WV-DEP Advice to Lawmakers: Change Wellpad Setback Rule

July 13, 2013

DEP’s main advice to lawmakers: Change wellpad setback rule From Pam Kasey, The State Journal, July 10, 2013 With the three horizontal well studies mandated by the WV Legislature now in, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s main recommendation to them is to measure wellpad setbacks from their edges, not their centers. The studies were [...]

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REVIEW: Injection-Induced Earthquakes

July 12, 2013

REVIEW: Injection-Induced Earthquakes From William L. Ellsworth, Science Magazine, July 12, 2013 Source: Earthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA Background Human-induced earthquakes have become an important topic of political and scientific discussion, owing to the concern that these events may be responsible for widespread damage and an overall increase in seismicity. It [...]

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New York State Governor Greeted by Hundreds of Anti-Fracking Protestors in Finger Lakes

July 11, 2013

Governor Cuomo Greeted by Hundreds of Anti-Fracking Protestors in Ithaca, NY From Frack Action, EcoWatch, July 10, 2013 Hundreds of residents rallied against fracking and for renewable energy outside of Gov. Cuomo’s speech in Ithaca, NY, today with just hours notice of the Governor’s appearance. The concerned citizens urged the Governor not to put New York’s [...]

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Trucks Are Tearing Up The Roads in West Virginia

July 10, 2013

Trucks Are Tearing Up The Roads in West Virginia From the Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, July 7, 2013 CAMERON – Mayor Julie Beresford and Delegate David Evans, R-Marshall, support the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, but they want to see that U.S. 250 and other roads around the city remain safe. “The roads are [...]

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Explosion Rocks Marcellus Well in WV, Workers Seriously Burned

July 9, 2013

Explosion Rocks Natural Gas Well in Marcellus Shale, Workers Seriously Burned From the Article by Tara Lohan, AlterNet Project, July 8, 2013 A day after an explosion in the rural community of New Milton, West Virginia residents are still awaiting answers about the cause and the damage. The view from the Pitcocks’ yard of the [...]

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Mining a Rich Vein or Drilling a Deep Shale

July 8, 2013

Mining a Rich Vein or Drilling a Deep Shale By S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Jane Lew, Lewis County, WV There are thousands of stories about people suffering injury by shale drilling.  Some you hear directly, some you read and some you hear at meetings.  Some industry and government officials palm them off as “perceptions.” [...]

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‘Gasland Two’ On HBO This Monday: Drillers corrupting government

July 7, 2013

‘GASLAND TWO” On HBO This Monday — Drillers corrupting government From an Article by The Associated Press, July 6, 2013 Josh Fox galvanized the U.S. anti-fracking movement with his incendiary 2010 documentary “Gasland.” Now he’s back with a sequel — and this time, he’s targeting an audience of just one. “We want the president to [...]

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The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

July 6, 2013

The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells From the Post By Elizabeth Hand, DeSmog Canada, July 5, 2013 Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would be negligible. Unfortunately, experience has indicated that disposing of hazardous waste deep underground has been linked to water contamination, destroyed ecosystems, toxic leaks [...]

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Fork in the Road: Natural Gas is Not a Climate Solution

July 5, 2013

Natural Gas is Not a Climate Solution Natural Gas is Not a Climate Solution From Deb Nardone, U. S. Sierra Club, July 5, 2013 We are at the fork in the road — continue our dependence on dirty, climate-changing fossil fuels or move towards a clean energy future? Last week, President Obama shared a climate [...]

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EPA’s Abandoned Wyoming Fracking Study One Retreat of Many

July 4, 2013

Checking for Contamination EPA’s Abandoned Fracking Studies From Article by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 3, 2013 When the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly retreated on its multimillion-dollar investigation into water contamination in a central Wyoming natural gas field last month, it shocked environmentalists and energy industry supporters alike.  In 2011, the agency had issued a blockbuster draft [...]

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