SPEAKING & LISTENING — $38 Billion to Revitalize Coal Communities in USA

November 12, 2021

West Virginia lawmakers seeking input on how to spend billions in federal funding From an Article by Josephine Moore, Beckley Register Herald, October 27, 2021 Residents of southern West Virginia are being asked to imagine a new and better future by West Virginia lawmakers who will soon be in possession of federal funds which will [...]

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Geothermal Heating & Beebe Lake Cooling to Serve the Cornell Campus

November 12, 2021

Earth Source Heat open house addresses community questions From an Article by Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle, November 11, 2021 Welcome to the Cornell University Borehole Observatory – known as CUBO. An unremarkable gravel parking lot just off campus will soon house one of Cornell’s most important living laboratories. By summer 2022, the university plans to [...]

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American Petroleum Institute Promoting Oil Companies in the Climate Crisis

November 10, 2021
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Natural Gas Industry Not Ready For Environmental Quality Procedures

November 9, 2021

Gas industry faults the permit program meant to encourage extra environmental stewardship From an Article by Laura Legere, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, November 8, 2021 Pennsylvania’s oil and gas regulators are rolling out a voluntary program meant to encourage fracking and pipeline companies to reduce their environmental impact in ways that go far beyond what’s typically [...]

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LISTENING TOUR in Monongalia County — WV Coal Communities Work Group

November 8, 2021

LET’S TALK COMMUNITY ISSUES — Two Hour Discussion HOST: WV House of Delegates, Del. Evan Hansen (D – Monongalia County) SHARE YOUR IDEAS & NEEDS TO HELP REVITALIZE OUR COAL COMMUNITIES Free and Open to the Public — Wednesday, November 10th, 6:30 to 8:30 PM WHERE: Shack Neighborhood House, 537 Blue Horizon Drive, Pursglove, WV [...]

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LISTENING TOUR in Marshall County — WV Coal Communities Work Group

November 7, 2021

LET’S TALK COMMUNITY ISSUES — Two Hour Discussion HOSTS: WV House of Delegates, Del. Charlie Reynolds (R – Marshall) & Del. Lisa Kukoff (D – Marshall) SHARE YOUR IDEAS & NEEDS TO HELP REVITALIZE OUR COAL COMMUNITIES Free and Open to the Public — Tuesday, November 9th, 6:30 to 8:30 PM WHERE: Marshall County Fairgrounds, [...]

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Coastal Offshore Wind Project is Subject to Evaluation in VIRGINIA

November 6, 2021

Dominion Energy offshore wind price tag jumps by nearly $2 billion From an Article by Sarah Vogelsong, Virginia Mercury, November 5, 2021 Dominion Energy revised the price tag of its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project upward to $9.8 billion from an earlier estimate of $8 billion, company executives announced Friday in an investor call. Dominion [...]

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“Responsibly Sourced Gas” (RSG) is Still Natural Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

November 5, 2021

The Problem With Calling Fracked Gas ‘Responsibly Sourced’ From a Report by Ted Auch & Shannon Smith of FracTracker Alliance, DeSmog Blog, November 1, 2021 [DeSmog Blog, 11/1/21] The fracked natural gas industry has never been the most responsible or efficient consumer of resources. Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order [...]

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Utility Size Batteries Perform Essential Roles in the Electrical Grid System

November 4, 2021

Utilities lean on batteries to deliver a growing list of grid services From an Article by David Wagman, PV Magazine, November 1, 2021 Frequency regulation remains the most common use for utility-scale batteries, but other uses, such as ramping, arbitrage, and load following, are becoming more common as more batteries are added to the grid. [...]

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High Capacity Batteries Essential to the Future are Under Development

November 3, 2021

Honeywell, Duke Energy partner on flow battery test project From an Article by Tim Sylvia, PV Magazine, October 26, 2021 A new battery, which uses an electrolyte to convert chemical energy into electricity for storage and deployment, will begin testing in 2022 at Duke Energy’s Emerging Technology and Innovation Center in Mount Holly, North Carolina. [...]

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