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We’re Hiring!

By Ryan Clover / September 16, 2013

Join our team!  We are currently accepting resumes for a full-time Community Advocate. Applicants must possess a Juris Doctorate Degree with a certificate or experience in environmental law, be enthusiastic…

Yough Water Quality Info Available on Swim Guide

By Krissy Kasserman / September 9, 2013

Through our comprehensive water quality monitoring program, we are documenting baseline water quality throughout the watershed.  We sample quarterly for several different parameters, one of which is E. coli.  E.…

Ground Truth Sleuthing

By Ryan Clover / August 22, 2013

People volunteering with our Marcellus Citizen Stewardship Project (MCSP) are ‘ground truth’ sleuths
or aspiring ones anyway.  What is ground truth?  It’s a phrase used to describe “the reality of a…

Fossil Free Energy Fair

By Ryan Clover / July 25, 2013

Rather than a “bridge fuel” that may help us transition to a renewable energy future, some scientists argue that deep shale natural gas, now accessible using high volume, slickwater, horizontal…

Monitoring Water Quality in the Yough

By Krissy Kasserman / July 23, 2013

We spent much of last week conducting our quarterly water sampling in the Yough.  We sample 17 sites from the mouth in Allegheny County upstream into Maryland.  We sample nine…

Deep Mining in Donegal & Saltlick?

By Ryan Clover / July 8, 2013

Several years ago LCT Energy submitted a Notice of Intent to Explore (NOI) to the PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for an underground mine in the Donegal & Saltlick…

Cause for Pause on Shale Gas– Join us on July 11

By Ryan Clover / July 3, 2013

“Energy independence.” “Family-sustaining jobs.” “Transition to renewable energy.” – These have been the promises made to residents in shale states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Maryland, and West Virginia since…

Polyalkyleneoxide Modified Heptamethyltrisiloxane

By Ryan Clover / July 1, 2013

Over the weekend I attended the Water and Wellness Conference hosted by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Doddridge County Watershed Association, and West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club in…

Successful Grassroots Summit

By Ryan Clover / June 24, 2013

We just wrapped up our first Grassroots Summit, designed to bring together citizen and community leaders working on shale gas issues across the region.  The summit was held this past…

Are you disinfecting your gear?

By Krissy Kasserman / June 21, 2013

With last year’s discovery of the aquatic invasive plant species Didymo (commonly known as “rock snot”) in the Youghiogheny River, spreading the word about proper disinfection of fishing and paddling…