2022 U. S. Energy & Employment Report (USEER) ~ Pittsburgh

June 29, 2022

Allegheny County Statement on Release of 2022 US Energy and Employment Report, June 28, 2022 PITTSBURGH – County Executive Rich Fitzgerald issued the following statement regarding the release of the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), an annual study which tracks employment trends across the energy sector and within key energy technologies: “The USEER [...]

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SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS ~ “Turning Bad News Into Good News”

June 28, 2022

Global Warming: Why the problem is worse – and solutions simpler – than you thought From an Article by Douglas Fischer, Environmental Health News, June 22, 2022 How do you cut through the fog around climate change and get to a solution? Noted ecologist John Harte offers a fresh take on the dire topic of [...]

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Biodiversity Decline and the Climate Crisis can be Tackled Together

June 27, 2022

‘Biodiversity loss is humanity’s greatest threat’ From an Article Translated by Johanna Thompson, German DW.com, June 21, 2022 Talks are currently underway in Kenya on a new international treaty to tackle dramatic species loss. What exactly is at stake? Here’s what you need to know. Of the estimated 8 million animal, fungi and plant species [...]

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Case No. 20-1530, West Virginia v. E.P.A., Breaking New Ground at the US Supreme Court

June 26, 2022

The Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action From the Article of BeyondKona, Hawaii, June 25, 2022 At the end of the first full Supreme Court term with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in place, liberal Justice Stephen G. Breyer said he was amazed — and not in [...]

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LINKS BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE and WOMENS HEALTH & RIGHTS

June 25, 2022

The LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE and SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH and RIGHTS AN EVIDENCE REVIEW ~ Angie Dazé and Clare Church, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), January 2021 We know that a gender-equal world would be wealthier, healthier, more peaceful, and more productive. We also know that to realize that vision and reap the [...]

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$8 BILLION D.O.E. PROGRAM ~ Development of “H2 Hubs” to Promote Hydrogen Fuel

June 24, 2022

Some hydrogen projects are dirtier than others ~ brown, blue & green From an Article by Justine Calma, The Verge, June 7, 2022 PHOTO in ARTICLE ~ A new plant in Puertollano, Spain, will be Europe’s largest production site for green hydrogen for industrial use. The Department of Energy kicked off a new $8 billion [...]

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Tappan Lake in Ohio at Risk in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District

June 23, 2022

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District: Making money at the expense of our environment Article written by Randi Pokladnik, PhD, Tappan Lake, Uhrichsville, OH Yellowstone National Park in Montana experienced massive flooding last week. “Water devoured roads, swept away bridges, isolated entire towns and shut down one of America’s busiest parks.” The flooding was blamed on a [...]

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LNG Terminal Proposed on Delaware River, South of Philadelphia Airport

June 22, 2022

Major export terminal pitched in Chester sets up clash between Biden’s LNG, environmental justice goals From an Article by Susan Phillips, Allegheny Front, June 15, 2022 Plans for a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and export terminal in Chester along the Delaware River have quietly been shopped around to current and former elected officials [...]

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HISTORY OF OIL & GAS INDUSTRY ~ The Early Days in West Virginia

June 21, 2022

History of West Virginia Mineral Industries — Oil and Gas From an Article by Jane R. Eggleston, West Virginia Geology, Updated in September 1996 Long before the arrival of European settlers, it is believed that the Native Americans recognized and perhaps used as a fuel source the “burning springs” and outflows of petroleum on the [...]

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INDEPENDENCE HALL, Wheeling, WV ~ Birthplace of WV on June 20, 1863

June 20, 2022

Birthplace of West Virginia Governor Pierpont used this building as his office during the time of the “Restored Government of Virginia.” It was at his east window that he composed the telegram to President Lincoln urging him to sign the bill for West Virginia statehood. In December 1862, President Lincoln received the statehood bill for [...]

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