Important Info on Pipeline Easement and Right-of-Way Agreements – A Landowner’s List of Terms to Negotiate – Mineral Rights Forum

September 12, 2015

Hello, Everyone: Date: September 11, 2015 Many people have been approached with contracts for easements, roads, pipeline rights of way, and other legal documents for access to property. Bear in mind, these contracts are written for the benefit of the company, not the landowner. It is up to each landowner to read these and decide [...]

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Update: Toxic Fracking Spills Here, There, & Anywhere

September 11, 2015

AP Exclusive: Fracking Boom Responsible for 175 Million Gallons of Toxic Wastewater Spilled Since 2009 From an Article by Lauren McCauley, EcoWatch.com. September 9, 2015 Among the litany of risks posed by the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels, an Associated Press analysis published Tuesday exposes yet another harmful side effect of the oil and gas [...]

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Nuisance Lawsuits Have Become a Fracking Necessity

September 10, 2015

W.Va. shale fields fertile ground for nuisance lawsuits From an Article by Ellen Gilmer, E & E EnergyWire, 9/9/15 Doddridge County, WV — Oil and gas workers didn’t seem to appreciate the “Go home frackers” sign in Lyndia Ervolina’s front yard here in northern West Virginia, where Marcellus Shale wells dot the landscape. “It was [...]

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Chemical Plants for Converting Natural Gas or Ethane Problematic in the Near Term

September 9, 2015

Large petrochemical projects stymied by falling crude oil prices From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (PowerSource), 9/8/15 For Aither Chemical, the company that strived to blanket Appalachia with small-scale ethane crackers, the past was prologue. Technology that promised to drastically reduce the amount of energy required to turn natural gas liquids into [...]

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WV Legislature is Many Wells Behind in Its Well Work

September 8, 2015

WVU researchers unveil ways to reduce environmental, health risks associated with shale gas extraction, June 26, 2014 From the 2014 Press Release, Water Research Institute, West Virginia University, June 26, 2014 A ‘new’ study by researchers at West Virginia University offers 10 recommendations for reducing the environmental and human health effects associated with horizontal drilling [...]

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LOE: EPA Fails to Properly Regulate Fracking Wastes

September 7, 2015

After Many Years, EPA Still Fails To Properly Regulate Fracking Wastes From Living on Earth (LOE), PRI – NPR, September 4, 2015 PRI -LOE:   stream/download this segment as an MP3 file <<< Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing—often contains heavy metals, organic pollutants, and dissolved radioactive materials. >>> Over 27 years ago, the EPA pledged to [...]

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Celebrating Labor Day with the BlueGreen Alliance

September 6, 2015

“Mother Jones would be so happy to see this, in my opinion.” “Yes, I agree!” BlueGreen Alliance Unites Labor and . . . Environmentalists Broadcast From The Allegheny Front, www.AlleghenyFront.org, September 4, 2015 As some traditional blue-collar jobs like those in the coal industry are being lost, labor unions are regrouping and finding new allies—like [...]

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Interfaith Power & Light supports EPA Clean Power Plan

September 5, 2015

To: United State Senate, Washington, DC 20510 Dear US Senators:                                                                              Date:  September 5, 2015 As persons of faith, we have a moral obligation to future generations to leave them a planet that is not polluted or damaged by climate change.  We support America’s transition away from fossil energy sources to clean (green) energy and [...]

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Fracking Could Support Ethane Crackers in OH, WV, PA, LA, etc.

September 4, 2015

PTT Global Making $100 Million Investment for Ethane Cracker in Ohio Valley From Articles by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, September 3 & 4, 2015 Columbus, OH – Ohio Gov. John Kasich believes PTT Global Chemical is on third base and heading for home in terms of building its $5.7 billion ethane cracker in Belmont County, [...]

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Shale News on Campus: Penn State and WVU Additions

September 3, 2015

Penn State University forms “Center for Agricultural & Shale Law” University Park, PA — Through its Agricultural Law Resource & Reference Center, Penn State Law has conducted extensive outreach activities in agricultural law for nearly two decades. To more accurately reflect the focus of this work and the interconnected nature of agricultural law and shale [...]

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