Toxicologists are Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health

January 25, 2013

  Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health Article from John Hurdle, New York Times, Green blog, 1-21-13 PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of academic researchers in the United States is preparing to shine a rigorous scientific light on the polarized and often emotional debate over whether using hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas is [...]

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Wild Cards of Global Warming — Parts 3 thru 5

January 24, 2013

Wild Cards of Global Warming — Parts 3 thru 5 By S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV III The global heat conveyor In the tropical Atlantic Ocean, surface water warms and some of it evaporates so the water becomes saltier. It moves north through the Gulf Stream along the East coast of the [...]

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Wild Cards of Global Warming — Parts 1 & 2

January 23, 2013

Wild Cards of Global Warming By S. Tom Bond, Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV There are several “wild cards” connected with global warming. These are phenomena, which may result in “positive” feedback and thus increase earth warming more than would happen by human addition of greenhouse gases alone. I The Amazon River Basin The Amazon [...]

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WV Group to Study Regional Impact of Fracking

January 22, 2013

WV Group to Study Regional Impact of Fracking Based on Article By Taylor Kuykendall in The State Journal, January 21, 2013 A West Virginia-based environmental consulting group announced a new project January 21st looking at the controversial practice of shale gas development and the associated practice of hydraulic fracturing. According to a news release from [...]

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GASTAR Sees Large Volumes after Large Investment in Marshall County

January 21, 2013

GASTAR PUMPING LARGE QUANTITIES Company Spent $200 Million In Marshall County From Article By CASEY JUNKINS, The Wheeling Intelligencer, January 20, 2013 PROCTOR, WV – With large trucks traveling on narrow roads, Michael McCown knows the process of drilling and fracking a $7 million Marcellus Shale well can create plenty of disruption for a community. [...]

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WV-DEP Seeks Comments on Air Emissions Permits for Wetzel, Marion, & Doddridge Counties

January 20, 2013

======================================= Friday, January 18, 2013 @ 10:09 AM ======================================= AIR QUALITY PERMIT NOTICE: Notice of Intent to Approve: Wetzel County, WV On October 9, 2012, EQT Production Company applied to the WV Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality (DAQ) for a permit to construct and operate a glycol dehydration unit (Big57/Big176 Meter Site) [...]

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Seismic Data Acquisition Campaign Underway in Northern West Virginia

January 19, 2013

The Seitel company has made the local news recently on two accounts.  First, a seismic survey worker was killed near Fairview in Marion county as part of data acquisition via rig drilling using 30 foot deep holes.  And, secondly, helicopters are being used to drop supplies for similar activities involving geophone detectors and data transmission [...]

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Drilling Rig and Truck Accidents Continue in Northern West Virginia

January 18, 2013

Wetzel Chronicle photo Drilling rig worker dies in accident at Marion County preparation plant From Associate Press report, January 14th FAIRVIEW , WV — Federal regulators said Tuesday the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has jurisdiction over a fatal accident involving a gas-drilling rig at a coal mine prep plant. An unidentified worker died Monday [...]

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The Province of Alberta versus Fracking Folk Hero Jessica Ernst

January 17, 2013

Article by Andrew Nikiforuk in The Tyee of British Columbia in Canada on January 16, 2013 Alberta landowner Jessica Ernst lights methane infused well water from her property on fire in a photo by Colin Smith in the original article. In this now famous flaming water case, regulators are to argue that they have ‘no [...]

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OSHA to Investigate Death of Rig Worker in Marion County, WV

January 16, 2013

Article from the Charleston Gazette, January 15, 2013 FAIRVIEW, WV — Federal regulators said Tuesday the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has jurisdiction over a fatal accident involving a gas-drilling rig at a coal mine prep plant. An unidentified worker died Monday night when the rig overturned and crushed him at CONSOL Energy’s Loveridge Mine [...]

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