Marcellus Gas Well Blowout of February 2018 — Far Larger Than Estimated

December 19, 2019

A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought From an Article by Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, December 16, 2019 · The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was [...]

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EQT Advantaged by Access to West Virginia Legislature

December 18, 2019

EQT Head Tells W.Va. Lawmakers Natural Gas Drillers May Need Some ‘Help’ From an Article by Brittany Patterson, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, December 16, 2019 The head of natural gas driller EQT Corporation told members of the West Virginia Legislature the company intends to ramp up the size of drilling projects to hedge against projected [...]

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Public Meeting on Buckeye XPress Pipeline in Ohio on December 18, 2019

December 17, 2019

Buckeye Xpress Pipeline ——— Ohio EPA Meeting 12/18/19 From Keep Wayne Wild, Athens, Ohio, December 16, 2019 . . OEPA Meeting on 401 Water Quality Certification THIS WEDNESDAY IN Jackson, Ohio. We just got word that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) will be holding a meeting in Jackson, Ohio THIS WED Dec 18 at [...]

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The COP25 Climate Conference at Madrid Ended Without Sufficient Progress

December 16, 2019

Greta Thunberg Slams COP25, Says Response to Climate Crisis Is “Clever Accounting and Creative PR” From Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, December 15, 2019 At the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed world leaders Wednesday, hours after she was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Thunberg came to the [...]

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LIVING ON EARTH — Signs of the Changing Climate

December 15, 2019

Living on Earth — Beyond the Headlines for December 13, 2019 From the Interview of Peter Dykstra by Steve Curwood CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood. The signs of a changing climate seem to be emerging more and more behind the headlines, so for the latest we are on the line now with [...]

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Shale Gas Tax of $2.00 per Thousand Cubic Feet Would Offset Impacts & Damages

December 14, 2019

Cumulative environmental and employment impacts of the shale gas boom Article by E. Mayfield, J. Cohon, N. Muller, I. Azevedo & A. Robinson, Nature Sustainability, Vol. 2, Pp. 1122–1131(2019) ABSTRACT — Natural gas has become the largest fuel source for electricity generation in the United States and accounts for a third of energy production and [...]

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Another Giant Company — CHEVRON Planning to Sell Marcellus Assets

December 13, 2019

Chevron plans to leave Appalachia, following the footsteps of other giants From an Article of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 11, 2019 California-based energy company Chevron Corp. is putting its Appalachian oil and gas business up for sale, the company reported this week. It has about 400 employees in the unit and a regional office [...]

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Fracking Described as “unmitigated disaster” for Drillers and Investors

December 12, 2019

Letter: Fracking won’t pay off for towns in long run From a Letter of Tom Sanzillo, Columbus Dispatch, July 30, 2019 The Sunday Dispatch article “Has fracking helped or harmed eastern Ohio?” on fracking’s threat to public health is welcome. But the operation also poses risks to the fiscal health of Ohio communities. Recently, Steve [...]

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Marcellus LNG “Bomb Trains” Approved for Travel thru Philadelphia to New Jersey

December 11, 2019

Federal officials will let LNG be shipped by rail to Gibbstown, N.J., port on Delaware River From an Article by Andrew Maykuth, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 9, 2019 Environmentalists on Monday decried the federal government’s approval of permits to move liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail from northern Pennsylvania to a new port terminal in Gibbstown, [...]

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CMU Research Finds Shale Gas Jobs Don’t Offset Damages Done

December 10, 2019

Is shale development worth the costs? A CMU study says no! From the Article Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 8, 2019 Although the massive shale gas build-out in the Appalachian Basin has produced significant economic benefits, a new Carnegie Mellon University study says all the drilling, fracking and cracking isn’t worth the environmental, health and [...]

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