Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Celebrates Cancellations in Charles City County

March 23, 2022

Letter to ALL Concerned about Global Warming & Climate Change, March 23, 2022 Chickahominy Power LLC has officially called it quits for their pipeline and power plant project. That means that Charles City County here in Virginia is free from fossil fuel development for the foreseeable future. The company blamed its failure on the “renewable [...]

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LOCAL WEBINAR ON POLAR ICE CAPS ~ Heating & Melting are Underway BigTime on EARTH (3/23/22 @ 7 PM)

March 21, 2022

“What Are The Poles (North and South) Telling Us About Earth’s Climate Future?” From Tom Rodd, Executive Director, WV Center on Climate Change, March 21, 2022 Here’s our final reminder about the upcoming Wednesday, March 23 @ 7 PM live climate science program from Morgantown, WV — featuring a great speaker, Dr. Julie Brigham-Grette. §§§ [...]

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Environmental Problems of Guernsey Power Station in OHIO

March 19, 2022

Tour of Toxic Sites in Ohio and Pennsylvania, stop 1: Guernsey Power Station From an Article by Alexis Goldsmith, Concerned Ohio River Residents, February 13, 2022 § I met Kevin Young, a resident of Guernsey Co. Ohio, who’s life has been completely upended by the construction of the Guernsey fracked gas power station, owned by [...]

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Perhaps Half of America’s Rivers and Streams are Impaired and Should be Revitalized

March 18, 2022

The Clean Water Act at 50: Promises Half Kept at the Half-Century Mark From the Environmental Integrity Project, Washington, DC, March 17, 2022 Report to the Nation ~ Conclusions and Recommendations: There is no question that the federal Clean Water Act should be celebrated in its 50th year as a milestone in American environmental history. [...]

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No, No, Not Another Fracking Waste Injection Well in Plum Borough, PA

March 17, 2022

Environmental group joins Plum Borough Council against second wastewater injection well From an Article by Kiley Koscinski, WESA News 90.5 FM, Pittsburgh, March 10, 2022 Plum officials, residents and environmental advocates are organizing to prevent a second fracking waste injection well in the borough just outside of Pittsburgh. In a press conference Thursday, environmental group [...]

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NOT TOO SOON ~ Geothermal Energy Maybe Coming to West Virginia

March 16, 2022

WV Senate considers setting up regulatory program for geothermal energy Newspaper Report on WV Legislative Session, Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette, March 9, 2022 NOTE ~ WV Senate passed this HB 4098 on March 12, 2022. DGN The full West Virginia Senate will consider a bill that would set up a state regulatory program for geothermal [...]

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Geothermal Energy for Electricity & District Heating in the United States

March 15, 2022

2021 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and District Heating … (7/14/2021) From the Report of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Executive Summary~ This report, the 2021 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market Report, was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Geothermal Rising (previously the Geothermal Resources Council, or GRC), with funding [...]

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Maury Johnson of Monroe County is “Hometown Hero” says WV Can’t Wait

March 14, 2022

Award honors West Virginians who have the ‘Courage to Do What Needs Done’ From the Article by Roseanna Sacco and Michael Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, March 13, 2022 GREENVILLE, W.Va. – Maury Johnson, a Monroe County advocate, landowner and activist, was recently awarded a WV Can’t Wait Hometown Hero award. The presentation was made at Cook’s [...]

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Some Aboveground Storage Tanks Contain Hazardous Chemicals

March 13, 2022

Identified Public Water Supply Risks and Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs) From the AST Project of Downstream Technologies for the Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) Spurred by the chemical leak on the Elk River in Charleston, January 2014, the West Virginia Legislature passed Senate Bill 373, or SB 373 (also known as The Spill Bill). This bill [...]

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Revisions to WV Aboveground Storage Tank Act Have Died in Committee

March 12, 2022

RE: HB 2598 – Say No to Weakening Water Protections in Aboveground Storage Tank Act From: Mike Caputo, Saturday, March 12, 2022 2:19 PM To: Frank Jernejcic, HB 2598 died in committee. >>>>>>>…………………>>>>>>>…………………>>>>>>>> From: Frank Jernejcic Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:28 PM To: Mike Caputo Subject: HB 2598 – Say No to Weakening Water [...]

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