Author Archives: John Blair

June 18, 2013-Press Release form the Nobel Women’s Initiative Ten recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have written to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry urging the rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The Laureates, many of … Continue reading →

June 10, 2013-by John Blair valleywatch.net editor

May 28, 2013- by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor  My very first environmental involvement was when I was running for congress in 1976. At the time, industrial and agricultural interests, desiring a cheaper way to transport their wares around the globe … Continue reading →

May 17, 2013- The following is a press release issued today in response to the decision by Governor Mike Pence to stop State financial support for a Pakistani company implicated in supplying explosive materials used against American troops in Afghanistan. … Continue reading →

April 30, 2013-Statement of Mark Lubbers, Indiana project director for Leucadia’s Indiana Gasification proposal If the Supreme Court takes the case, the Ct of Appeals decision is immediately vacated, so the IURC approval is again live.  The Ct of Appeals opinion … Continue reading →

 April 27, 2013- by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor What happened in the legislature tonight was something extraordinary. Citizens came together to turn legislative direction, 180º on the Rockport Gasification fiasco. Think about it. Vectren, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Farm Bureau … Continue reading →

April 22, 2013-by Lauren McCauley on the website Common Dreams Pioneering environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was released from jail on Sunday—one day before Earth Day—after serving two years for disrupting an “illegal” Bush administration auction of oil and gas exploitation … Continue reading →

For Immediate Release: April 19, 2013, 12:OO PM Contact: John Blair @ 812-464-5663 Valley Watch calls for immediate moratorium and re-assessment of siting criteria for locating fertilizer plants in SW Indiana While our sympathies go out to the victims of … Continue reading →

April 18, 2013-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor In the last few months, economic development officials in southwest Indiana have courted two giant, billion plus fertilizer plants. One is proposed west of Evansville at the Southwind Maritime Center in Mt. Vernon … Continue reading →

April 11, 2013-by Mark Gee Full Moon Silhouettes from Mark Gee on Vimeo. Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this … Continue reading →