Frack Gas Vents & Leaks Result in Increased Ozone Pollution and Asthma

July 27, 2022

EPA fines Colorado gas processor $3.25 million for leaks From an Article by Michael Booth, Colorado Sun, July 25, 2022 DCP Operating Company LP settles with federal and state officials over allegations of failing to detect gases contributing to Front Range ozone. This Colorado natural gas processor will pay a $3.25 million fine in a [...]

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“Blue is the New Green” [What Colors are Coal, Frack Gas & Hydrogen?]

July 26, 2022

WEST VIRGINIA CENTER ON CLIMATE CHANGE Presents …. “Blue Is The New Green” >>> From the Invitation by Haley Paul, WV Center on Climate Change, July 20, 2022 Mother Earth is cooking, and she needs our help! So, we apologetically intrude into your e-mail inbox with a last-minute reminder: Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, from [...]

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Allegheny Council Bans Fracking in County Parks Over Executive Veto

July 25, 2022

Fracking ban impact on Allegheny County parks From an Article by Chandi Chapman, Pittsburgh Action 4 News, July 20, 2022 MONROEVILLE, Pa. — Allegheny County Councilman At-Large Sam DeMarco said a bill that bans fracking at county parks doesn’t make an impact since there are no future fracking projects planned, but council member Olivia Bennett [...]

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COVID-19 in Morgantown & West Virginia ~ Uggggh!

July 24, 2022

COVID-19 on the rise, but by how much? EDITORIAL in The Morgantown Dominion Post, July 21, 2022 Regular readers may have noticed the DP newspaper no longer display COVID-19 case numbers on the front page, nor do we include vaccine/testing information on A-2. The explanation for the latter is the simplest, so we’ll start there. [...]

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WEST VIRGINIA GROUPS FRUSTRATED BY SENATOR MANCHIN DELAYING ACTION ON CLIMATE CRISIS

July 23, 2022

West Virginians Disturbed by Senator Manchin Delaying Action on Climate Press Release from Gary Zuckett, WV Citizen Action & Morgan King, WV Rivers Coalition, July 15, 2022 Charleston, W.Va.– Senator Joe Manchin announced that he wants to delay a plan to use the money that wealthy corporations owe to pay for desperately needed projects to [...]

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Bitcoin Mining Next to Farm Creates Excess Buzz for Chickens, et al.

July 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency “mining” brings noise pollution to rural Penna. From an Article by Anne Danahy, Allegheny Front (WPSU), July 13, 2022 It’s quiet outside the afternoon Amanda Balon is walking around her family’s scenic 80-acre farm in Ridgway Township in northcentral Pennsylvania. “This is our high tunnel area,” said Balon, co-owner of Big Maple Family Farm [...]

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FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Executive Actions on Climate ~ Extreme Heat and Offshore Wind

July 21, 2022

New Actions to Accelerate Clean Energy, Create Jobs, and Lower Costs From the Announcement, White House, U. S. Government, Washington, DC, July 20, 2022 President Biden now emphasizes that climate change is a clear and present danger to the United States. Since Congress is not acting on this emergency, President Biden will. In the coming [...]

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EUROPE in CRISIS ~ Record-Setting Heat Conditions and Wild Forest Fires

July 20, 2022

Extreme heat breaks temperature records across Europe From a News Broadcast of DW News, Germany, July 19, 2022 The United Kingdom on Tuesday provisionally recorded its hottest-ever temperature reading, with the mercury rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time. A temperature of 40.2 C was recorded at London Heathrow shortly [...]

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ZOOM WEBINAR ~ Environmental Health Project Asks Who is Protecting the Public Health in Penna.

July 19, 2022

Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It From the Environmental Health Project, McMurray, PA, July 17, 2022 WEBINAR on PUBLIC HEALTH in the SHALE GAS BOOM, Thursday, July 21st @ NOON On Thursday, July 21, Noon-1 p.m., HealthFirstPa and the Environmental Health [...]

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Avoid the Keystone XL Pipeline if Possible! Understand, … Finally!

July 18, 2022

The “Keystone Pipeline” won’t make gas any cheaper From an Essay by Ted Williams, Writers on the Range, July 17, 2022 ”A report that the Biden administration is weighing greater imports of Canadian oil is putting a renewed focus on the canceled Keystone XL pipeline and whether it would have made any difference with today’s [...]

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