Rose Abramoff & Others Risk Felony Charges ~ Chained to MVP Pipeline

September 10, 2023

US climate scientist risks felony arrest by chaining herself to pipeline drill From the Article by Emma Pattee, The Guardian, September 8, 2023 Virginia state police arrest one of two protesters who chained themselves to equipment at a construction site for the Mountain Valley pipeline on 5 September 2023. Photograph: Jay Mallin/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock Two [...]

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Obstacles to Marcellus LNG Transport on Delaware River (PA, NJ, DE)

September 9, 2023

Another blow to plan for LNG export terminal in South Jersey From the Article by Jon Hurdle, New Jersey Spotlight News, September 8, 2023 The plan to build New Jersey’s first liquefied natural gas export terminal at Gibbstown on the Delaware River was dealt another blow when a federal agency suspended a rule that would [...]

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Explosion in Plum Boro near Pittsburgh Destroys Three Houses (Six Dead)

September 8, 2023

Allegheny County Fire Marshal Updates Plum House Explosion Investigation News from Amie Downs, Director of Communications, Allegheny County, PA, September 8, 2023 PITTSBURGH – The Allegheny County Fire Marshal (ACFM) today provided an update on its investigation into the August 12, 2023 Plum house explosion. As lead investigator, ACFM will determine origin and cause upon [...]

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Omnis Technologies Offers Surprising Plan for Pleasants Power Station

September 6, 2023

Omnis Fuel Technologies to Invest $800 Million in Pleasants County Power Plant From the Announcement of the Office of Governor, State of West Virginia, August 30, 2023 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that Omnis Fuel Technologies will invest $800 million in the Pleasants Power Plant and create an estimated 600 [...]

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Black Lung Disease Still Prominent Among Coal Miners

September 5, 2023

Federal Black Lung Fix Not Too Soon: thousands of coal miners sick and dying Article by Howard Berkes, Public Health Watch and Justin Hicks, Louisville Public Media, August 31st, 2023 Danny Smith spent just 12 years mining coal and was diagnosed with advanced black lung disease at 39. Photo by Elaine McMillion Sheldon/PBS Frontline The [...]

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Methane (CH4) Pollution is Now a Major GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG)

September 3, 2023

Appalachia is Likely the Largest Source of Methane Emissions in the US From the Article by Eric de Place and Julia Stone, Ohio River Valley Institute, August 17, 2023 If it were its own country, Appalachia would be the third-largest producer of natural gas in the world, behind only Russia and the rest of the [...]

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LOE: Living on Earth with Hurricanes & Tornadoes

September 2, 2023

U.S. Primed for Climate Troubles From PRX Broadcast “Living on Earth” for Week of September 1, 2023 BACKGROUND ~ When dry air from the Rocky Mountains combines with moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, severe weather can brew. Because of its unique geography, the United States is particularly vulnerable to nearly every kind of [...]

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Residual Waste from Marcellus Shale Development Contains Brine and Radioactive Elements

September 1, 2023

WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS IN MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA From the Report by Resources For The Future, June 27, 2013 Preliminary Conclusions Regarding Wastewater from Marcellus Shale Gas Development Listed Here: • High chemical concentrations are observed pre- treatment, emphasizing need for effective treatment. • When barium is detected (92% of samples), median concentration is [...]

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Marcellus Drilling Industry is Politically Super-Sensitive

August 31, 2023

REALLY? ~ “SWPA Republican Rep. Sells Out, Turns Against Marcellus Industry” Summary Article from the Marcellus Drilling News, August 25, 2023 “We’re naming names. Pennsylvania State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican from Fayette County) has turned against the Marcellus industry. She is introducing legislation that would ban drilling new wastewater injection wells in the state, [...]

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Oil & Gas Well Dilemma Continues as More Wells are Being Drilled in WV, etc.

August 30, 2023

Numbers don’t add up for Appalachia’s largest gas & oil well owner or WV’s well inspectors From an Article by Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette, April 30, 2022 All is often not well when wells end. In 2020, Carbon Tracker, a London-based think tank researching climate change impacts on financial markets, estimated the costs of plugging [...]

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