Flammable Contaminated Water Case in PA

December 8, 2013

Arbitration Possible for Hydrofracking Dispute From Article by Rose Bouboushian, Courthouse News, December 5, 2013 Oil and gas giant Chesapeake Energy cannot yet arbitrate claims that its “ultrahazardous” hydraulic fracturing made groundwater flammable in  Pennsylvania, a federal judge ruled. The dispute stems from a 2008 oil and gas lease that gave Chesapeake Appalachia five years to drill for [...]

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Fugitive Methane Emissions from Diesel Engines at Fracking Operations to be Studied at WVU

December 7, 2013

WVU researchers to investigate methane emissions in shale gas development From the article at The State Journal, Dec 06, 2013 A team of researchers at West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions will study the amount of methane emitted from dual fuel engines in the development of shale gas. According to WVU, [...]

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Will an Abundance of Ethane in WV & PA Bring Cracker Plant(s)?

December 5, 2013

Industry leaders hope for cracker plants From the Article by Casey Junkins, Weirton Daily Times, December 2, 2013 WHEELING – Although natural gas processors continue pumping ethane out of the Marcellus and Utica shale regions, the head of an organization representing chemical companies is “very confident” Odebrecht’s planned Parkersburg cracker plant will come to fruition. [...]

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Marginalized Landowners on the Losing End of Lawsuits

December 4, 2013

Lawsuit denied appeal Chesapeake sued over drilling waste From the Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, December 2, 2013 A Wetzel County couple lost their appeal of a Marcellus gas well case in federal court. Dewey and Gay Teel sued Chesapeake Appalachia for common law trespass regarding drill cuttings pits on their property. In [...]

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XTO Settlement Avoids Possible Precedent

December 3, 2013

Gas-drilling case settled XTO offer taken after 2-year suit From the Article by David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post, November 29, 2013 A Marion County landowner’s federal lawsuit to throw a gas-drilling company off his land has been settled out of court. Richard Cain sued XTO Energy — an Exxon subsidiary — about horizontal gas wells [...]

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Top-Down Methane Measurements Are Shockingly Higher Than EPA Estimates

December 2, 2013

U.S. Methane Emissions 50 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates Article from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, November 26, 2013 Emissions of methane from fossil fuel extraction and refining activities in the South Central U.S. are nearly five times higher than previous estimates, according to researchers at Harvard University and seven other institutions. Their study, published this [...]

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Invaders to Public Lands More Likely

November 30, 2013

House Approves Bill to Fast Track Fracking on Public Lands From the Article by Ecowatch, November 21, 2013 By a vote of 235-187, the U.S. House of Representatives on November 20 approved its latest giveaway to the oil and gas industry—a bill that would fast track the approval of fracking on public lands, according to Environment America. “Fracking is [...]

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Blue Racer Natrium Extraction & Processing Plant, Marshall County, WV

November 29, 2013

View Larger Map WV-DEP Public Notice of Intent to Approve Permit R13-2896B ====================================== WV-DEP, Friday, November 22, 2013 ====================================== AIR QUALITY PERMIT NOTICE —  Notice of Intent to Approve On August 21, 2013, Blue Racer Natrium, LLC applied to the WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) for a permit to modify a natural [...]

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Not so Thanksgiving Movie about Leaky Wells

November 28, 2013

Latest Evidence on Leaky Gas Wells – Dr. Ingraffea The science of shale gas: The latest evidence on leaky wells, methane emissions, and implications for policy. A.R. Ingraffea Ph.D, P.E.; M.T. Wells, Ph.D, Cornell University; R. Santoro, R. Shonkoff, Ph.D, Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy, Inc. Butler Community College, Butler Pa, November 21, [...]

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The Benefits of Lieing about the Creation of Jobs

November 27, 2013

Six-State Study Confirms Job Numbers Exaggerated by Fracking Industry From the Article by Policy Matters Ohio, November 21, 2013 Drilling in the six states that span the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations has produced far fewer new jobs than the industry and its supporters claim, according to a report released today by the Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative, a [...]

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