Seneca Lake Defenders Oppose Gas Storage in NY Wine Country

May 17, 2015

Seneca Lake gas storage project: all the risks, none of the rewards From a Letter by Edgar Brown, Seneca Lake Defenders, South Bristol, NY, May 16, 2015 The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently filed a brief as part of an issues conference proceeding to determine if permits should be granted to [...]

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Climate Change — An Enlightenment

May 16, 2015

Sunday School Lesson — An Enlightenment on Climate Change Public Interest Article by S. Tom Bond, Lewis County, WV, May 15, 2015 Several things have come together in last few days that have made an impression I want to share with readers. The first is an article that identifies the ethic of big business as a [...]

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O & G Drilling and Fracking are Destroying our Landscape

May 15, 2015

TITLE: Oil and gas development transforms landscapes From a Report by Brady Allred, et al., The University of Montana, April 29, 2015 Researchers have conducted the first-ever broad-scale scientific assessment of how oil and gas development transforms landscapes across the US and Canada. A landscape transformed by broad-scale vegetation loss and fragmentation from oil and gas [...]

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Morgantown Utility Board Agrees to Disagree with Northeast Natural Energy over New Gas Wells

May 14, 2015

MUB public water service utility and NNE energy company settle most of their disputes From an Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, TheDPost.com, May12, 2015 Morgantown, WV – The Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) and Northeast Natural Energy (NNE) have largely resolved their differences over water safety concerns related to three planned horizontal gas wells at [...]

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MVP and ACP Pipeline Meetings Scheduled in WV

May 13, 2015

Upcoming Community Meetings Saturday, May 16 (7 pm) – “In the Hills and Hollows” Documentary Trailer and discussion with filmmaker Keely Kernan. 600 Virginia St. West Charleston, WV. The film documents the lives of rural West Virginian communities, steeped in history and heritage, facing an uncertain future as the gas boom transforms their rural community [...]

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EQT (among others) Active in Marcellus Shale, Studies Utica Shale

May 12, 2015

EQT on schedule to drill Utica well in Wetzel County WV From an Article by Jim Ross, State Journal, May 9, 2015 EQT Corporation still plans to drill at least one gas well in the Utica Shale in Wetzel County, and it may drill four more in its territory before the end of the year [...]

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Subject to Appeal, FERC Approves Cove Point LNG Exports

May 11, 2015

“Feds Give OK for Exports That Include Ohio Valley Gas” From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling News-Register, May 8, 2015 Wheeling, WV — Dominion Resources received final federal approval Thursday to export 770 million cubic feet of liquefied natural gas daily from its $3.8 billion Cove Point site in Maryland, pending a last-minute legal [...]

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Truck Driver Exposed to Frack Flow-Back Water, Sues Range Resources

May 10, 2015

Truck driver sues Range Resources over injury claims from flow-back water From an Article by Emily Petsko, Washington PA Observer-Reporter, May 8, 2015 A West Virginia truck driver is suing Range Resources over claims that company employees ordered him to keep working in wet clothes for hours after he was splashed with flow-back water at [...]

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Diesel Fuel Tanker Truck Fire Shuts I-79, Northwest of Morgantown WV

May 9, 2015

Diesel fuel tanker truck fire shuts down I-79 near Star City Exit From an Article of the Morgantown Dominion Post, May 9, 2015 Morgantown, WV — A tanker-truck fire Friday afternoon, May 8, on Interstate 79 sent the vehicle’s driver to the hospital with serious burns — and put up a column of roiling, black [...]

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PA-DEP Proposes Noise Limits for Drilling & Fracking

May 8, 2015

Proposed rule on noise limits for oil, gas sites in PA pleases none   From an Article by Katelyn Ferral, Washington PA Observer-Reporter, May 3, 2015 Photo: Workers from Washington-based Steel Nation Inc. install mineral wool sound insulation in the walls of a building housing natural gas processing equipment. Sound Off — The PA-DEP is [...]

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