May 24, 2012

Vermont Governor Signs Bill Banning Hydraulic Fracturing

Vermont is the first state in the nation to ban the practice of extracting natural gas from shale.
By Terri Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press, May 16, 2012

MONTPELIER — An anti-fracking crowd gathered Tuesday night in Albany, N.Y., for a …

May 23, 2012

New Yorkers to Have Radon With Dinner

Future Radon Exposure in NYC Metro Area with Marcellus Shale Gas, at the level expected, could result in thousands of additional cancer deaths.

Damascus Citizens first raised the subject of radon arriving in the pipelines with Marcellus gas last fall …

May 23, 2012

Report Reveals Few Penalties for Violating Gas Drilling Rules in PA

9 out of 10 drilling violations in 2011 received no fines from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
By Clean Water Action

(Harrisburg) – Clean Water Action released a report today examining the enforcement actions taken in 2011 by the Pennsylvania …

May 23, 2012

Municipalities and Natural Gas Extraction…What the Frack?

Two recent decisions handed down by the New York State Supreme Court concern the struggle between private landowners seeking to lease their lands for gas extraction and local municipalities seeking to ban oil and gas drilling through land use regulation.
May 23, 2012

Insight: Peak, Pause or Plummet? Shale Oil Costs at Crossroads

The push and pull of production costs in the world’s fastest-growing oil frontier is adding uncertainty to the outlook for U.S. oil prices.
By Selam Gebrekidan, Reuters, May 17, 2012

(Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum was among the first major U.S. …

May 20, 2012

UK Backtracks on Fracking

Ministers decide there is not enough gas under UK to justify controversial ‘earthquake’ drilling
By Matt Chorley, The Independent, May 20, 2012

The Government has rejected shale gas technology as a solution to Britain’s energy crisis, conceding it will do

May 16, 2012

No 'Fracking' Until Further Study, Says Irish Minister for Energy

No hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” for gas would take place in Ireland pending further “detailed scientific analysis and advice”.
By LORNA SIGGINS, The Irish Times, May 12, 2012

MINISTER FOR Energy Pat Rabbitte has reiterated that no hydraulic fracturing or …

May 14, 2012

Add Your Name to Our Mother’s Day Letter to Michelle Obama

The Mother’s Project has been officially launched by Angela Monti Fox. Read her powerful letter to Michelle Obama and add your name.

  Add your name to this Mother’s Day Letter to Michelle Obama!

Read this powerful letter which was on …

May 12, 2012

PA ignoring their residents' health complaints

By KEVIN BEGOS — Associated Press

The Pennsylvania Department of Health says it investigates every claim by residents that gas drilling has caused health problems, but several people say the agency’s actions don’t match its words.

Two western Pennsylvania residents …

May 7, 2012

PA Farmers Speak Out Against Fracking

Pennsylvania farmers visit our region to warn people about the dangers of a controversial drilling process
By WSIL, May 4, 2012

WSIL — Pennsylvania farmers visit our region to warn people about the dangers of a controversial drilling process.

The …

May 7, 2012

Vermont Bans Fracking

Legislature gives final passage to first-in-the-nation fracking ban
Media Release, May 4, 2012

The Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 today to give final passage to legislation that will make Vermont the first state in the nation to ban the …

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