First-of-its-kind Facility on East Coast Would Hurt Chesapeake and Hasten Nearby Fracking
WASHINGTON, DC- A coalition of local, regional, and national groups are objecting to the environmental impacts posed by the proposed Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Chesapeake Bay, saying the project would hurt the Bay’s economy and ecology, increase air pollution, and hasten fracking and drilling in neighboring states.
Take Action! Keep Fracking out of George Washington National Forest!
Our National Forests were set aside to protect drinking water for American citizens and to provide a playground for us to hunt, fish, camp, hike, bike and to enjoy natural places.
We need your help to protect healthy forests and drinking water in Virginia and West Virginia by keeping a proposed ban on natural gas fracking on the George Washington National Forest.
In an effort to challenge what they call the next threat to America’s energy independence, environmental health, and family economics, a coalition of environmental organizations has filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy challenging a proposal that would allow the Dominion Cove Point LNG facility to export natural gas to non-Free Trade Agreement countries, many in Asia and the Middle East.
On May 5th, 2011, I took flight from the Cumberland Regional Airport to do an activity assessment of the permitted Marcellus Shale Gas wells in the Potomac River Basin of West Virginia. There were eight sites total to observe, but due to weather conditions and time, only 6 sites were located and observed.
My pilot, John Lawton from Ohio, flew a modified Cessna 172E. The flight took approximately 2 hours and covered 219 miles. The flight was arranged with the organization Light Hawk.
This just in from our friends at the Shenandoah Valley Netowrk: horizontal drilling and fracking has been prohibited in the George Washington National Forest, which houses the entire headwater network of streams supplying the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, and a major portion of the headwaters of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
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Take Action! Keep Fracking out of George Washington National Forest!
This just in from our friends at the Shenandoah Valley Netowrk: horizontal drilling and fracking has been prohibited in the George Washington National Forest, which houses the entire headwater network of streams supplying the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, and a major portion of the headwaters of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. 
