The Marcellus Shale Boom & Bust Continues to Change Lives

July 12, 2016

After The Boom: Marcellus Shale has Changed Life In Pennsylvania  From an Article by Joseph Hammond, The Daily Caller, July 11, 2016 “No, don’t pull on that line!” yelled Rex Moore, as he watched the crew of a natural gas drilling rig struggle to work on a frigid and rainy day in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Despite [...]

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Looking for Significant Methane Leaks in Many Different Places

July 11, 2016

The Hunt for Methane Leaks Goes High-Tech Article by Reid Frazier, Allegheny Front, July 8, 2016 Up a bumpy road in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, a team of researchers park their van, turn on a half-million dollars of equipment, and start another round of trying to solve a climate riddle. They are in rural [...]

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Ministers Arrested Blocking Spectra Pipeline in Massachusetts

July 10, 2016

Sixteen Faith Leaders Arrested Blocking Construction of the Spectra West Roxbury Fracked Gas Pipeline Compiled from Press Reports, Duane Nichols, July 10, 2016 What a day! Some 16 religious leaders arrested in West Roxbury, Boston, in a multi-faith, non-violent occupation of the Spectra Energy fracked gas pipeline construction site on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Participants included: [...]

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Renewable Energy Development and Fossil Fuel Divestment are Fashionable

July 9, 2016

AREDAY Inspires Participants to Divest From Fossil Fuel From American Renewable Energy Institute, July 1, 2016 The American Renewable Energy Institute (AREI) announced milestones of minimizing waste generation and reducing its carbon footprint during its 13th Annual AREDAY summit last week. The gathering also inspired participants to align their financial investments with their values. Called [...]

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Converting Natural Gas to Hydrocarbon Liquids (like gasoline) is Not So Easy

July 8, 2016

Velocys Postpones Northeast Ohio GTL Facility, Citing Project Financing Challenges From an Article by Jamison Cocklin, NGI News, July 7, 2016 United Kingdom-based Velocys plc said Thursday that it would postpone the development of its small-scale 5,000 b/d gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Northeast Ohio, citing the commodities downturn and the effects it’s had on the [...]

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County Ban on Deep Well Injection Overturned in WV

July 8, 2016

Federal judge rules against Fayette County frack waste storage ban From an Article by Alex Wiederspiel, WV MetroNews, June 10, 2016 Charleston, WV – A federal judge struck down key portions of an ordinance passed by the Fayette County Commission that essentially banned the practice of storage, disposal, or use of oil and natural gas waste [...]

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Rural Pennsylvanians Not Being Protected from Oil & Gas Pollution

July 6, 2016

Pennsylvania Declares Victory on Oil and Gas Regs While Failing to Protect Residents Health From an Article by Nadia Steinzor, Earthworks, June 24, 2016 Thanks to a bill passed this June by the state legislature, Pennsylvania now has the dubious distinction of being the only state in the nation to abandon oil and gas regulations [...]

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Life is Tough After the Gas Boom in the Fracking Zone

July 5, 2016

Getting by in the fracking zone after the gas boom From an Article by Marie Cusick, NPR StateImpact PA, June 6, 2016 Pennsylvania’s natural gas boom has reshaped the nation’s energy landscape and pumped billions of dollars into small town economies. But the surge in drilling also brought disruptions like skyrocketing housing prices and an [...]

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The WV Floods are Related to Climate Change

July 4, 2016

Are West Virginia’s Floods The Result Of Climate Change? From an Article by Ken Silverstein, Forbes Magazine, June 30, 2016 For a state that has been racked with recession and unemployment, the flash floods that have ravaged West Virginia don’t help much. But the key question to ask — no matter how unpleasant — is [...]

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Fracking Involves Rapid Change and Little Regulation

July 3, 2016

Social Darwinism in the energy business Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Darwin’s theory characterized as “red of tooth and nail,” by some of the clergymen of the time, influenced something called “Social Darwinism,” which claims evolutionary processes explain a lot of the world’s social inequality. This worked into the fabric [...]

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