New Algae Blooms Suffocating Chesapeake Crabs
Dramatic blooms of algae are choking the Chesapeake Bay and killing crabs and fish.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 08/09/2008
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"4th Circuit Freezes Key Mountain Valley Pipeline Approval"
"The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed yesterday to pause developers' use of a streamlined water permit for the Mountain Valley pipeline, dealing another setback for a multibillion-dollar project beset by years of delays and cost overruns."
Source: E&E News, 11/11/2020
"Another Delay, Cost Increase for the Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"The Mountain Valley Pipeline has once again pushed its completion date back and the project cost up."
Source: Roanoke Times, 11/06/2020
Unsealed Docs Show Union Carbide Leaked Toxics Into Creek For Years
"Newly unsealed court documents provide additional evidence that chemical giant Union Carbide Corp. failed to report the presence of a toxic dumping site in South Charleston that has been leaking hazardous substances into nearby Davis Creek."
Source: WV Public Broadcasting, 10/16/2020
"Trump’s ‘Frack’ Attack on Biden Seems to Be Falling Short"
"During the Democratic presidential primaries, James T. Kunz, who leads the operating engineers union in Western Pennsylvania, worried the party would choose a nominee determined to cripple the natural gas industry that has boosted the livelihoods of thousands of fellow Pennsylvanians."
Source: NYTimes, 10/14/2020
"Work on Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Resume, FERC Rules"
"Mountain Valley Pipeline was given another two years Friday to complete a natural gas pipeline already marked by six years of community opposition, environmental damage, legal fights and delays."
Source: Roanoke Times, 10/14/2020
Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide
When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.
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Drilling Permits Cancelled For Underground Natural Gas Storage Project
"Ohio environmental regulators have canceled key permits needed for an underground natural gas liquids storage facility proposed along the Ohio River."
Source: WVPB, 09/30/2020
PA Emergency Chief Says He Couldn’t Evacuate Everyone In Pipeline Leak
"Delaware County’s emergency operations director said Tuesday that authorities would not be able to quickly evacuate everyone within half a mile of a major leak from any of the Mariner East pipelines, but acknowledged that their builder, Sunoco, has attempted to educate the public about how to detect any leak and how to react to it."
Source: NPR, 09/30/2020
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