GreenHunter Calls It “oil field waste” But the Coast Guard Calls It “shale gas extraction wastewater”

February 7, 2015

GreenHunter Disputes Coast Guard Assertion Over Barging Drilling Waste From the Article by John McCabe, Wheeling Intelligencer, February 5, 2015 Wheeling, WV — The debate between GreenHunter Water and the U.S. Coast Guard over shipping fracking wastewater along the Ohio River appears to come down to just how the waste is classified. GreenHunter Water, a [...]

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Contrary to Reports by GreenHunter, Coast Guard Has Not Approved Barging Frack Wastes

February 6, 2015

Coast Guard denies granting GreenHunter permission to barge fracking wastes on Ohio River From an Article by Casey Junkins,  Steubenville Herald-Star, February 5, 2015 Wheeling, WV — U.S. Coast Guard officials said Wednesday they are still reviewing a proposal by GreenHunter Resources to barge natural gas fracking waste on the Ohio River. Coast Guard Chief Warrant [...]

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Many of the On-the-Job Practices in the Oil & Gas Industry are Questionable

February 5, 2015

Response to “Police and Gas Industry Monitoring Fracking Activists” By S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV The FrackCheckWV article published on Wednesday deals with law enforcement in the Marcellus region. And, last night a former Marcellus worker called me to talk about what he knows.  He was working for [...]

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Police and Gas Industry Monitoring Fracking Activists

February 4, 2015

In fracking hot spots, police and gas industry share intelligence on activists … AUDIO From an Article by Marie Cusick, NPR-StateImpact-PA, February 2, 2015 Police monitored an anti-fracking protest outside the state capitol during Gov. Wolf’s inauguration in  January 2015. Last month an anti-fracking group settled a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, after it was erroneously labeled a [...]

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Why are Fracking Earthquakes Legal in Colorado?

February 3, 2015

Why Is It Legal to Cause Fracking Earthquakes In Colorado? From an Article by Gary Wockner, PhD, EcoWatch.com, January 23, 2015 This falls in the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up” category in Colorado. Yesterday it was reported that a fracking waste company—NGL Water Solutions DJ LLC—that was linked to causing earthquakes is allowed by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s [...]

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Shale Gas Reserves are Finite, if Uncertain!

February 2, 2015

Whither Shale Gas? Certainty and Uncertainty Abound! Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV What can be said about projections for natural gas from shale? Other than generally over-estimated, a more accurate statement cannot be made – yet. The first item to consider is the reserve. Perhaps the [...]

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New Drilling & Fracking Planned Under WV State Lands

February 1, 2015

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150126/GZ01/150129444 Companies bid millions to drill under state lands in W.Va. From an Article by Jonathan Mattise, Charleston Gazette (Associated Press), January 26, 2015 Charleston, WV — West Virginia officials have opened millions of dollars in bids to drill for oil and natural gas beneath state-owned lands, including waterways and a wildlife management area. In [...]

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Public Forum 2/7/15 at Wheeling Jesuit University on Drilling & Fracking under Ohio River

January 31, 2015

WJU to Host Forum On Fracking Under Ohio River in WV From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, January 31, 2015 Wheeling, WV — Wheeling Jesuit University biology professor Ben Stout is eager to hear Gastar Exploration Senior Vice President Mike McCown explain how the driller can safely frack beneath the Ohio River to retrieve [...]

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Keystone XL Pipeline Act (Senate Bill S.1), Adopted 62 – 36, But …

January 30, 2015

Gillibrand Amendment (#48) would have closed the Halliburton Loophole Amendment 48 was supported by Clean Water Action – Earthjustice – Earthworks – Environmental Integrity Project — League of Conservation Voters – Natural Resources Defense Council — Sierra Club – Western Organization of Resource Councils Amendment 48 would allow EPA to regulate fracking (hydraulic fracturing) under [...]

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More Reasons to Reject Large Interstate Pipelines — America’s Disastrous History of Pipeline Accidents

January 29, 2015

America’s Disastrous History of Pipeline Accidents Shows Why the Keystone XL Vote Matters From an Article by Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, Huffington Post, January 18, 2015 It’d be easy to discount the Senate vote over the Keystone XL pipeline as mere political theater but that’d be a mistake. Build Keystone XL and you build [...]

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