World Water Monitoring Day 2012 — Set For September 18th

September 12, 2012

TEST the WATER.  SHARE the DATA. PROTECT our WORLD. By Trey Cody, Student at Penn State University and Intern at EPA. Did you ever wonder how information is gathered on the condition of our streams, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters?  Or how we know whether it is safe to use these waters for drinking or recreational activities like fishing, [...]

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WVU Promotes a Shale Gas Research Center to Finance Committee of Legislature

September 11, 2012

The following report is based on an article by Taylor Kuykendall for the State Journal: West Virginia University is moving forward with creation of a center for research on the shale gas industry, but it wants the state to designate it as the official center for such research in the state. Bill Hutchens, vice president [...]

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Workshop: Water Challenges & Opportunities with Shale Gas Exploration and Production

September 11, 2012

Monongahela River @ Pittsburgh November 1-2, 2012, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA A one-and-a-half day workshop is scheduled to bring together experts to discuss current water management technologies and process utilized to address water use and impacted water disposal.  This workshop, co-sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the Air & [...]

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Sierra Club: Exporting LNG Will Mean Much More Fracking in the US

September 10, 2012

Sierra Club Campaign By Deb Nardone, Beyond Natural Gas Campaign Because of a trade agreement being negotiated in great secrecy, the natural gas industry could get approval to export natural gas to other countries, paving the way for more fracking. Now is the time to speak out! Not only could these trade talks lead to [...]

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Report on “Water & Wellness Seminar” in Morgantown on September 8th

September 9, 2012

For those unable to attend the “Water and Wellness” seminar yesterday, you can watch the entire program of speakers on the video clips referenced below. The program was held in Morgantown, Saturday, September 8th and sponsored by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, the WV Sierra Club, and WV Highlands Conservancy. Focus was on Marcellus shale [...]

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The Largest Oil and Gas Expo in West Virginia — October 3rd

September 8, 2012

The Largest Oil and Gas Expo in West Virginia — October 3rd The sponsors, exhibitors and attendees of the first-ever West Virginia Oil and Gas Expo in 2011 made the event the largest of its kind in the state.  The Expo Team has thanked everyone involved with the 2011 West Virginia Oil and Gas Expo [...]

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Shale Gas Outrage: The Water Footprint of Shale Gas Development

September 7, 2012

Philadelphia, PA – This is the third in a series of Bulletins in advance of the Shale Gas Outrage demonstration planned for Philadelphia outside the Convention Center where the Marcellus Shale industry conference will be underway.  The Rally will be September 20th, 2012 12 – 2:00 p.m. with a March 2 – 3:00 p.m. and [...]

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Commentary: Shale Gas Not an Automatic Benefit

September 7, 2012

By S. Tom Bond, Perspectives Section, Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail, Sunday, September 2, 2012. The Marcellus development isn’t automatically a permanent improvement for our state. Within half a person’s lifetime almost all of the wells will be drilled, and since Marcellus wells have a useful lifetime of less than a decade, the field will be in [...]

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Dominion Resources Activates Gas Pipeline Project from West Virginia to East Coast

September 6, 2012

The following article by Casey Junkins is from the Wheeling Intelligencer of September 6th: MOUNDSVILLE – Recent declines in the price of ethane will not stop Dominion Resources and natural gas drillers from capitalizing on northern West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale, industry leaders agree. Tuesday, officials with Virginia-based Dominion announced the activation of the company’s Appalachian [...]

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The Un-Balanced Sheet of Marcellus Shale Development

September 5, 2012

The Un-Balanced Sheet, by S. Thomas Bond,  Newsletter, Guardians of the West Fork Watershed It’s clear by this time that the Marcellus development is being promoted with a balance sheet that has only one side, assets. Liabilities are never mentioned. You read about all the money that will flow, the growth that will result, vague [...]

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