UPDATE ~ Crushed Coal Spill (4500 tons) into Buckhannon River

August 18, 2023

Buckhannon River Coal Spill: Updates and Follow Up From an Article by Martin Christ, WVDEP Northern Basin Coordinator, WV Watershed Network, August 2023 On Sunday, July 16, WVDEP Stream Partners VISTA Jessica Bryzek was meeting people for a float trip on the Buckhannon River. At Hampton, a site just upstream from the City of Buckhannon, [...]

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Sen. Joe Manchin Vows ‘unrelenting fight’ Against US Climate Law(s)

August 17, 2023

WV Senator Manchin calls his Inflation Reduction Act, hailed as ‘biggest step on climate crisis’, a ‘radical agenda’ From an Article by Richard Luscombe and Martin Pengelly, The Guardian UK, August 16, 2023 The Democratic West Virginia senator Joe Manchin marked the first anniversary of a major US climate crisis law he helped pass by [...]

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Multiple Homes Damaged in Deadly Natural Gas Explosion in Plum Area, East of Pittsburgh

August 16, 2023

Natural gas leaks found in Plum’s Regency Park neighborhood following fatal Rustic Ridge blast . . From an Article by Brian C. Rittmeyer, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, August 15, 2023 . . The cause of Saturday’s explosion at 141 Rustic Ridge Drive remains under investigation. Five people were killed: Michael Thomas, Plum’s borough manager; Heather Oravitz, [...]

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Explosion & Fire at Wheeling Area Well Pad Burns to Employees

August 15, 2023

Explosion at Ohio County WV well pad sends two to hospital, prompts emergency response From an Article by Gianna Dapra, WTOV News 9, August 14, 2023 OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — Two people were hospitalized after a tank exploded on a well pad in Ohio County. Around 11 p.m. Sunday, a loud bang caught the attention [...]

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Western Pennsylvania Cancer Study Report Set For Tuesday (8/15/23)

August 14, 2023

Overdue Cancer Study Report Ready for Presentation . . Notice from Environmental Health Project, Southwestern Pennsylvania, August 10, 2023 . . At a public meeting on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health scientists will present the results of studies exploring health impacts of human exposure to environmental [...]

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U. S. Planning Large Scale Carbon Dioxide Capture Directly from the Atmosphere

August 13, 2023

$1.2 billion program a first for controversial strategy for fighting climate crisis From an Article by Robert F. Service, AAAS Science Magazine, August 11, 2023 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will spend $1.2 billion for two pioneering facilities—one in Texas, the other in Louisiana—that will remove millions of tons of carbon [...]

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ALERT ~ Halliburton Loophole Dumps Harmful Chemicals into Our World

August 12, 2023

Recording Available: Unregulated Fracking Chemicals and the Halliburton Loophole Greetings from Kevin Richardson, Halt the Harm Network, 8/10/23 The recording for “Fracking Through the Cracks: The Halliburton Loophole & Unregulated Chemicals in Fracking” is now available on Halt the Harm’s network. Some 30 Tractor Trailer Loads of Chemicals Hidden in Industry Data At the webinar, [...]

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EPA Addressing Dangers of Toxic Emissions from Plastic Waste Recycling

August 11, 2023

EPA Reverses Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling . . From an Article by James Bruggers, Inside Climate News, June 3, 2023 . . Affirming long-standing incineration regulations, the Biden administration has withdrawn a plan to help ease the way for unchecked pyrolysis and gasification of plastic. Reversing its a Trump-era [...]

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Planting a Billion Trees Can be Daunting ~ Which Varieties Count?

August 10, 2023

U.S. Forest Service Plan to Plant More Than a Billion Trees Limited by Lack of Seedlings, Study Finds From an Article by Cristen Jaynes, EcoWatch News, August 1, 2023 In order to fulfill the ambition of the United States federal government’s REPLANT Act, the U.S. Forest Service has funds available to plant more than a [...]

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HALT THE HARM ~ Let’s Put The Halliburton Loopholes Behind Us

August 9, 2023

Halt The Harm Network, The Halliburton Loopholes Are Bad News Hosted by Halt the Harm, Wednesday, August 9th, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Fracking Through the Cracks: The Halliburton Loophole & Unregulated Chemicals in Fracking Hello! To join the event, please register here. ​Join us for a discussion with Vivian Underhill and Gary Allison on [...]

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