MVP Comment Period for EIS Extended by US Forest Service to February 21st

February 4, 2023

USDA Forest Service Mountain Valley Pipeline and Equitrans Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Update >> From the USDA Forest Service (forestservice@public.govdelivery.com), February 3, 2023 In December of 2022 we informed you that the Forest Service’s Mountain Valley Pipeline Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) was available. The USDA Forest Service (FS) had prepared a DSEIS to [...]

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Put MVP on ICE! Support the CCAN Polar Bear Plunge @ National Harbor!

February 3, 2023

Take the Polar Bear Plunge on Sat. Feb. 11th. SIGN UP NOW! From the Invitation of Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, February 1, 2023 Fighting dangerous fossil fuel projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is tough work, I’ll admit it. This year we’re fighting harder than ever to make sure fossil fuels stay [...]

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Groundhog Day Webinar: WV Rivers Discusses the Mountain Valley Pipeline

February 2, 2023

West Virginia Rivers Coalition on the MVP >>> Received on January 31 at 8:41 AM Make sure you join us Thursday, February 2nd, for a special #GroundhogsDay webinar on the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Right now, there are two permits from federal agencies pending approval and you have the opportunity to comment! Learn how you can [...]

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The Largest Owner of Oil & Gas Wells (Diversified Energy) Could Go Bankrupt

February 1, 2023

Diversified Energy’s liabilities exceed its assets — Will public wind up paying to plug its ~ 70,000 wells? From an Article by Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News, January 26, 2023 PITTSBURGH — Diversified Energy Company, the largest owner of oil and gas wells in the country, might abandon up to 70,000 oil and gas wells [...]

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BIG BREAKFAST ~ Blueberry Pancakes, Sausage & Maple Syrup — w/ Coffee

January 31, 2023

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Maple syrup season approaches – but for how much longer? From the Opinion Editorial of Rebecca Phillips, Parkersburg News & Sentinel, January 21, 2023 If you are like me, you look forward to each year’s maple syrup crop. After tasting the real thing, the artificially flavored and colored substance that passes [...]

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COLUMBIA MAGAZINE ~ Can the World’s Religions Help Save Us from Ecological Peril? Part 2

January 30, 2023

A spiritual connection to nature is essential for environmental recovery From the Article “Sacred Trees, Holy Waters” in Columbia Magazine, Winter Edition 2022 – 2023 Kareena Gore, who is from Tennessee, grew up immersed in American politics. Her grandfather, Albert Gore, was a US senator, and her father, Albert Gore Jr., was a US senator [...]

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COLUMBIA MAGAZINE ~ Can the World’s Religions Help Save Us from Ecological Peril? Part 1

January 29, 2023

A spiritual connection to nature is essential for environmental recovery From the Article “Sacred Trees, Holy Waters” in Columbia Magazine, Winter Edition 2022 – 2023 On the morning that Hurricane Ian approached southwest Florida with 155-mile-per-hour winds and a twelve-foot storm surge, Karenna Gore ’00LAW, ’13UTS stood at a lectern in Brooklyn Borough Hall and [...]

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United Nations Foundation Seeks to Protect Species Diversity Globally

January 28, 2023

Biodiversity Explained: Facts, Myths, and the Race to Protect It From the Blog Article by M. J. Altman, United Nations Foundation, January 4, 2023 Biodiversity is the interconnectedness of all forms of life on our planet — is in jeopardy as ecosystems and habitats degrade and disappear. On the heels of a landmark global agreement [...]

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Projects Aim to Remove CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Directly from the Atmosphere

January 27, 2023

Direct air carbon capture sets up shop in the oilfields of Texas From the Article by Ari Phillips, Oil and Gas Watch, January 24, 2023 A subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum is planning to build the world’s largest plant designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air in the oil and gas fields of [...]

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Alphabet of Climate Change from A to Z, Now “Z” for Zero

January 26, 2023

“Z” = Zero …… Lake Mead as Ground Zero of Ground Zero! >>> From a Compilation of Articles by Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker Magazine, 11/28/22 Not long ago, I rented a car in Las Vegas and drove out to Hoover Dam. There I signed up for a tour that began with an educational video. Construction [...]

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