June 27, 2012
New Josh Fox Video: Gas Industry Documents Show Wells Leak and Gas Can Migrate
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Another industry document on gas migration
The following introduction to “The Sky is Pink” was made at a celebration of short films at the Black Bear
June 26, 2012
New Jersey legislators approved legislation on June 25 banning the treatment or storage of fracking waste in the state
By Mireya Navarro, The New York Times, June 25, 2012
By Mireya Navarro, The New York Times, June 25, 2012
New Jersey legislators approved legislation on Monday banning the treatment or …
June 25, 2012
A story in the New York Times on June 13 seems to confirm the rumors we’ve been hearing for the past several weeks. Sometime this summer the Cuomo Administration will begin issuing shale gas drilling permits in areas of five …
June 25, 2012
The case may be the first Marcellus contamination lawsuit to get resolved without a nondisclosure agreement
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact Pennsylvania, June 21, 2012
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact Pennsylvania, June 21, 2012
Read the PA DEP Consent Order and Agreement with Chesapeake
CLICK HERE for an explanation and …
June 25, 2012
PA lawmakers to vote on allowing natural gas industry to approve its own permits
You’ve heard of the fox running the henhouse, right? Usually, that’s an expression. It’s usually not “exactly” the case. But, if PA House Bill 1659 goes …
June 23, 2012
Safe fracking is an impossibility, and the industry’s claims for it are knowingly based on false premises.
By Josh Fox and Barbara Arrindell, TimesUnion.com, June 20, 2012
By Josh Fox and Barbara Arrindell, TimesUnion.com, June 20, 2012
Recently, politicians and publications have conditionally endorsed so-called “safe fracking” as a part …
June 23, 2012
A Series of Articles on the Hazards of Injection Wells
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
Injection wells used to dispose of the nation’s most toxic waste are showing increasing signs of stress as regulatory oversight falls short and scientific assumptions prove …
June 20, 2012
Oppose fracking without an independent assessment of its safety
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times, June 19, 2012
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times, June 19, 2012
ALBANY — A coalition of environmental groups plans to campaign against a proposal that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is weighing to …
June 19, 2012
Another victory for our side. As predicted, Tom West’s “smoking gun” legislative history memo does NOT change the court’s decision – communities may use zoning to ban fracking. – Helen Holden Slottje
In its decision, the New York State Supreme …
June 19, 2012
Lobbies states to open up Delaware River basin for gas drilling
By Tim Darragh, The Morning Call, June 18, 2012
By Tim Darragh, The Morning Call, June 18, 2012
Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration has been lobbying neighboring states to approve regulations to open the Delaware River basin to natural …
June 18, 2012
A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES LANDMARK
AGREEMENT WITH CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA TO ALLOW
LANDOWNERS TO RENEGOTIATE NATURAL GAS LEASES
In Addition To Allowing Over4,400 Leases To Be Renegotiated, Chesapeake Agrees To Pay $250K For Cost Of State Investigation
Schneiderman: Landowners Will Have The …
June 15, 2012
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Oil and Gas Management
Stray Natural Gas Migration Associated with Oil and Gas Wells
Click here to download the PA DEP document
Commercial oil production started in Pennsylvania in 1859 when Colonel Drake drilled …
