Combating Frack Industry’s Misinformation Campaign

November 5, 2013

Frack Checked Videos Feature Wes Wilson and Tony Ingraffea Article from EcoWatch Date: Nov. 2, 2013 Colorado is the midst of a David vs. Goliath fight, in which four municipalities will be voting November 5th  on ballot initiatives to protect their communities from fracking. The gas and oil industry has already spent $600,000 on misleading ads and mailers [...]

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Policy on Barging Fracking Wastewater from the U. S. Coast Guard

November 4, 2013

U.S. Coast Guard publishes proposed policy on moving frack wastewater by barge Article by Emily DeMarco, PublicSource, November 1, 2013 The U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the country’s waterways, will allow shale gas companies to ship fracking wastewater on the nation’s rivers and lakes under a proposed policy published on October 30th. The Coast Guard [...]

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Houston Texas Air Pollution: Preview if Pennsylvania Gets a Cracker?

November 3, 2013

Houston is preview to Shell’s proposed Beaver County cracker plant? Allegheny Front, October 25, 2013 HOUSTON ­­– The largest chemical hub in the Americas courses through this city in a seemingly unending line of plants that produce about a quarter of the country’s petrochemicals. These plants have helped fuel the city’s economic rise. But they [...]

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Pipeline Projects Ready to Transport Marcellus N.G. and Ethane

November 2, 2013

ATEX Pipeline To Transport Ethane in December From Bob Downing, Akron Beacon Journal, October 31, 2013 A Texas company reported that its 1,230-mile Appalachia to Texas Pipeline will begin service in December. Enterprise Products Partners said the ATEX pipeline will carry ethane from the Utica and Marcellus shales to Texas. The $1.2 billion pipeline was originally [...]

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National Public Radio Carries Misleading Ads of Frackers

November 1, 2013

Groups Combat Misleading Fracking Ads on NPR Article by Environmental Action, EcoWatch.org,  November 1, 2013  When members of Environmental Action became fed up with pro-fracking spots aired by the America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) on National Public Radio (NPR), they set up a mock website NPR-Dont-Even-Thinkaboutit.org to collect their own messages highlighting the dangers of fracking. Dozens [...]

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Update on Two Injured in Fire at Antero Gas Drilling Site in Doddridge County, WV

October 31, 2013

Two Injured in Fire at Antero Gas Drilling Site in Doddridge County, WV Article from WTAP, Parkersburg, WV, October 29, 2013 WEST UNION, W.Va. (AP) – State regulators are investigating a flash fire that injured two workers at an Antero Resources gas-drilling site in Doddridge County. Media outlets report that the fire occurred Sunday morning [...]

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Book Review — “Oil and Honey: Fossil Fuel Industry vs. Sustainable Planet”

October 30, 2013

Oil and Honey: Fossil Fuel Industry vs. Sustainable Planet From the Article by Gary Wockner, EcoWatch.com, October 28, 2013 I’ve read most of Bill McKibben’s books and this one is the best. This book gives you an inside scoop on the last few years of McKibben’s life, both professionally and personally.  The professional part of McKibben’s life is [...]

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Gas Worker Residency Data Missing from WV Governor’s Report

October 29, 2013

Are the Gas Workers from WV or from TX and OK? From Article by Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette Date:  October 27, 2013 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Last week, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s administration told state lawmakers that the boom in natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale field “continues to have a positive impact on West [...]

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Web Event: Water Resource Reporting from Marcellus Drilling & Fracking in WV & PA

October 28, 2013

Water Footprint and Water Resource Reporting from Marcellus Shale Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing in West Virginia and Pennsylvania “From the Fracking Front” Switzer Foundation Webinar Series Event Date:  Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Event Time:   12:30 PM Eastern / 9:30 AM Pacific Location:   Online World Wide Web, www.switzernetwork.org Related Fellows: Evan Hansen (1996) and Dustin Mulvaney (2004) Join us [...]

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Valley Grove Home Destroyed by Drilling Mud in Ohio County, WV

October 27, 2013

Home Destroyed by Drilling Mud in Ohio County From the Article by Fred Connors, Wheeling Intelligencer, October 25, 2013 VALLEY GROVE – Becky and John Wieczorkowski’s Valley Grove home flooded and ripped apart Thursday morning after 6,000 gallons of water and “drilling mud” from a nearby pipeline operation infiltrated the home through an abandoned water [...]

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