Marcellus & Utica Shale Operations Result in Injuries and Deaths in Spite of Serious Safety Training

November 30, 2014

Shale drilling spawns need for safety training Article by Casey Junkins, Martins Ferry Times Leader, November 28, 2014 As the Ohio Department of Natural Resources continues issuing permits for Utica and Marcellus shale oil and natural gas drilling, firefighters and emergency responders across the region realize they need to learn the proper manner for dealing [...]

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OHIO Utica-Related Investment List at $22.3B and Growing

November 29, 2014

OHIO Utica-Related Investment List at $22.3B and Growing From an Article by Jamison Cocklin, Natural Gas Intelligence, November 17, 2014 Oil- and gas-related projects and new business opportunities that have either been announced or established in Ohio over the last six months are worth at least $3.5 billion, according to a monthly report compiled by [...]

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Governor Tomblin, Let’s Preserve Public Lands in West Virginia

November 28, 2014

Letter to: Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor; WV State Capitol; 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East; Charleston, WV 25305 Dear WV Governor Tomblin:  November 28th There are serious concerns about on-going activities to conduct Marcellus drilling and hydraulic fracturing under and/or within the Tyler County. The water supply to Middlebourne may be at risk and the air pollution is [...]

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West Virginia Group Offers Help in Response to Dominion Resources Tactics

November 27, 2014

Recent news reports that Dominion will get court orders to survey private land for Atlantic Coast Pipeline should not intimidate landowners, says WV SORO From the Barrack Report, Special to the Appalachian Chronicle, November 14, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Recent news reports that Dominion Resources has sent letters to landowners threatening to use court orders [...]

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Newspaper Editorial — Don’t Leap into Natural Gas Pooling

November 26, 2014

WV — Don’t leap into pooling EDITORIAL – Morgantown Dominion Post Newspaper, November 21, 2014 As heated issues go, most lie just below the surface — simmering — until they start spewing controversy. No one’s calling a proposal in the state Legislature on pooling mineral tracts to drill horizontal Marcellus wells an eruption, yet. But [...]

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Gas Industry makes Pooling Proposal to WV Legislature

November 25, 2014

WV Lawmakers, interest groups leery of ‘fair pooling’ proposal From the Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, November 21, 2014 Charleston, WV — Horizontal gas well mineral tract pooling will be on the legislative calendar this session. Legislators and various interest groups have reservations about the pooling proposal presented this week. Leaders of the [...]

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WV-DNR on $Wild Fracking Binge$

November 24, 2014

W.Va. wildlife land fracking could yield $6M, royalties From an Article by the Associated Press, Huntington Herald Dispatch, November 21, 2014 Charleston, WV — A company has bid $6.2 million plus royalties to drill for natural gas and oil under state wildlife conservation land in Tyler County. Denver-based Antero Resources is offering to pay more [...]

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Common Sense Methods to Reduce Natural Gas Emissions

November 23, 2014

How Oil & Gas Industry Could Cut Methane Pollution in Half From an Article by Cole Mellino, EcoWatch.com, November 20, 2014 Leading environmental groups—Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, and Clean Air Task Force—released a summary report today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laying out how the agency can cut methane pollution [...]

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Truth and Consequences — Fracking is Real(ly Bad)

November 22, 2014

Commentary — Two Kinds of Truth for Your Consideration Written by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Observers have been amazed with the division of attitudes toward modern high volume, horizontal, hydraulic fracturing which has come into use since the year 2000. It is as though one party says [...]

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MARE Project — Information for Land Owners on Interstate Pipelines

November 21, 2014

Mid-Atlantic Responsible Energy Project (MARE) Information Source: http://www.mareproject.org/information/ Several natural gas pipelines are being proposed for our region. Most of these pipelines are expected to be 36-inches to 42-inches in diameter. As an example, the Mountain Valley Pipeline will require 75 feet of permanent easement and an additional 50 feet of temporary easement during the construction. [...]

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