Zombie Dirty MVP ‘Reform’ Deal Dies Again (3rd Time) in Senate

December 16, 2022

Oxfam applauds defeat of Senator Manchin’s zombie ‘permitting reform’ deal >> From the News Release of Karelia Pallan, Oxfam News, December 15, 2022 In response to the failure of Senate amendment 6513 to the National Defense Authorization Act, Chelsea Hodgkins, Oxfam America’s Climate Policy Advisor, made the following statement: “We applaud the Senators who stood [...]

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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ~ Tenth Annual Penna. Shale & Public Health Conference (2022)

December 15, 2022

Videos Now Available — Tenth Annual Shale & Public Health Conference >>> From the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, Tenth Shale Conference, November 15 & 16, 2022 We thank those of you who helped organize the conference program, who were our speakers, and who attended the tenth annual Shale & Public Health 2022 conference. The [...]

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Hydrogen is So Elusive, You May Never See It?

December 14, 2022

Much of This Hype for Hydrogen “Energy” is Just Smoke and Mirrors? From an Article by Jim Walsh and Mia DiFelice, Food & Water Watch, December 13, 2022 The recent outpouring of attention and funds for hydrogen just distracts from renewables, while doubling down on pollution. Industry advocates herald hydrogen energy as the “fuel of [...]

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NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR WEST VIRGINIA ~ Combined Cycle NG Power Plant & CO2 Capture

December 13, 2022

Doddridge County Commission approves PILOT for $3 billion CPV project From an Article by Sam Kirk, WBOY News 12, Clarksburg, WV, 12/12/22 WEST UNION (WBOY) — Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a carbon capture energy company that aims to make fossil fuels more environmentally friendly, announced Monday that it is officially bringing a project to Doddridge [...]

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Diversified Energy is Dominating with “Orphaned” Gas Wells

December 12, 2022

Don’t let (leaking) orphaned wells be taxpayers’ problem From a Letter by Jim Kotcon to Dominion Post, Sunday, December 11, 2022 The Nov. 26 article regarding well plugging by Diversified Energy is a welcome turn-around. The article correctly indicated that significant new funding to close orphaned wells is available thanks to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment [...]

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Canada is Banning Single-Use Plastics — Phase 1 Now!

December 11, 2022

Phase 1 of Canada’s single-use plastics ban goes into effect 12/20/22 From an Article by Michael Lee, Canadian Television News, December 9, 2022 Canada’s ban on single-use plastics, starting with the manufacture and import for sale of a number of products, comes into effect later this month on December 20, 2022. The prohibition on several [...]

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HISTORY IS MORE THAN DATES IN TIME, NOW AFFECTING EVERYONE

December 10, 2022

THESE EVENTS HAVE SHAPED OUR LIVES, more events to come ……. December 7, 1941 ~ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor including the USS West Virginia battleship; December 8, 1941 ~ U.S. declares war on the Empire of Japan; December 11, 1941 ~ U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy. Over the course of the war, B-29s [...]

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Sustainability Students Learn to Repair Broken Solar Panels at Cornell Univ.

December 9, 2022

Sustainability students bring dead solar panels back to life From an Article by Blaine Friedlander, Cornell Chronicle, December 7, 2022 Students are using polyurethane, resin, epoxy – and gallons of wit – to give new life to cracked, broken and nonworking solar panels. “We’re refurbishing solar panels and that has probably never been taught in [...]

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The “Dirty Deal” of Senator Manchin Threatens Our Planet

December 8, 2022

Manchin Releases Permitting Text and Urges Colleagues to Support MVP and Permitting Amendment to NDAA From the Appeal of Grace Tuttle, Protect Our Water—Heritage—Rights, December 7, 2022 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the full text of the Building American Energy Security [...]

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? ~ Renono Gas-Fired Power Plant Given +18 Months Extension

December 6, 2022

GROUPS APPEAL PA-DEP’S EXTENSION OF ILLEGAL POWER PLANT AIR PERMIT From the Web Site Blog of the Clean Air Council, Pittsburgh, PA, November 22, 2022 RENOVO, PA ~ The Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and the Center for Biological Diversity have appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large gas-fired power [...]

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