Fracking Chemicals and Health Problems of Residents

August 15, 2014

Range Resources’ testing request denied From an Article by Francesca Sacco, Observer-Reporter News, August 12, 2014 A Washington County (Pennsylvania) judge denied Range Resources permission to test the air, soil and homes of three Amwell Township families who claim to suffer health problems as a result of drilling activity and an impoundment at the Yeager [...]

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Global Warming Affecting the Life-cycle of Trees

August 14, 2014

Blaming Climate Change for Pests in PA Forests From the Allegheny Front (Environmental Radio), Pittsburgh, August 7, 2014 By some estimates, forests can absorb 24 percent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions a year. To get those climate benefits, many experts say forests need to be well-managed—against droughts, bugs and invasive plants. But climate change is [...]

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Significant Mental Health Risks of Climate Change

August 13, 2014

Doctor: Climate Instability Shakes Mental Health From the Allegheny Front (Environmental Radio), Pittsburgh, PA, August 1, 2014 For psychiatric doctor Steven Moffic, the health risks from climate instability and other abrupt environmental shifts include post-traumatic stress disorder, drug abuse, autism, and something called “solastalgia.” “It’s sort of a corollary of nostalgia,” Moffic says.”But it’s this [...]

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Experts Agree: Public Health Research Urgent for Gas Shale Fracking

August 12, 2014

Expert Panel Calls for Public Health Research on Natural Gas Drilling … the potential for water and air pollution exists that might endanger public health  … the social fabric of communities could be affected by the rapid emergence of drilling operations … From a Press Release, University of Pennsylvania, August 11, 2014 PHILADELPHIA — Groundwater [...]

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Four Act Play: “the frack bubble is bursting”

August 11, 2014

Enviros Blamed for Bursting Frack Bubble From an Article by Richard Heinberg, EcoWatch.com, August 11, 2014 Here’s The Script, in four despicable acts: Act 1. Fracking boom goes bust as production from shale gas and tight oil wells stalls out and lurches into decline. Act 2. Oil and gas industry loudly blames anti-fracking environmentalists and [...]

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Who is Keeping Track of Fracking Chemicals?

August 10, 2014

Transparency about  fracking chemicals remains elusive From an Article of  ”The Pulse” on WHYY, NewsWorks, Philadelphia, August 7, 2014 The website FracFocus.org was built to give the public answers to a burning question about the shale boom: what exactly were companies pumping down tens of thousands of wells to release oil and gas? Today, FracFocus [...]

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The Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food

August 9, 2014

KIRKUS REVIEW: THE REAL COST OF FRACKING How America’s Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food Book by Michelle Bamberger &  Robert Oswald, Beacon Press, 2014 A primer on unconventional fossil fuel extraction, with convincing evidence as to its deleterious nature, from veterinarian Bamberger and Oswald (Molecular Medicine/Cornell Univ.). Two significant questions loom [...]

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Public Health Issues & Environmental Impacts Show Fracking Should be Stopped In Pennsylvania

August 8, 2014

Unprecedented Investigation Finds PA Prioritizes Fracking at Expense of Health, Environment & Law From an Article by Nicole D’Alessandro, EcoWatch.com, August 7, 2014 Pennsylvania has been a hot spot for fracking — and many consequences of this from of gas drilling in the state have come to light, from social to health to environmental costs, [...]

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News Notes & Updates on Drilling and Fracking

August 7, 2014

Two Injured In Wetzel County Crash on July 28th From Lauren Matthews, Wetzel Chronicle, July 30, 2014 Chief Deputy Mike Koontz of the Wetzel County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a citation was issued in an accident that occurred Monday involving a tractor-trailer. Koontz stated the wreck occurred at approximately 3:05 p.m. when the tractor trailer [...]

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Trapped Methane in the Arctic Threatens our Atmosphere, Part 3

August 6, 2014

Methane Blow-Holes Sign of Runaway Climate Change? <Where Theory Fails> From an Article by Donna Lisenby, EcoWatch.com, August 2, 2014 Scientists think the mysterious crater found in the Arctic region in Russia may be a giant methane blow-hole that signals the beginning of runaway climate change. They are calling the point when frozen arctic methane [...]

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