Forum 6/15/15: “NOT your Grandparents’ O & G Industry”

June 6, 2015

The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Continues Their Outstanding Work

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Low Birth-weight Babies Associated with Marcellus Shale Fracking

June 5, 2015

Study finds lower birth weight babies near Penna. gas sites From an Article by Ken Ward, Jr., Charleston Gazette, June 3, 2015 Women living close to a high-density of natural gas operations were more likely to have babies with lower birth weights than women living farther from such operations, according to a new study from [...]

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A Concept Appropriate to Our Times – “Legal Thieves”

June 4, 2015

An insight with more truth than fiction is “legal thieves” Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV, June 4, 2015 As you drive North on I-79 by the Jane Lew Exit, you go over a small hill and across an overpass. Then if you will look right you will see a red [...]

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OSHA Responds to Worker Hazards on O & G Well Pads

June 3, 2015

OSHA Cites Antero Contractor After West Virginia Worker’s Death From an Article by Jamison Cocklin, Natural Gas Intelligence, June 2, 2015 The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a contractor that worked at an Antero Resources Corp. well site in Tyler County, WV, where a worker was killed last year when he [...]

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Why Worry about Frac Sand in PA, WV, OH, WI, MN, etc.

June 2, 2015

The DCS Frac Sand Poster is Here, Incredibly Informative, Work of Art Letter from Barb Arrindell, Director, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, June 1, 2015 Frac sand mining companies come at local communities like a runaway bulldozer going 100 mph. – Ric Zarwell, Allamakee County Protectors “Frac Sand, Why Worry…” is an educational folding poster that [...]

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Assessments for the Chevron Well Pad Fire of February 2014

June 1, 2015

Chevron fined $940,000 for fatal gas well fire in Greene County PA From an Article by Stephanie Ritenbaugh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 1, 2015 Chevron Corp. is facing a nearly $940,000 fine from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, in addition to a $5 million settlement related to a fatal gas well fire in 2014 in [...]

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UK Newspaper Updates Major Issues for Fossil Fuels

May 31, 2015

“Fossil industry faces a perfect political and technological storm” Reported by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV This is the title of an article in The Telegraph, the greatly esteemed United Kingdom newspaper. The first four paragraphs follow: “The political noose is tightening on the global fossil fuel industry. It is a fair [...]

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Activities of the WVU Extension Service — 4th Annual Natural Gas Issues Conference

May 30, 2015

WVU Extension Service – State-wide Programs in Minerals, Agriculture & Family Life Goals & Objectives — The WVU Extension Service’s Oil and Natural Gas Team develops programming to provide the expertise and knowledge that the citizens of West Virginia need to make informed decisions about the oil and natural gas industry. Goals include: Create a network of [...]

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The Shale Gas Boom as Seen from Maryland

May 29, 2015

Maryland Did It, Passing a 2.5 Year Ban on Fracking By S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV They did it!  After years of study, in April, Maryland passed a two and a half year ban on fracking in the state. The vote was 102 to 34 in the House, [...]

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The Shale Gas Boom as Seen from Philadelphia

May 28, 2015

LNG Terminals and the Environmental Unlearning of Philadelphia From an Article by Michael Silverstein, Earth Island Journal, May 27, 2015 The lure of fossil fuels for America’s fifth largest city One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. It’s hard not to think of that definition [...]

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