Warwood Fracking Awareness Rally Draws 100 Attendees

September 16, 2013

Keep Frackwater Plant Out of Warwood To the Editor: Wheeling News-Register, September 15, 2013 . Letter from: Dr. Jim Kowalski, Warwood, WV It appears that the people in Warwood do not want a frackwater processing plant in Warwood. From what I have read, the volume of trucks in and out of the plant would be [...]

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DOE Approves LNG Exports from Cove Point to Non-FTA Countries

September 15, 2013

DOE Approves LNG Exports from Cove Point on East Coast   . Article by Laura Beans, EcoWatch, September 12, 2013 . The Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday it has conditionally authorized Dominion Cove Point LNG to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) over seas to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement with [...]

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What We Are Learning From Shale Drilling – Earth Sciences

September 14, 2013

What We Are Learning From Shale Drilling – Earth Sciences Analysis by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV   Geologists and petroleum engineers are learning that the earth is really much more complicated than the simple conceptual diagrams that are in their textbooks and that they put out to [...]

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BoomTown: How Drilling Has Changed Towanda, PA

September 13, 2013

BoomTown: How Drilling Has Changed Towanda, PA From an Article of Infographic on State Impact, NPR Trucks drive down Towanda’s main drag. Click on the highlighted name to view StateImpact Pennsylvania’s new multimedia project, called “Boomtown.” StateImpact Pennsylvania’s latest project, BoomTown, documents how natural gas drilling has affected Towanda, Bradford County. Click here to watch and listen [...]

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Landowners Group Responds to Decision in Waste Pit Appeal

September 12, 2013

West Virginia Surface Owners’ Rights Organization 1500 Dixie Street, Charleston, WV 25311 (304) 346-5891 – FAX: (304) 346-8981 www.wvsoro.org   Contact: Julie Archer, WV Surface Owners’ Rights Organization, (304) 610-9094, julie@wvsoro.org   Landowners Group Responds to Decision in Waste Pit Appeal, September 9, 2013 Ruling Disappointing, but Leaves Door Open to Others’ Claims of Unreasonable [...]

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Will U.S. Forest Service Approve Fracking for George Washington National Forest?

September 11, 2013

U.S. Forest Service set to decide on fracking in George Washington National Forest From the Article by Darryl Fears, Washington Post, September 9, 2013 George Washington National Forest is more than just one of the largest expanses of pristine land in the East. It’s the leafy cradle of the Shenandoah, James and Potomac rivers, a [...]

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USGS Recognizes “Protect Your Groundwater Day”

September 10, 2013

USGS Recognizes “Protect Your Groundwater Day” The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) joins our partners in the groundwater community in recognizing September 10, 2013, as Protect Your Groundwater Day because groundwater is important to all of us! At the USGS, we observe and monitor groundwater conditions at locations across the United States. Our scientists work constantly [...]

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Expert Anthony Ingraffea: We Have Only Seen the Tip of the Fracking Iceberg

September 10, 2013

Two Video Interviews with Professor Anthony Ingraffea are Presented From an Article by EcoWatch, September 6, 2013 In two separate Segments of this Shale Truth interview with Cornell University Professor Anthony Ingraffea, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Maya van Rossum, speaks with Dr. Ingraffea about shale gas extraction and serious concerns for our future. Dr. Ingraffea examines the various [...]

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Prof. Michael Mann to Describe the Hockey Stick of Climate Change at WVU

September 9, 2013

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars A noted expert in the field of climate change will discuss the controversies and challenges of the science of climate change in a lecture at WVU at 7 p.m. TUESDAY September 17, in G20 Ming Hsieh Hall. Michael E. Mann is distinguished professor and director of the Earth [...]

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“The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project”: Photos of Penna. at Ithaca, NY

September 8, 2013

Review: Art show mixes fracking with nature Photo exhibit at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, August 28th to September 27th At first glance, Brian Cohen’s panoramic photographs are merely pictures of the snowy, Pennsylvanian wilderness. But taking a second glance, it’s difficult to see that lurking behind the frostbitten trees is an industrial-looking tower storing the [...]

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