CLIMATE CRISIS PREVAILS ~ Time to End Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Lands (& Elsewhere)

September 4, 2022

Green Groups Want Ruling on Wyoming Fossil Fuel Leases to Embolden Biden From an Article by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, September 2, 2022 A coalition of 21 green groups on Friday welcomed a U.S. judge’s ruling rejecting a challenge by Wyoming and the fossil fuel industry to the Biden administration not holding oil and gas [...]

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Dominion Sells HOPE GAS and Plans for Wind Turbines in Virginia

September 3, 2022

Dominion sells West Virginia gas operation From an Article by David Ress, Richmond Times Dispatch, September 2, 2022 Dominion Energy this week sold its West Virginia gas utility, Hope Gas, for $690 million. The buyer is Ullico Inc., a labor union-owned insurance and investment company. Dominion will use proceeds to pay off some of its [...]

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Residents Oppose Second Brine Injection Well in Pittsburgh’s Plum Suburb

September 2, 2022

Residents who say a first well polluted groundwater oppose EPA permit From an Article by Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front, STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA, September 1, 2022 A Westmoreland County company is asking the EPA to approve a second fracking waste injection well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum. It would be a few hundred feet [...]

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SILICA DUST is SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) ~ Health Risk in Coal Mining and Marcellus Shale Fracking

September 1, 2022

Action needed on silica dust to curb black lung From an Opinion Editorial, Charleston Gazette Mail, August 30, 2022 It was a small remark. You could’ve almost missed it. Many probably did. A little less than two weeks ago, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was in a roundtable discussion in Charleston, surrounded by supporters of the [...]

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New ‘Hope’ for Natural Gas in Northcentral West Virginia — More GHG!

August 31, 2022

New Hope Gas utility owner plans better distribution system, more economic development From an Article by Mike Nolting, WV MetroNews, August 29, 2022 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — This year’s $690 million sale of Hope Gas, Inc., to Hearthstone Utilities, Inc., is expected to create jobs and leverage the price and supply of natural gas for economic [...]

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Shell Cracker Virtual Community Meeting Now (8/31/2022)

August 30, 2022

SHELL CRACKER VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING Wednesday, August 31, 2022 ~ 6 – 7 PM Shell’s big petrochemical plant is nearing its operation phase. They are holding a virtual community meeting on Wednesday. JOIN THE ~ Shell Virtual Community Meeting to share your concerns and questions regarding health issues, light pollution, nurdles, smells, monitoring, and other [...]

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Only 160 Orphan Oil & Gas Wells in West Virginia to be Plugged for $25 Million

August 29, 2022

Some $25 million infrastructure funds set to plug ‘orphan’ wells in state From an Article by Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, August 27, 2022 West Virginia will receive $25 million to plug, remediate and reclaim 160 orphaned wells throughout the state. The funding was made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act through [...]

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Infrastructure Money Going to 24 States to Plug Abandoned Gas Wells!

August 28, 2022

West Virginia to get money to clean up oil & gas wells From an Article of WTRF News 7 (Associated Press), Wheeling, WV, August 26, 2022 The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority derelict oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land, the department [...]

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Carole King says Preservation Needed for Old Growth Forests & Public Lands

August 27, 2022

It Costs Nothing to Leave Our Trees as They Are From an Article by Carole King, Opinion Editorial, New York Times, August 25, 2022 Ms. King is a singer, songwriter, author and environmental advocate. My career as a songwriter began in Manhattan, not far from where I was born. When I moved to Los Angeles [...]

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Part 3. Democracy Dies in Darkness ~ MVP Deal ‘left us to burn’

August 26, 2022

Appalachian & Indigenous Pipeline Foes Oppose MVP Climate Deal From an Article by Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, August 23, 2022 The project is now years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Natalie Cox, a spokeswoman for Mountain Valley Pipeline said in a statement that “MVP is being recognized as a critical infrastructure project [...]

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