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Despite Their Promises, Giant Energy Companies Burn Away Vast Amounts of Natural Gas
This NY Times article discusses how energy companies are wasting natural gas, burning it away.
When leaders from Exxon Mobil and BP gathered last month with other fossil-fuel executives to declare they were serious about climate change, they cited progress in curbing an […]
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The Next Standing Rock Is Everywhere
This New Republic article discusses the next Standing Rock protest will be everywhere. The fight to stave off pipeline projects across the country is being led by tribal nations and marginalized communities. It’s time to listen to them before it’s too late.
There won’t be another Standing Rock.
At its height, the […]
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DeSmogBlog, September 28, 2019
This week’s articles:
Greta’s UN Climate Summit Speech Successfully Predicted More Business as Usual From World Leaders
New York City Climate Strike in Photos
Another Virtual Pipeline Truck Carrying Fracked Gas Crashes in New York. Local Climate Advocates […]
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Articles on David Koch, Climate Change Denier
This NY Times opinion piece discusses David Koch – the ultimate climate change denier. How a playboy billionaire built a political army to defend his fossil fuel empire.
This NY Times article discusses David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79. A man-about-town philanthropist, he and his […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline – 3 articles
This article discusses why environmental groups are seeking a total halt to work on Mountain Valley Pipeline. A voluntary suspension of work on parts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline does not adequately protect endangered species, environmentalists say in their latest legal strike against the besieged project.
This Virginia Mercury
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OIL LOBBYIST TOUTS SUCCESS IN EFFORT TO CRIMINALIZE PIPELINE PROTESTS, LEAKED RECORDING SHOWS
This The Intercept article discusses how oil lobbyists bragged about getting laws passed to criminalize pipeline protests.
In an audio recording obtained by The Intercept, the group concedes that it has been playing a role behind the scenes in crafting laws recently passed in states across the country to criminalize […]
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Standing Rock Asks Court to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline as Company Plans to Double Capacity
This Inside Climate News article discusses the attempt to get the courts to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. Several of the Democrats running for president are now pledging to revoke permits for both the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines if elected.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking […]
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Warning Letters to Dominion for the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines
This warning letter was issued to Dominion Energy because of unsafe practices in laying pipelines for both the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines. It was issued by Robert Burrough, Director, Eastern Region, of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. It is another example of the vendors not […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline
This Sierra Club article discusses a new lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The petition for review of the project was filed with the Fourth […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline – 2 articles
This Blue Virginia article discusses the Mountain Valley Pipeline and an “Emergency Authorization” request to prevent a life threatening landslide. In July, this bloated corporate criminal – MVP is under criminal investigation by the U. S. Attorney’s Office in Roanoke – sent out a crew to survey a portion […]
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