An Inside Look at “Food & Water Watch”

November 15, 2013

Thoughts on a Food and Water Watch Conference Call Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV I was privileged to join a conference call conducted by the Food and Water Watch (FWW) on the 12th of November.  FWW is a non-governmental organization with members all over the U. [...]

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Climate Change “Last Hours” Video on Methane Hydrates

November 14, 2013

Climate Change “Last Hours” Video on Methane Hydrates Film by Thom Hartmann, Tree Media Foundation, September 28, 2013 The film “Last Hours” describes a science-based climate scenario where a tipping point to runaway climate change is triggered by massive releases of frozen methane.  Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, has already started to percolate into the [...]

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Deadlines Near for Comments to US EPA and US Coast Guard

November 13, 2013

Deadline to Submit Information for EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Study is November 15th From the US Environmental Protection Agency : Greetings: To ensure that the EPA is up-to-date on evolving hydraulic fracturing practices and technologies, we’ve been soliciting relevant data and scientific literature specific to potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. EPA’s Federal [...]

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Landfill Tonnage Caps Needed for Shale Drilling Wastes

November 12, 2013

Landfill Tonnage Caps Needed for Shale Drilling Wastes NOTE: — Comment Period Ends November 13th — The WV Public Service Commission, which regulates this state’s solid waste landfills, is currently considering a request in Wetzel County that would allow unlimited amounts of shale gas drilling waste (drill cuttings and drilling mud) to be dumped in [...]

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Gas Leasing Still Active in Upper Ohio Valley

November 11, 2013

Gas Leasing Still Hot in Upper Ohio Valley From Article By Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, November 11, 2013           North, south, east and west, natural gas abstractors continue flooding courthouses throughout the Upper Ohio Valley in the effort to lock up land for Utica and Marcellus shale drilling. A trip to [...]

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Word Games are Misleading the Public About Fracking

November 10, 2013

Realities in the Fracking Industry Raise Serious Questions From the Article by SkyTruth, November 8, 2013 Half the truth is often a great lie. From Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac  (1758) Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, and other drilling practices have unlocked previously inaccessible reserves of oil and gas across the United States and the world. [...]

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MarkWest Energy to Expand Sherwood Processing Complex in Doddridge County

November 9, 2013

MarkWest Energy Partners Signs Agreements with Antero Resources to Expand Sherwood Processing Complex to 1 Bcf/d Press Release, Mark West Energy Partners, Business Wire, November 7, 2013 NOTE: The Sherwood Processing Complex is visible south of US Route 50 about five miles east of West Union, in Doddridge County, WV. DENVER — MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. announced [...]

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Canadian Courts Dismiss Protection for Owners of Polluted Lands & Waters

November 8, 2013

A horrible decision against Jessica Ernst, Landowner, Rosebud, Alberta, Canada Article by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV  Alberta, Canada, is a province lying in and east of the Rocky Mountains, north of Montana and up to the 60th parallel. In it lie Edmonton and Calgary, large cities, so [...]

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Huge Election Victories for Colorado’s Anti-Fracking Movement

November 7, 2013

Wins in Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins — and a partial-victory in Broomfield From the Article by EcoWatch, November 6, 2013 The Tuesday election brought huge results for anti-fracking voters in Fort Collins, Boulder and Lafayette where all measures were approved that will either ban or pause the practice of hydraulic fracturing. Initial results show Broomfield with a [...]

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Shell ‘extremely active’ at Horsehead Plant; Possible Cracker Plant Site

November 6, 2013

Shell studies ethane cracker site on Ohio River in western PA . . Article by Paul J. Gough, Pittsburgh Business Times, Nov. 5, 2013 Shell continues to have what Horsehead Holding Corp. calls an “extremely active” presence at the soon-to-be-closed Horsehead zinc plant in Beaver County as the conglomerate decides whether to build a petrochemical [...]

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