WVU Plans Marcellus Studies at the Morgantown Industrial Park

November 10, 2014

WVU creates the first-ever field laboratory for the long-term study of shale gas resources Press Release from West Virginia University, WVU Today, November 6, 2014 As the Appalachian Region feels the impact of the burgeoning shale-energy industry, a consortium of researchers and industrial partners led by West Virginia University, with the assistance of The Ohio [...]

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Week of Anti-Fracking Action Culminates with Blockade, Arrests Outside Federal Building

November 9, 2014

Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) — Environmental activists blockade entrance to federal building in D.C. to fight fracking plans From an Article by Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, November 7, 2014 As the week of climate action known as Beyond Extreme Energy came to a close in Washington, D.C. on Friday, activists blockaded the entrance to the [...]

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After 10 Years of Drilling & Fracking in the Marcellus Shale

November 8, 2014

Fracking in Marcellus turns 10 years old: 2004 to 2014 From an Article by David Conti, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, November 7, 2014 It doesn’t take a petroleum engineer to see how far fracking has come since its first successful use on a Marcellus shale well 10 years ago. < < Bird’s-eye view photos of Range [...]

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Fracking Banned in Athens, OH, in Denton, TX, and Two California Counties

November 7, 2014

Fracking Bans Pass in Denton (Texas), Two California Counties and One Ohio City From an Article by Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch.com, November 5, 2014 With a record number of fracking issues on local ballots in California, Texas and Ohio, the outcome was decidedly mixed. Of the eight measures—three in California, four in Ohio and one in [...]

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Dominion Atlantic Coast Pipeline with Collection Header in WV & PA

November 6, 2014

Dominion Submits Pre-Filing Request to FERC for $500M Supply Header Project By Charles Passut, Natural Gas Intelligence, November 5, 2014 Dominion submitted a pre-filing request to FERC on Tuesday, asking regulators to begin an environmental review of its proposed $500 million Supply Header project in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Supply Header project calls for [...]

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Penalties Assessed to Marcellus Gas Well Drillers for Disturbing WV Streams

November 5, 2014

Stone Energy to pay $177,500 in EPA deal From an Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette, November 4, 2014 A Louisiana company [with offices and operations in West Virginia] will pay $177,500 to resolve environmental violations cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at two natural gas operations in West Virginia, the EPA has [...]

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Carbon Capture and/or a Carbon Tax … Someday Maybe?

November 4, 2014

Sen. Whitehouse Proposes Carbon Tax to Repay Citizens for Pollution Costs From an Article by Anstasia Pantsios, EcoWatch.com, October 29, 2014 Delivering a keynote address at the New York University Institute for Policy Integrity’s fall conference, in which he noted “The world has just set some dubious records. 2014 is on pace to tie or [...]

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Advice and a Request: #GoVote

November 3, 2014

Celebrities Tell Millennials to #GoVote — We All Need to Vote From an Article by Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch.com, October 29, 2014 Young people are the demographic most passionate about protecting the environment and addressing climate change, perhaps because they’re the one who will have to live with it the longest. The problem is they’re also [...]

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Frack Sites are a Source of Toxic and Carcinogenic Chemicals

November 2, 2014

The spikes almost certainly will lead to a cancer increase in surrounding areas From an Article by Alan Neuhauser, US News & World Report, October 30, 2014 Oil and gas wells across the country are spewing “dangerous” cancer-causing chemicals into the air, according to a new study that further corroborates reports of health problems around [...]

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Halloween Stuff – The Scary Facts About Fracking

November 1, 2014

Environment  America Speaks Up: The Scary Facts About Fracking From the Article by Margie Alt, Enviroment America, October 31, 2014 Across the country, fracking has contaminated drinking water sources, made nearby residents sick, turned pristine landscapes into industrial zones, and caused air and global warming pollution. The oil and gas industry has spent untold millions [...]

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