November 2011

November 23, 2011

Impact on Housing in Appalachian Pennsylvania as a Result of Marcellus Shale

The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development
A project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission

Executive Summary

The research project was to evaluate the impact on housing as a result of Marcellus Shale drilling in twelve counties involved in …

November 18, 2011

Don't Drill the Delaware / DRBC Regulations Vote–Meeting Cancelled

THANK YOU! WORKING TOGETHER WE HAVE STOPPED THE GAS TRAIN . . . FOR NOW!

Delaware’s Gov. Markell and New York’s Gov. Cuomo have stepped off the train; Now it’s time to punch the tickets of the other voting members

November 18, 2011

Fracking and Quaking: They're Linked

Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

And scientists, the military, and frackers themselves have known it for years

The next time a Canadian consumer turns up their natural gas furnace or clicks on that gas burner, he or she may have inadvertently …

November 18, 2011

NYTimes: The Fracturing of Pennsylvania and other investigations

New York Times Magazine article about Amwell Township in Washington County, PA: Fracking Amwell Township By ELIZA GRISWOLD

Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and grassy pasturelands planted with alfalfa, trefoil and timothy in the southwestern corner …

November 15, 2011

Gas Migration into the Susquehanna River and Surrounding Area . . .

Started in September, 2010 and has not stopped.

This is only one of quite a few “incidents,” but is what is the focus here — more examples like Dimock, PA, or the Tioga gas field, or Schreiner in western, PA, …

November 10, 2011

EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer

Abrahm Lustgarten, Propublica

As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a place where residents have long complained that drilling fouled their water …

November 10, 2011

Home Mortgages, Homeowner Liability Affected by Gas Drilling

New York State Bar Association Journal
November/December 2011, Vol. 83, No. 9, lead article

“. . . issues not often discussed, such as the owner’s potential liability and the continued viability of the mortgage.”

“Residential fracking carries heavy industrial risks, …

November 8, 2011

Oil Executive Recommends Counterinsurgency Manual

By Eamon Javers, CNBC Washington

Last week’s oil industry conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston was supposed to be an industry confab just like any other — a series of panel discussions, light refreshments and an exchange of …

November 7, 2011

ATSDR Leroy Township report finds elevated well water chemicals – Exact cause of elevated levels unclear

Bradford County, Leroy Township, Pennsylvania
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) investigated the water quality of seven residential wells surrounding the Chesapeake ATGAS 2H natural gas well site in Leroy …

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