Professor Claims Hazardous Chemicals in our Local Streams

July 15, 2015

WJU biologist monitors waterways for drilling effects From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, July 11, 2015 Wheeling, WV — Although many worry about the 1,076 chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency identifies as used in fracking, Wheeling Jesuit University biology professor Ben Stout is more concerned about the material already in the Marcellus and [...]

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LOE: Chemical “Tracers” Fingerprint Frackwater Decisively

July 14, 2015

Public Radio International — Living on Earth: “Fingerprinting Frackwater” From Steve Curwood, et al., Living on Earth, PRI, July 10, 2015 STEVE CURWOOD: Now, as he [Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier] was explaining, pinpointing the precise source of groundwater contamination can be tough. Many fracking chemicals are naturally occurring, or are used in other industries. But [...]

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Living on Earth: “Arsenic and Frackwater Waste”

July 13, 2015

Public Radio International — Living on Earth: “Arsenic & Frackwater Waste” From Steve Curwood, et al., Living on Earth, PRI, July 10, 2015 STEVE CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth. I’m Steve Curwood. Earlier this year, the US Geological Service detailed what exactly it found in wastewater left over from fracking natural gas and oil. Treating [...]

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Review of Report on Leachate from Marcellus Drill Cuttings in West Virginia — Part 2

July 12, 2015

“Examination of Leachate, Drill Cuttings and Related Environmental, Economic and Technical Aspects Associated with Solid Waste Facilities in West Virginia,” Prepared by: Marshall University Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences; and Glenville State College. Submitted to: WV Department of Environmental Protection, July 1, 2015 Report Review Part 2 by William J. Hughes, Wetzel County [...]

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Review of Report on Leachate from Marcellus Drill Cuttings in West Virginia — Part 1

July 11, 2015

“Examination of Leachate, Drill Cuttings and Related Environmental, Economic and Technical Aspects Associated with Solid Waste Facilities in West Virginia,” Prepared by: Marshall University Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences; and Glenville State College. Submitted to: WV Department of Environmental Protection: July 1, 2015 Report Review by William J. Hughes, Wetzel County Solid Waste [...]

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“WV Commission on Oil & Gas Industry Safety” to Address Very Dangerous Conditions

July 10, 2015

WV Gov. Tomblin forms group to study worker safety in gas boom From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette, July 9, 2015 Seven months after calling for a study of worker health and safety issues related to West Virginia’s natural gas drilling industry, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has named a panel that will [...]

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Fracking Should be Banned on Public Lands

July 9, 2015

Commentary: Scientific Case for banning fracking on federal land By Larysa Dyrszka, MD and Mary Menapace, RN Larysa Dyrszka, MD, of Sullivan County is co-founder, and Mary Menapace, RN, of Syracuse is a member, of Concerned Health Professionals of New York, www.concernedhealthny.org, an organization dedicated to researching and raising awareness about the public health risks of [...]

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Leachate from Marcellus Drill Waste Landfills in Water Supplies

July 8, 2015

“Landfill Drill Waste Unlikely to Get in Water” From Shale Play, Wheeling Intelligencer, July 2, 2015 Charleston, WV (AP) – A study by state regulators says it’s unlikely that significant amounts of untreated natural gas drilling waste in landfills will impact groundwater or surface water. In the event that the waste’s runoff did hit nearby [...]

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Understanding Unitization of Interests or “Forced Pooling”

July 7, 2015

WVU Extension Service Educational Programs:  July 7 and July 8, 2015 Public Meetings — Understanding Unitization of Interests or “Forced Pooling” What is pooling? Who benefits? What does it mean to be “forced”? What was in House Bill 2688 (Providing for the unitization of interests in drilling units in connection with all horizontal oil or [...]

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Upcoming Paris Climate Talks Could Bring Much Progress

July 6, 2015

Carl Pope: Paris Climate Talks Could Bring as Much Progress as Previous 20 COP’s Combined From an Article by Carl Pope, EcoWatch.com, July 6, 2014 Neither Paris nor Lyon in France are burning—yet. But sweltering, roasting under 400 centigrade (1060 F) skies, they definitely are—and the delegates gathering in Lyon to channel the climate action [...]

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