“Business As Usual” Must Remain Regardless of the Cost?

July 20, 2023

Do Carbon Dioxide Offsets Offer Climate Salvation? From an Essay by Ivy Main, Power for the People, July 20, 2023 In medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic church encouraged sinners to get square with God by performing good works and acts of charity. Since both of these might require spending money, some resourceful church leaders streamlined [...]

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RE: WASHINGTON D.C. RALLY ON SAFETY RISKS OF MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPE

July 19, 2023

Those Directly Affected by Degraded Coating on the MVP Pipe Segments and Experts Will Rally at PHMSA >>> News Release from Maury Johnson and Roberta Bondurant, Preserve Bent Mountain, July 18, 2023 WHO: Residents along the right of way of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in WV and VA, and supporters WHAT: Rally outside PHMSA (Pipeline [...]

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To Say the State of West Virginia is a Political Operation is an Understatement

July 16, 2023

New West Virginia Office of Energy director brings plenty of experience in the industry From an Article by Jarett Lewis, WV Metro News, July 15, 2023 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Office of Energy has its new director. Governor Jim Justice announced Thursday that Nick Preservati has been hired as the new director of [...]

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Virginia Governor Continues to Oppose RGGI Climate Action

July 15, 2023

Gov. Youngkin Intends to Remove Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative this Year! From an Article by Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury, July 13, 2023 Virginia is closer to withdrawing from a regional carbon market at the end of the year following Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s completion of a review of new regulations aimed at removing [...]

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Should Vendors & Commercial Activities Invade our West Virginia State Parks?

July 14, 2023

WV-DNR Public Lands Survey Still Taking Comments >> Alert Notice from the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, July 12, 2023 As we discussed in last month’s Public Lands News, the State has rejected all the private RV park proposals for the Cacapon Resort State Park. Local folks and West Virginians statewide went to meetings, signed petitions, [...]

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Mother Earth News FAIR & D. I. Y. WORKSHOPS ~ Erie, PA ~ July 15 & 16

July 13, 2023

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WHEN TO RESPOND TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS?

July 13, 2023

NOW is the Second Best Time to Act on Climate Essay Submitted by Eric Engle, Charleston Gazette, July 13, 2023 . . The hottest days on Earth dating back approximately 125,000 years have all occurred in the recent week between July 4 and July 10, according to data from the University of Maine’s Climate Change [...]

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ALERT ~ Frack Gas Well Blowing After Accident in Eastern Ohio ~ 450 Residents Evacuated

July 12, 2023

Gas released from well in Ohio Valley; 450 people evacuated From a News Flash by John Lynch, WTRF News 7, Wheeling, on July 11, 2023 (WTRF) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Tuesday the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management is responding to a natural gas release [...]

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Halted in Jefferson National Forest by U. S. Fourth Circuit Court

July 11, 2023

Federal Court Stops Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline in National Forest From an Article by Laurence Hammack, Roanoke Times, July 10, 2023 The federal appeals court has ordered the Mountain Valley Pipeline not to resume construction in the Jefferson National Forest. Late Monday afternoon, a three-judge panel of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued [...]

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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Successful But Who Cares in Virginia?

July 10, 2023

Shortsighted RGGI repeal effort leaves Virginians in harm’s way From an Article by Rebecca R. Rubin, Virginia Mercury, July 3, 2023 RGGI’s track record clearly demonstrates we need not choose between clean air, affordable electricity and a strong economy. In June, Virginians were inundated with smoke from wildfires that have been raging across Canada and [...]

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