Dunkard & Ten Mile Creeks in PA Leased to Drilling Operations

April 8, 2014

Greene County creeks leased for drilling by PA-DCNR From an Article by Emily Petsko, Washington PA Observer-Reporter, April 4, 2014 Two Greene County creeks are doubling as drilling sites for local energy companies, joining the more than 1,400 acres of public waterways across Pennsylvania leased to natural gas companies by the state in the past [...]

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New Incidents: Pipeline Rupture & Fire in Marshall County, WV // Drilling Death in Belmont County, OH

April 7, 2014

Pipeline Rupture at Oak Grove Site Leads to Fire – Unrelated Accident Kills Man in Belmont County From an Article by Casey Junkins And Shelley Hanson, Wheeling Intelligencer, April 6, 2014 A 12-inch natural gas pipeline in Marshall County ruptured and caught fire about 8 a.m. Saturday. No one was injured. The rupture of the [...]

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Marcellus Shale Gas Wells Extensive in West Virginia (Map)

April 6, 2014

WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL & ECONOMIC SURVEY Address:1 Mont Chateau Road Morgantown, WV 26508-8079 Telephone:304-594-2331 Fax:304-594-2575 E-mail:  info@geosrv.wvnet.edu Hours:8:00am – 5:00pm EST, Weekdays Find us:Google Map Directions To and From WVGES FUNCTION: West Virginia’s center for geology, energy resources, industrial minerals, geologic hazards, ground water, topographic and geologic maps, earth science, and much more. The Survey [...]

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Short-time Bursts of Air Pollution are Difficult to Analyze

April 5, 2014

Air monitoring in fracking areas fails to detect spikes in toxic emissions, new study says A large flare at a central collection facility. From an Article by Lisa Song & Jim Morris, Center for Public Integrity, April 3, 2014 Some people in natural gas drilling areas complain about nauseating odors, nosebleeds and other symptoms (such [...]

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Air Pollutant Emissions from Marcellus Shale Operations Continue in Pennsylvania

April 4, 2014

PA-DEP says air emissions from gas drilling improve From an Article by Laura Legere, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 2014 Harrisburg, PA — Air pollutants emitted by Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry stayed relatively level in 2012 — and remained a small fraction of the state’s total emissions — despite more pipeline and processing companies being required [...]

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Air Quality “Notice of Violation” Issued to Lisby Well Pad in Tyler County

April 3, 2014

WV-DEP issues air quality Notice of Violation to Jay-Bee Oil & Gas Public Announcement from WV DEP via Email, March 2, 2014 The WV Department of Environmental Protection — Division of Air Quality has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Jay-Bee Oil & Gas Inc. for operating storage tanks on its Lisby Well Pad [...]

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Progress (or Not) with Energy and the Environment

April 2, 2014

The hydrocarbon pressure cooker is changing our planet Part 1 of a Three Part Series, S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Forces are building to displace hydrocarbon burning as the primary energy source. Will the change come in time to save us from economic collapse? I The Uncounted Costs [...]

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Tyler County Residents Dislocated by Lisby Pad Emissions

April 1, 2014

Concerns for Public Health in the Face of Odors, Off-Gases and Headaches NOTE:  The email letter below is addressed to Tom Cooper, Director, Tyler County Office of Emergency Management.  It is written by Bill Hughes, a retired electrical contractor who lives on WV Route 7 north of the area in question.  The “valley” in question [...]

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Purge Gas Streaming at Lisby Pad Creates Public Hazard

March 31, 2014

Purge Gas Streaming at Lisby Pad Creates Public Hazard YouTube Post on Mar 30, 2014: On March 27 2014 an extremely strong chemical smell was reported coming from the Lisby well pad operated by Jay-Bee oil and gas on Big Run Road in Tyler County, WV. Emergency fire personnel were called, they were threatened with [...]

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Plastic Products in Common Use Show Public Health Concerns

March 30, 2014

The Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Plastics; And the Big Tobacco-style Campaign to Bury It From the Article by Mariah Blake, Mother Jones Magazine,  March/April 2014 Issue Note on (3/3/14): After this story went to press, the US Food and Drug Administration published a paper finding that BPA was safe in low doses. However, due to laboratory [...]

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