ~ Truck Pollution Should Be Better Controlled

May 3, 2022

Truck pollution is a public health crisis, but it doesn’t have to be From the Desk of Paul Cort at Earthjustice in San Francisco, May 2, 2022 Dear Friends of the Environment & Concerned Citizens Nationwide Most heavy-duty trucks on the road burn diesel, which takes a heavy toll on the health of the communities [...]

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FRACKING COMPENDIUM ~ 8th EDITION, from the Physicians for Social Responsibility

May 2, 2022

FRACKING COMPENDIUM ~ 8TH EDITION ~ NOW AVAILABLE From the Physicians for Social Responsibility, April 28, 2022 PSR is proud to co-release the eighth edition of the fracking “Compendium,” a collection of some 2,000 abstracts of and links to medical, scientific and investigative reports about the consequences of oil and gas drilling, fracking, and infrastructure. [...]

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SEALIFE EXTINCTION UNDERWAY ~ Global Warming and Oxygen Deprivation Becoming Worse

May 1, 2022

The Current Rate of Ocean Warming May Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sealife in 250 Million Years From an Article by Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News, April 28, 2022 A new study suggests that warming, oxygen-starved seas could lead marine species to vanish at a rate matching the planet’s biggest extinction event on record. If [...]

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Pennsylvania’s Largest Coal-fired Power Plant (Homer City) Plans for RGGI

April 30, 2022

Homer City coal fired power station considers cutting operations in Penna. From an Article by Patrick Cloonan, Indiana PA Gazette, 2/15/22 Operators of Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired electric generating complex, the Homer City Generating Station in Center Township, Indiana County, has said they may reduce operations by May 2023, due in part to the Regional Greenhouse [...]

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