There is Already Too Much Plastic in the Environment

December 29, 2015

Microbeads, Marine Debris, Regulation and the Precautionary Principle Essay by Steven Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University Earth Institute, December 28, 2015 A small, one could say, micro-sized miracle took place earlier this month as the United States Congress enacted the Microbead Free Waters Act of 2015. This legislation requires that manufacturers remove the beads, largely [...]

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OH, PA & WV Still Seeking Ethane Cracker Chemical Plants

December 28, 2015

Decision On Belmont County Ethane Cracker Due in 2016 From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, December 28, 2015 As 2015 draws to a close, the Upper Ohio Valley seems on course to get a local outlet for its prolific natural gas reserves with the planned $5.7 billion PTT Global Chemical ethane cracker. After [...]

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Radioactive Marcellus Shale Results in Radioactive Produced Water

December 27, 2015

Environmentalists Call for New Study of Fracking Radiation From an Article by Andrea Sears, Public News Service PA, December 24, 2015 Radium 226 found in fracking waste has a half-life of 1,600 years. (Delaware Riverkeeper Network) Bristol, PA – Environmentalists say a state study of radiation in waste from gas drilling is inaccurate and incomplete. [...]

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CNX Gas Pays $450K for Excess Water Withdrawals in Penna.

December 26, 2015

Consol Energy subsidiary agrees to settlement over water usage From an Article by Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 17, 2015 Marcellus Shale gas well developer, CNX Gas Co. LLC, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle state violations alleging it exceeded its water withdrawal limits from a reservoir in north Franklin, Washington County, on multiple [...]

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Scientists at Indiana University Look at Fracking Issues and Risks to the Public

December 25, 2015

Indiana University researchers say fracking fears likely to grow as opponents push for bans From the Press Release, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, December 16, 2015 With voters and courts weighing the future of fracking, a practice used to extract oil and gas, Indiana University researchers say some Americans are apprehensive about the technology and may [...]

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Wrapping Up 2015 and Opening 2016 in WV

December 24, 2015

WVU Extension 2015 Oil and Gas Publications Dear All, Below are links to three oil and gas peer reviewed publications developed in 2015 by the WVU Extension Service Oil and Natural Gas Team. I hope they will be of benefit to you or someone you know. They are available on the WVUES Oil and Gas [...]

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Risky Business in Mineral Leases and “Split-Estates” in West Virginia

December 23, 2015

There is Deceit in Leasing as Practiced Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow? Essay by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV We are learning that our society, at the top and now working down, goes on the old principle of “anything I can get away with.” Standards of ethics and behavior, [...]

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Fracking Bans are Beneficial to the Public Health & Natural Environment

December 22, 2015

New Yorkers Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Fracking Ban From New Yorkers Against Fracking, EcoWatch.com, December 18, 2015 Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the announcement by Gov. Cuomo, the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Conservation that New York would ban high-volume fracking given its serious public health and environmental risks. New Yorkers [...]

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Excess Natural Gas Pressure Causes Blow-Out Affecting 125 Residences of Northeast Penna.

December 21, 2015

Dozens evacuated after issue with gas line in Wilkes-Barre From an Article by Bill Wellock, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice, December 19, 2015 Wilkes-Barre, PA — An issue with a natural gas line Friday morning disrupted the lives of dozens of people in a residential neighborhood in Wilkes-Barre’s Rolling Mill Hill section. A problem at a regulator [...]

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Real Estate Values Suffer Penalties from Fracking

December 20, 2015

Duke study: Fracking lowers home values by $30K From an Article by Jason deBruyn, Business Journal, December 15, 2015 Fracking can significantly decrease home values, especially in areas that use well water, according to a new study from Duke University. The study, which was done in Pennsylvania, found that home values decreased by an average [...]

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