Joe Manchin’s Pyrrhic Victory for the Mountain Valley Pipeline

June 29, 2023

The Folly of Building the Mountain Valley Pipeline From the Article by Ivy Main, Power for the People VA, June 29, 2023 The folly of building the Mountain Valley Pipeline should be obvious to anyone who hasn’t already committed billions of dollars to the project! This spring’s passage of federal legislation raising the debt ceiling [...]

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Two Legal Challenges to Blanket Approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)

June 28, 2023

Environmental and Community Groups Challenge Approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Update Message from Morgan Caplan, Sierra Club Contact, June 27, 2023 RICHMOND, VA — Late Monday, environmental and community organizations filed a response opposing efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice and Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, to dismiss the environmental groups’ pending challenge to [...]

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New Methane Leakage & Repair Standards for Gathering, Transmission & Distribution Pipelines

June 27, 2023

Webinar on New Federal Pipeline Air Pollution Standards on June 29th TO: Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition, June 27, 2023 FROM: CLEAN AIR COUNCIL, Joseph Otis Minott, Esq., Executive Director and Chief Counsel The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is proposing to update methane leakage and repair standards for gas gathering, transmission [...]

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Workshop on Monitoring Pipeline Construction Thru Wetlands & Streams

June 26, 2023

Learn How to Monitor Pipeline Construction and Report Pollution! Invitation from Wild Virginia, WV Rivers Coalition, Appalachian Voices & POWHR, June 25, 2023 As you may know, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by the President, granted the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). As a result, MVP is [...]

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Hydrogen Now Major Topic @ National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

June 25, 2023

Director’s Corner, “Clean Hydrogen” ~ National Energy Technology Laboratory, August 8, 2022 Back in 1783, a French scientist named Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier came up with the name “hydrogen” for one element he is generally credited with discovering. The name is from the Greek hydro meaning “water” and genes meaning “former.” He settled on the name [...]

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David Crane Confirmed as US-DOE Under Secretary for Infrastructure

June 24, 2023

Senate Confirms First-Ever Under Secretary for Infrastructure at Energy Department . . From an Article of Homeland Security Today, June 14, 2023 . . David Crane served as Director of DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and previously was the CEO of Climate Real Impact Solutions. The Senate has now confirmed him by a vote [...]

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Advanced Closed Loop (ACL) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RECOVERY is Under Study in Japan

June 23, 2023

MOECO and Chevron to Explore Advanced Closed Loop Geothermal Pilot in Hokkaido, Japan >>> From the Press Release Published by Business Wire, June 21, 2023 TOKYO — Chevron New Energies Japan GK (Chevron New Energies Japan), a subsidiary of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd (MOECO) today announced execution of definitive agreements [...]

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Carbon Dioxide Storage Underground Raises Many Questions [Expensive]

June 22, 2023

Federally-funded carbon waste disposal projects ignite opposition From an Article of the Oil & Gas Watch Newsletter, June 21, 2023 GRAND ISLE, Louisiana – This barrier island reaches like a spindly crab leg more than 50 miles out into the Mississippi River Delta south of New Orleans, with a row of fishing cabins perched atop [...]

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New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units

June 20, 2023

Federal Register :: New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule SUMMARY: In this document, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing five separate [...]

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Air Pollution in Western Pennsylvania (& Regionally) Needs Attention ASAP

June 19, 2023

Dear Friends & Concerned Citizens ~ Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners recently submitted a minor modification plan approval for its 940 MW gas-fired power plant in South Huntington Township, Westmoreland County. The proposed modifications are to Tenaska’s current Plan Approval permit which will allow it to make changes to how it operates without submitting a new operating [...]

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