“Gasland Part II” is Now Being Scheduled

April 17, 2014

Dear Friends, If you haven’t seen Gasland Part II yet, now is your chance. Filmmaker Josh Fox picks up where he left off in Gasland Part I and examines the long-term impacts of fracking, including reports of poisoned water, earthquakes and even neurological damage. He also takes his camera abroad to share the experiences of [...]

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Questionable Royalty Deductions Occurring Around the Country

April 17, 2014

Around the country, landowners are suing Chesapeake Energy and other drillers for massive deductions from royalty checks From an Article by Peter Gorman, Fort Worth Weekly, April 16, 2014 Donald Feusner used to be a dairy farmer. His 370 acres of land in northeast Pennsylvania border New York state in a gloriously lush area. In [...]

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Big Leaks Found During Drilling of Shale Gas Wells

April 16, 2014

Methane escapes from natural gas wells even before fracking, new direct measurements from airplane flyovers show From an Article by Stephanie Ogburn, ClimateWire, E & E Publishing, April 15, 2014 A new study has found that a small number of gas wells are releasing significant quantities of methane into the air even before they are [...]

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The New Energy Paradigm, But How Many Jobs Does Fracking Really Create?

April 15, 2014

Subject: How Many Jobs Does Fracking Really Create? From an Article by Clare Foran, National Journal, April 14, 2014 It’s not easy to pinpoint the number of jobs generated by fracking. Fracking creates jobs. That’s the linchpin of the oil and gas industry argument for permitting the controversial drilling practice. And it’s become the industry’s [...]

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Marcellus Gas Wells Toxic to Local Residents in WV

April 14, 2014

RE: Lisby Well Pad, Marcellus Gas Operation, Tyler County, WV Update from Bill Hughes, Wetzel County, April 13, 2014 Last evening at least five adults smelled the continuing presence of gas fumes while near the Jay-Bee Lisby well pad on the road, or on or near their driveway. Some of these people are familiar with [...]

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Cheat River Canyon: 3800 Acres Preserved for Future Generations

April 13, 2014

Cheat River Canyon Preserved  in Northcentral WV From an Article by Rebecca Olsavsky, The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register, April 13, 2014 Tucked away in the rocks of north-central West Virginia is the secret to a multi-million dollar conservation effort – a “threetooth” snail that actually has just one tooth. Cheat Canyon, the only place on [...]

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WV, PA & OH Impacted by Horizontal Drilling & Fracking

April 12, 2014

Marcellus Shale impacts still large in Wetzel County From an Article by Mandi Cardosi, WTRF 7 News, Wheeling, WV, April 11, 2014 Wetzel County has always been a producer of natural gas, but a boom in the Marcellus Shale gas drilling really put it on the map for the Mountain State. Since 2008, the county at [...]

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‘Years of Living Dangerously,’ Landmark Series on Climate Change

April 11, 2014

First Episode of ‘Years of Living Dangerously,’ Landmark Series on Climate Change. From the Article by Brandon Baker, EcoWatch.com, April 9, 2014 ‘Years of Living Dangerously,’ Showtime’s Landmark Series on Climate Change this Sunday. Years of Living Dangerously, the first-ever series solely about climate change premieres at 10 p.m. Sunday on Showtime, but you don’t [...]

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Progress (or Not) with Energy and the Environment (Part II)

April 10, 2014

II What are the alternatives and what are their characteristics. Part 2 of three parts. By S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor & Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Waste products are a huge, largely unrecognized, problem with burning hydrocarbons. Originally it was seen that coal could be shipped to the cities and electricity generated there [...]

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Air-Water-Land Issues from Marcellus Operations in Tyler County, WV

April 9, 2014

Report on Drilling & Fracking on Big Run in Tyler County By William J. Hughes, WV Route 7, April 5, 2014 In a number of my recent Power Point presentations on the black shale “exploration & production” process I have included a slide which I think represents  a challenge to WV-DEP.  I could not help [...]

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