West Virginia Valleys are Home to Climate Events, Chemical Disasters & Other Risks ~ Part 2

November 3, 2022

Safety advocates say EPA proposal won’t protect vulnerable communities like Kanawha Valley from chemical disaster From an Article by Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette Mail, 10/22/22 Losing power ~ One of Maya Nye’s former fellow People Concerned About MIC members, lifelong Institute resident Sue Davis, tired of that effort long ago. Davis, 79, also tired of [...]

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West Virginia Valleys are Home to Climate Events, Chemical Disasters & Other Risks

November 2, 2022

Safety advocates say EPA proposal not enough to protect vulnerable communities like Kanawha Valley from chemical disaster From an Article by Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette Mail, October 22, 2022 Maya Nye felt the boom that changed her life from a mile away. Then a fire truck went down her one-way street announcing that a shelter-in-place [...]

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NORD STREAM 2 PIPELINE STATUS ~ Explosions in Baltic Sea Halt Completion

November 1, 2022

The Question Still Bubbles: Who Blew up a Section of the Nordstream 2 Pipeline? From an Article by Stephen Kinzer, Common Dreams (Responsible Statecraft), October 29, 2022 We may never know who sabotaged Nordstream 2. This wasn’t the first, nor likely the last casualty of fierce geopolitical conflict. Two stunning explosions deep below the Baltic [...]

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CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT ~ Countdown to COP27 (11/7 to 11/18/22)

October 31, 2022

Welcome to the October 2022 edition of Reality Now. From The Climate Reality Project of Al Gore, et al., October 31, 2022 What an October it was! Earlier this month, we hosted 24 Hours of Reality: Spotlight on Solutions and Hope, a global day celebrating action and solutions that we can use in our fight [...]

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Comments on Marcellus Shale Well Pads in Monongalia County, WV

October 30, 2022

Permit Review, WV DEP, October 5, 2022 ATTN: Wade Stansberry, Environmental Resources Specialist, Office of Oil and Gas, WV. Department of Environmental Protection, 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston WV Re: Permit Number: 061-01914, Well Number: Dolls Run 1H, County: Monongalia, Operator: Northeast Natural Energy For many years, two separate households of friends who live in [...]

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Influenza Viruses Affecting Birds & Spreading Wildly, Incl. H5N1

October 29, 2022

Migration of millions of birds brings ‘unprecedented’ avian flu threat From an Article by Katharine Gammon, The Guardian UK, October 10, 2022 The H5N1 virus strain, first detected in Europe, has spread rapidly across the country, and with no vaccine available, options are limited. Ever year during the fall migration season, 5.4 million waterfowl descend [...]

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UNITED NATIONS REPEATS WARNINGS: Climate Change is a True Crisis Now

October 28, 2022

Climate change: No ‘credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit, UNEP warns From the United Nations News, October 26, 2022 . . There’s “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place” today, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) insisted in a new report, despite legally binding promises made at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference to prevent average temperatures rising [...]

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So Much Unknown About Blue & Green Hydrogen Projects!

October 27, 2022

Is hydrogen fuel worse for the climate than coal? It all depends on how it’s made From an Article by Courtney Bernhardt, EIP, Oil & Gas Watch, October 22, 2022 Often touted as essential to the transition to a climate-friendly economy, the use of hydrogen as a “clean” fuel is receiving a lot of attention. [...]

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Guide to Environmental Health in Southwestern Pennsylvania

October 26, 2022

SW Pennsylvania has long been home to industries that substantially impact the environment and human health From an Article by Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News, October 24, 2022 A guide to environmental health in southwestern Pennsylvania Our zip codes are more important than our genetic codes in predicting our overall health and lifespans. Pittsburgh and [...]

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PART 2 ~ West Virginia Attorney General Facing Off WV Environmental Group Lawyers

October 25, 2022

WV environmental groups press case challenging DEP water quality certification for Mountain Valley Pipeline From an Article by Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette, WV, October 20, 2022 The Mountain Valley Pipeline has been delayed for years by legal and regulatory challenges, driving up project costs and fueling doubts that it will ever be completed. Two of [...]

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