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West Virginia fracking and earthquakes
More fun with GIS data sets, this time looking at fracking and earthquake activity in West Virginia. The purple lines on the map above show the tracks of horizontal (fracking) wells, the data set...
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Hillary News & Views 5.11.16: West-by-God Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, and...
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View ArticleThe Real Results in West Virginia
According to NBC, the real winner in West Virginia primary was, surprise, Hillary Clinton. But, but, the Bernie supporters say. Bernie won 51% how could he lose?This is another fraud by local...
View ArticleSanders Pushes Clinton Right
As expected Sanders won the West Virginia primary. The interesting thing is that he only garnered 51% of the vote, while 13% of the primary voters decided that neither candidate was acceptable and...
View ArticleWV Flooding Check In
Hi folks. MurrayeWv checking in OK in massive WV flooding. I am from Huntington, and we were spared except for local wet basements, but this is the week of the WV Quilt Festival. I have spent the...
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West Virginia Flooding Part II
This diary is a place for WV and western Virginia folks to check in with Daily Kos and hopefully share information about assistance after the torrential rains on Thursday June 24.And on a political...
View ArticleHillary campaign called me in West Virgina. I am now in love.
I just got a call from a West Virginia for Hillary volunteer. He said that they were planning to win in West Virginia. (Sure, when Hell freezes over.) He wanted to know if I supported Hillary. (Of...
View ArticleWV-Gov: Jim Justice (D) has 10 point lead
The Jim Justice campaign just released a poll showing a large lead over Bill Cole.I don’t know what to make of Justice. I have heard two of his campaign speeches and they are singularly devoid of any...
View ArticleMy Brother-in-Law Shoots Bees: Thoughts on the Urban/Rural Divide
I'm urban through and through. I decided to acquire some rural skills and sensibilities by taking a job caretaking on a country estate. A few years ago, I sat down to write about my experiences living...
View ArticleHillary's long game in WV
Hillary has a ground game in WV. And it isn’t a lone student intern trying to recruit volunteers to canvass in Ohio, like Obama had here in 2012. This is a serious effort to implement a 50 state...
View ArticleObama on Vacation: Replying to WV Drug Addiction Physician's Pleas for Help
Lots of folks here are justifiably concerned about the human tragedy which has come from the folks in central Louisiana experiencing epic floods. This June in WV, we experienced similar floods, and we...
View ArticleVote splitting in WV: 32% polling difference between Governor and President
I just got an email from the Justice campaign highlighting this poll. Justice has had a consistent lead all year. There are two minor party candidates with some support: Pritt (Mountain) 8% and Moran...
View ArticleComparing Climate Activists to Suicide Bombers
A group of 20 senior citizens, aged 50 to 88, concluded a 25 mile march to protest mountain top removal coal mining today. Read Coal Tattoo for the full story of this heroic journey.What's outrageous...
View ArticleBail Money Needed: MTR Fight heating up
I spent last weekend in West Virginia, because I'd been hearing about the coal-fields so much and really just needed to go myself. 150 of us camped for the weekend at the tiny bit of land in Rock...
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Blasting Halted on Coal River Mtn.
Coal River Mountain is the largest mountain in this part of southern WV. Its also the only one still intact, which tells you something about the destructive tendencies of the WV coal fanatics like...
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Climate Activists Arrested at Home for 2 month old minor trespass charges
In October, 2 young climate activists hung a banner on a CAT distributor calling out the company's hypocrisy. CAT actively touts coal as an answer to West Virginia's problems, when in reality coal is...
View ArticleIllegal Massey Construction Stopped by Tree Sit
Three activists are sitting in the trees, blocking the illegal construction of an access road up Coal River Mountain. Since blasting started on Coal River Mountain this fall, the local campaign has...
View ArticleEPA Moves Closer to Blocking Big Mountaintop Mine in WV
To the delight of all of us who oppose mountaintop removal coal mining -- and to the chagrin of Arch Coal company -- the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued its "proposed determination"...
View ArticleWest Virginia Kos - a New Local Group, December, 2016
West Virginia Kossaks, I’m working with a few others to develop a “local” West Virginia group at Daily Kos. This group is starting out as purely “virtual,” but there’s no reason we can’t move toward...
View ArticleWV Democrat handed out sunscreen in January to protect legislators from...
West Virginia… the state where Democrats are Republicans and Republicans are bat-shit insane. Last winter the WV Democratic Party had its snowball on the senate floor moment.In January of 2016 a...
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