Volunteers needed for Water Quality Study in SW Penna.

July 3, 2013

Monitor conductivity & temperature CATTfish = Conductivity and Temperature in your Toilet Article by Mike Jones, Washington (PA) Observer Reporter, July 2, 2013 Volunteers are needed for a study that will use a new and inexpensive device to test water quality in homes located in the heart of Marcellus Shale country. The Southwestern Pennsylvania Water [...]

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C.E.H. Report –Toxic & Dirty Secrets: The Truth about Fracking and Your Family’s Health

July 2, 2013

CEH Report: Toxic & Dirty Secrets Report of the Center for Environmental Health.  www.ceh.org All around the country people are finding that hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is dangerous, destructive, and harmful to human health. Contaminated water and harmful air pollution are just a few of the all-too-real side effects associated with unconventional oil [...]

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Costume Party July 3rd & Parade of Trees on July 4th in Morgantown

July 1, 2013

Year of the Tree! Morgantown’s Year of the Tree Greetings from the Tree Committee Planners: A costume and sign-making party is scheduled for Wednesday, July 3, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the Monongalia Friends Meeting House, 648 E. Brockway Ave., Morgantown. Bring imaginative costume and sign-making items to share, along with craft supplies (glue, glue [...]

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Still No Commitment on a Shell Ethane Cracker in Penna.

June 30, 2013

Horsehead Site, Ohio River, Monaca, PA No Movement by Shell on Beaver County Site For Thermal Cracking From the Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, June 29, 2013 WHEELING – West Virginia and Ohio leaders pointed fingers at each other in March 2012 upon learning that Royal Dutch Shell would take its multibillion-dollar ethane cracker [...]

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Part 2. The Cost That Cannot Raise Its Head

June 29, 2013

Part 2. The Cost That Cannot Raise Its Head By S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV There are many financial losses never accounted for in the development of gas from the Marcellus shale. The drilling platform and deeply rocked roads are essentially taken out of production forever, removed from any kind of production. [...]

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Part 1. The Cost That Cannot Raise Its Head

June 28, 2013

Part 1. The Cost That Cannot Raise Its Head Commentary by S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV There are many arguments for and against shale drilling. It produces a lot of cheap natural gas and oil right now, it helps industries that need cheap energy and feed stocks, it requires lots of inputs [...]

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WV Cost of Living, Poverty & Homeless in Northern Panhandle

June 27, 2013

WV Cost of Living, Child Poverty, Homeless Article by Joselyn King, Wheeling Intelligencer, June 20, 2013  WHEELING – When children don’t have a stable home they don’t achieve, and there’s currently a lack of affordable housing in Wheeling, state lawmakers learned Wednesday.  The West Virginia Legislature’s Select Committee on Children and Other Issues met at [...]

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Higher Natural Gas Levels in Water Wells Near Marcellus Fracking Sites

June 26, 2013

Well Water — Northeast Penna. Duke University Study Finds Higher Gas Levels in Drinking Water Wells Near Marcellus Fracking Sites From Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, EcoWatch.org, June 24, 2013 Some homeowners living near shale gas wells appear to be at higher risk of drinking water contamination from stray gases, according to [...]

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Two Dead in Ritchie County Collision of Frackwater Truck

June 25, 2013

Two Dead in Truck Accident on US Route 50 near Pennsboro From WBOY & NBC News, Clarksburg, June 22, 2013 The Ritchie County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a road collision with two females dead at the scene. It happened just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Simington Drive near [...]

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Professor Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

June 24, 2013

Professor Mann’s Book: Columbia University Press, 2012, 395 pages Chemical & Engineering News, Vol. 90, Issue 50, December 10, 2012 Symbols matter—especially symbols that cut through clutter and obfuscation, ones that convey a complex concept with irrefutable simplicity. Ask Michael E. Mann, the Pennsylvania State University climate scientist who published the graph of global temperatures [...]

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