Province of Quebec Continues to Reject Fracking

December 19, 2014

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard Rejects Shale Gas Exploitation On Fracking Concerns From an Article in the Canadian Press, Huffington Post, December 16, 2014 MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he is not interested in exploiting the province’s shale gas reserves. He tells the CBC’s French-language service that Quebecers are largely against hydraulic fracturing. Couillard [...]

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New York’s Health Department Completes Review of Fracking (HVHF)

December 18, 2014

New York’s Health Department Completes Public Health Review of Marcellus Drilling & Fracking — It is Not Safe! “And for what? For a little bit of money. There’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’tcha know that? And here ya are, and it’s a beautiful day. Well. I just don’t understand it.” [...]

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Utica Gas Well Blow-out in Ohio River Valley Out of Control

December 17, 2014

Well Head Repair Failed in Monroe County; Repairs Could Take One More Week From the Report by Rachael Dierkes, WTRF News 7, December 17, 2014, 9:49 AM Monroe County Emergency Management released the following update: “Today (Wednesday), access will return to the same schedule as earlier this week. Residents will be allowed limited access to [...]

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To Stop These Pipelines, Bring Local Government into the Fight

December 16, 2014

Linzey: To stop pipeline, force local governments to pick a fight By Thomas Alan Linzey, Roanoke Times, December 14, 2014 Kudos to The Roanoke Times for telling it like it is (“Friendly advice for pipeline opponents,” — Nov. 23 editorial). In a nutshell: The law protects energy corporations, not pipeline opponents. It’s been manufactured that [...]

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Dealing with Pipelines & Protecting your Land

December 15, 2014

Commentary on “Dealing with Pipelines” By S. Thomas Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV An article in the Toledo Blade quotes Dale Arnold, director of energy services for the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation, saying “About 38,000 miles of pipeline are expected to be built or replaced across the state in the next [...]

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Cash In Hand for a Merry FRACKmas from EQT

December 14, 2014

Merry FRACKmas from EQT From the Article by Dory Hippauf, December 12, 2014 Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Population 5,600. It was the kind of place that some people might have dreamed of raising their children; the kind of place where a photo of a winter’s eve, with snow covered hills might have graced someone’s [...]

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Open Letter and Petition for WV Governor: “No Drilling Under the Ohio River”

December 13, 2014

WV Governor receives petitions, open letter regarding drilling under Ohio River On November 25, Robin Mahonen with the Wheeling Water Warriors mailed 3,820 signatures on a petition concerning drilling under the Ohio River to WV Governor Tomblin. Petition: https://www.change.org/p/randy-c-huffman-no-drilling-under-the-ohio-river Open Letter to: Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, WV State Capitol, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston WV [...]

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Non-Profit Groups Oppose Fracking Activities in the Ohio River Valley

December 12, 2014

Don’t Frack Our Valley — Citizen Groups Concerned About Water Quality in Ohio River Valley Contact: Robin Blakeman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, December 11, 2014 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Late in November, representatives of citizen groups from West Virginia and Ohio gathered in Huntington, W.Va., to discuss the growing threats to the Ohio River Basin, which [...]

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Abandoned Wells as “Super-Emitters” of Greenhouse Gas

December 11, 2014

Princeton University – Abandoned wells can be ‘super-emitters’ of greenhouse gas(es) From an Article by John Sullivan, Office of Engineering Communications, Princeton University, December 9, 2014 Princeton University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown <or not understood>, and possibly substantial, source of the greenhouse gas methane to the Earth’s atmosphere. After testing a sample of [...]

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Pipeline Projects Dominating Landscape in OH, PA & WV

December 10, 2014

Ohio’s natural gas boom brings flurry of pipeline construction From an Article by Jon Chavez, Toledo Blade, December 7, 2014 The 1,230-mile Atex pipeline is one of numerous new or ongoing natural gas projects criss-crossing Ohio right now. Atex went into operation in 2013. About 38,000 miles of pipeline are expected to be built or [...]

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