“Science Facility” Described at Morgantown City Council Meeting

February 18, 2022

Comment on Proposed “Science Facility” in Morgantown Industrial Park To: Morgantown City Council, Tuesday, 2/15/22 My name is Duane Nichols, Coordinator for the Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition. We have been concerned about the air quality in this region since the Longview coal fired power plant was proposed back in 2003. I’m here to talk [...]

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Rational & Legal Divestments from Climate Damaging Activities

February 17, 2022

University Students are Pushing ‘Legal Imperative’ of Fossil Fuel Divestments From Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, Feb. 16, 2022 Student-led divestment campaigns at five top U.S. universities on Wednesday employed a tactic that has proven effective at a few other schools: They filed legal complaints accusing their institutions of breaking the law by investing in the [...]

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BACKGROUND ON CLIMATE ACTION 100+ AND THE NET-ZERO COMPANY BENCHMARK

February 16, 2022

The Net-Zero Company Benchmark update and timeline for 2022 From Climate Action 100+, World Wide Web On-Line, 10/5/21 BACKGROUND ~ The Climate Action 100+ initiative was started in December 2017 to engage some of the world’s highest corporate emitters that are systemically important in the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. More than [...]

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§ – VIRTUAL E-DAY in WEST VIRGINIA via ZOOM

February 15, 2022

Topic ~ ENVIRONMENT DAY ~ E-Day 2022 ~ 2/16/22 Sponsor ~ West Virginia Environmental Council, Charleston, WV Description ~ Please plan to join us and other environmental groups from across the state for this annual day of advocacy on Zoom from 6:00-7:30pm, Wednesday, February 16. E-Day will include a legislative update from a couple of [...]

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Dominion Energy Completes Exit from WV Natural Gas Business

February 14, 2022

Dominion Energy Assets & Debt Sold to Berkshire Hathaway and to ULLICO, Inc. RICHMOND, Va., July 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Dominion Energy has announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its Gas Transmission & Storage segment assets to an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in a transaction valued at [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court is Hearing “West Virginia v. EPA” on GHG this Month

February 13, 2022

It’s Valentine’s Day: Send a thank you Valentine to our Sierra Club lawyers? Message from Liz Perera, Director of Climate Policy, Sierra Club USA, February 13, 2022 In just two weeks on Feb 28, the Supreme Court will hear argument in the case West Virginia v. EPA. What’s at stake? The EPA’s ability to regulate [...]

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West Virginia’s Opportunity to Start Using Geothermal Energy Regionally

February 12, 2022

“Federal funds for geothermal energy boom,” Morgantown Dominion Post, February 6, 2022 From the Essay by Delegate Evan Hansen (Monongalia County), WV Legislature The promise of a booming clean energy sector and new clean energy jobs for West Virginia workers has never been more hopeful. The potential for job growth is enormous, which is why [...]

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Let’s Honor Extraction Fees for Their Benefits & Potential for the Future

February 11, 2022

West Virginia Cannot Afford to Cut the Severance Tax (Again) From the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, February 11, 2022 West Virginia legislators are currently considering whether to — yet again — cut the state’s already low severance tax. This would prove costly and harmful to our state budget. An additional severance tax [...]

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Eastern WV Tech Graduates Work at New “Black Rock Wind Farm”

February 10, 2022

Eastern Tech graduates putting their degrees to use at wind farms From a Special Article of the Mineral (County) Daily News – Tribune, December 3, 2021 CURRENT—NEWS—UPDATE: The new Black Rock Wind Farm went online today providing enough electricity for over 50,000 homes. (2/10/22) KEYSER, WV – Clearway Energy Group has hired five recent graduates [...]

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Crypto Mining Involves Huge Energy Input & Large Pollution Potential

February 9, 2022

Pollution Concerns about Crypto Mining in Pennsylvania From an Article by Russell Zerbo, Clean Air Council, January 28, 2022 Harrisburg, PA ~ The Clean Air Council has serious concerns about the immense energy consumption and resulting air and water pollution that comes with cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are computer processes that are used to produce [...]

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