Natural Gas Pipeline Planning & Construction are Excessive

June 14, 2016

Pipeline Overbuild In Marcellus and Utica Gas Shale Region Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV A very interesting article appeared recently in the Natural Gas Intel blog under the title “Marcellus on pace for overbuild, says Braziel.” Rusty Braziel is the present of RBN Energy (described in references as a fundamentals [...]

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Marcellus Drilling Really Did Contaminate Dimock Water

June 13, 2016

New Federal Report Shows Dimock Water Was Unsafe to Drink After All From an Article by Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, June 3, 2016 Back in 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a startling announcement, shaking up the battle over fracking in one of the nation’s highest-profile cases where drillers were suspected to have [...]

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Antero Resources Purchasing 55,000 Acre Leaseholds in WV (Former Chesapeake Energy Leases)

June 12, 2016

Antero To Acquire Marcellus Shale Acreage From Southwestern From an Article of the Oil & Gas Financial Journal, June 10, 2016 Antero Resources Corp. has agreed to acquire approximately 55,000 net acres of undeveloped Marcellus Shale leasehold, including deep rights on approximately 41,000 net acres prospective for the underlying dry Utica, and 14 MMcfe/d of net [...]

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Fracking’s Health Effects are Extensive & Debilitating

June 11, 2016

HEALTH EFFECTS OF FRACKING — The studies are voluminous and alarming. From an Article by Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyree Online Magazine, B. C., Canada, June 11, 2016 In 2014, a U.S. federal study reported that pollution from the production of natural gas in rural areas can increase the incidence of congenital heart defects among babies [...]

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EPA Insider Suspected of Illegally Favoring Gas Industry

June 10, 2016

Whistleblower: EPA Officials Covered Up Toxic Fracking Emissions for Years From an Article by Nika Knight, Common Dreams, Jun 9, 2016 Why has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to take adequate action against disastrous, climate-warming methane emissions from the fracking industry? An environmental watchdog alleges that the answer may be a years-long, systematic cover-up [...]

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ACTION ALERT: Fayette County WV Frackwater Injection Ban Challenge

June 9, 2016

West Virginia Environmental Council ACTION ALERT for JUNE 10th CALL TO ACTION: Fayette County’s Frack Waste Ban is Being Challenged in Court This Friday, June 10th at 10am, the Fayette County Commission’s historic ban on oil and gas waste disposal is being challenged by EQT Corporation. EQT is seeking a permanent Injunction against the ordinance [...]

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Penn State Web-Site on Fracking’s Full Features

June 9, 2016

New website explores impacts of Marcellus gas development From an Article by Matt Carroll, Penn State News, June 7, 2016 University Park, PA — A new website is giving people in rural Pennsylvania — and beyond — high-tech tools to learn about Marcellus Shale gas development in their backyards. The website, Marcellus by Design, introduces [...]

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Fracking Workers Need Protection from Small Dust Particles

June 8, 2016

OSHA’s Final Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica From the Summary of the U. S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration, March 25, 2016 “Rule requires engineering controls to keep workers from breathing silica dust” The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to curb lung cancer, silicosis, [...]

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Literally Hundreds of Earthquakes in Oklahoma Due to Underground Injection of Toxic Fracking Wastewater

June 7, 2016

Oklahoma energy companies want earthquake lawsuit dismissed From an Article of the Associated Press, June 3, 2016 Oklahoma City (AP) — Three Oklahoma energy companies want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit demanding they reduce injection volumes at wastewater disposal wells that could be triggering earthquakes. The lawsuit was filed in February by members [...]

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LNG Exports: Challenges & Uncertainties

June 6, 2016

International Markets Prove Hard To Conquer For U.S. LNG From an Article by Irina Slav, OilPrice.com, May 19, 2016 The latest drilling productivity report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has shown that the Marcellus shale continues to be the largest source of natural gas in the U.S. by a wide margin, with daily amounts [...]

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