Gas Company Agendas with College Contributions

May 17, 2014

The Gas Industry as College Benefactors With Some Strings Attached Article by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV, May 15, 2014 In the years I attended the old Salem College, I was constantly aware of donors.  They spoke at commencement, and in my early years, at assembly.  If it [...]

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Groups Question FERC Assessment of Cove Point LNG Project

May 16, 2014

Groups Slam Federal Regulators over Flawed Environmental Review of Cove Point LNG Export Facility News Release by Kelly Trout, Chesapeake Climate Network, May 15, 2014 Controversial project would hike energy costs, threaten public safety, speed fracking and climate change, harm Chesapeake Bay WASHINGTON, DC – Environmental, public interest, and community groups are calling on the Federal [...]

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Government Regulation of Pipelines Lax in U.S.

May 15, 2014

Lax Oversight of Pipelines is Chronic Problem Editorial, Lancaster PA New Era, May 13, 2014 Reports critical of federal government oversight of the natural gas industry should give pause to Lancaster County residents as they face the prospect of a Marcellus Shale natural gas pipeline traversing the county. One report, by the Transportation Department’s Office [...]

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Oil & Gas Drillers Exploring Utica Shale in West Virginia

May 14, 2014

Both Gastar Exploration and Stone Energy drilling into WV Utica Shale formation From an Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, May 12, 2014 Moundsville, WV – Stone Energy Corp. and Gastar Exploration join Fossil Creek Ohio in digging into the Utica Shale formation underlying much of Marshall, Wetzel and Ohio counties. For several years, companies [...]

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Air Pollution & Greenhouse Gases from Fracking of Growing Concern

May 13, 2014

Another study points to climate harm from gas drilling From an Article by Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette, May 9, 2014 Another study has found that global warming pollution from natural gas drilling and production is likely far greater than estimated by current government emissions inventories. During two days of intensive airborne measurements, oil and gas [...]

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Morgan County OH Well Erupts with Gas & Drilling Mud

May 12, 2014

Seven residents evacuated due to danger of explosion From an Article by Dean Narciso, Columbus Dispatch, May 8, 2014 A Morgan County shale well being drilled in preparation for fracking began leaking on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of nearby residents. State and federal environmental emergency-response teams and the drilling company finally contained the mess yesterday, [...]

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WV Online Gas Well Workshops ~ Spring 2014

May 11, 2014

WV Sierra Club invites you to participate in the 2014 Spring Gas Well Workshops: This is a great opportunity to become a well informed gas well sleuth. There will be three online workshops devoted to intense guided study in three topics: Using West Virginia Online Databases (Monday, May 19 through Sunday, June 1) We’ll look [...]

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Climate Chaos Is Here, There is Not Time for a Bridge

May 10, 2014

Natural  Gas has become the 33-year bridge to nowhere By S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV The gas industry itself, in 1981, came up with the clever pitch that natural gas was a “bridge” to a clean energy future. We’ve been on it 33 years. Long bridge! And the [...]

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Canadian Report Says Fracking Can Lead to Water Contamination

May 9, 2014

Fracking’s greatest risk is water contamination says Expert Panel From an Article By James Munson, iPolitics Canada, April 30, 2014 A landmark report commissioned by Environment Canada has found water contamination to be the greatest threat posed by the shale gas extraction method known as fracking. The “Expert Panel on Harnessing Science & Technology to [...]

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Equipment and Trucks Driving Thru Limestone Filled Stream Crossing in Wetzel County, WV

May 8, 2014

Mom’s Driveway: Just another “minor project” in the Wetzel Marcellus gas field From Bill Hughes, Wetzel County Resident, May 5, 2014 I was recently asked to watch over a parcel of property by the son of an elderly woman. Stone Energy has a very active footprint nearby and he was concerned that his Mom’s driveway [...]

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