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Couple sues Chesapeake
WHEELING, W.Va. -- Two Northern Panhandle residents are suing Chesapeake Appalachia LLC over well water contamination they believe was caused by natural gas drilling.
Water is life bumper sticker
Spread the word "Water is life. Keep it clean" with our bumper sticker!
Did the Gas Industry Censor the Wall Street Journal?
Just as Josh Fox, director of the Oscar-nominated film, Gasland, was heading west to the Academy Awards, the Wall Street Journal reported on the gas industry's losing campaign to discredit the film.
West Virginia: a spill not reported and not cleaned up, with no answers for the surface owners
I recently heard from Tina and Spencer Wooddell, farmers in Taylor County, West Virginia. Tina told me that a natural gas production company “is ruining our hopes and dreams.”
Toxic Diesel Fuel Used Without Permits in Fracking Operations
WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2011 (ENS) - Oil and gas service companies have injected over 32 million gallons of diesel fuel or hydraulic fracturing fluids containing diesel fuel into wells in 19 states between 2005 and 2009, without permits, a congressional investigation has revealed.
Anatomy of a Gas Well: What Happened When a Well Was Drilled in a National Forest
A new report [1] by the U.S. Forest Service offers one of the most detailed accounts yet of how natural gas drilling can affect a forest – in this case the Fernow Experimental Forest, deep in the mountains of West Virginia. The report traces the construction and drilling of a single well and an accompanying pipeline on a sliver of the 4,700 acre forest that federal scientists have been studying for nearly 80 years. It found that the project felled or killed about 1,000 trees, damaged roads, eroded the land and—perhaps most important—permanently removed a small slice of the forest from future scientific research.
Crews unearth gas pipe eyed in deadly Pa. blast
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A 4-foot-long section of natural gas pipe suspected of causing a massive explosion and fire that killed five people has been unearthed and will be transported to an engineering firm for analysis.
EPA confirms high Natural Gas leakage rates
The latest EPA study confirms that its original "seminal" study of methane leaks from natural gas use, i.e. "Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Industry (GRI/EPA 1996) was in error. The GRI/EPA 1996 study was the holy grail. The IPCC used GRI/EPA numbers when it assessed the climate impact of gas.
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated
The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency2014and a growing understanding of the pollution associated with the full 201Clife cycle201D of gas production2014is casting doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change.
Sierra Club Welcomes First Natural Gas Reform Campaign Director
Veteran Pennsylvania organizer Deborah Nardone to spearhead efforts to hold natural gas industry to higher standards
Marcellus News from WVSORO
There has been a lot of interesting oil and gas related news over the past two weeks. Read on for more on the introduction “Hydraulic Fracturing and Horizontal Drilling Gas Act” and other topics.
Revealing National Poll about hydrofracking
A national poll conducted by the nonprofit think tank Civil Society Institute shows nearly half of Americans are aware of the hydrofracking issue
Natural gas migrates up through fractures and strata
On December 16, 2005, rocks the size of trucks blew out of the ground and the glow of flames could be seen 100 miles away when the gas well in Palo Pinto blew up.
DEP Fines Minuteman for Operating Transfer Facilities without Approval
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Minuteman Environmental Services of Mifflinville, Columbia County, $7,000 for operating transfer facilities without approval last summer.
Hinchey, 45 Other Members Push Frack Chemical Disclosure Bill
Washington, DC (WBNG Binghamton) Congressman Maurice Hinchey and 45 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing a bill that would require energy companies to disclose what chemicals are used in the Hydrofracking process.
The Gasland House Parties are here!
The Sierra Club Hydrofracking Team is giving the Gasland DVD and a party guide to 40 hosts - the first 20 hosts already have parties planned across the country (including NY, PA, NC, Washington DC, KY, MA, MI, TN, and NJ) and everyone is invited!!
