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EDITORIAL: Is Atlantic Coast Pipeline still a viable project?
This editorial, written by the Lynchburg News & Advance, and posted to the Free Lance-Star. discusses the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Dominion Energy.
This is an excellent piece. There is an obvious flaw in the article’s title however. The word “still” implies it was once needed. It has only been […]
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Free Lance-Star Editorial: Preserve Ag land for agriculture
This editorial is way off base.
Why should agricultural land be off-limits for solar projects? Solar projects are more environmentally friendly than housing developments. And they are more economically beneficial as they don’t require massive outlays of tax dollars for roads, schools, etc.
Solar farms don’t use massive amounts of water […]
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Gas Pipelines in the Taylorsville Basin- What? No way! OMG!
Pipelines in the Taylorsville Basin? Wherever there are fracking wells, there are pipelines. So, if fracking is allowed in the Taylorsville Basin, there will be pipelines. Didn’t think about that? Probably also didn’t think about how the land will be acquired for the buried pipelines. Think Eminent Domain, where your land […]
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Who really benefits from fracking? You? No, not at all.
The Fossil Fuel industry, their shareholders, their lobbyists, and the state and federal legislators who pass laws that benefit that industry in exchange for campaign contributions. It is definitely not the public. And, given that Congress has seen fit to remove export restrictions for that industry, much of the gas […]
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Fracking – are we nuts?
Fracking releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when it is extracted, when it is shipped to where it will be used, and when it is burned. Global warming is real and we are running out of time to keep it under control. Virtually all climate scientists agree that climate change […]
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Westmoreland sets no-fracking strategy
I applaud the Board of Supervisors (BOS) of Westmoreland County for taking an extremely sound, well-thought-out position. The two step approach should be the model that every County in the Taylorsville Basin follows. And I applaud the FLS Editorial Staff for supporting this decision, stating “We would urge the […]
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Wastewater Disposal Pits – Do they leak? (Of course)
Pits are holes. Frackers dig them to store stuff, most of which you wouldn’t want to drink. So what is a pit?
Pits are used to store drilling fluids and to dispose of wastes generated by drilling operations. Drilling fluids contain toxic materials such as arsenic, mercury, lead, and other toxins. Wastes can contain […]
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