September 2014

September 25, 2014

The Road to Damascus

On DCS, the People’s Climate March and “a well-watered place”
By Stephen Love, Daily Kos, September 24, 2014

I first left my mother for extended periods of time in the Fall of 1964 when I entered kindergarten. I grew up …

September 18, 2014

Proposed Monaca, PA Chemical Plant Threatens Residents

See comments from Jim Argo, PhD, below.

You are Invited – Shell Proposed Petrochemical Community Meeting: Air Quality and Safety

As part of the planning and evaluation process for our proposed petrochemical facility in Beaver county, Shell is hosting community …

September 17, 2014

Fracking Workers Exposed to Dangerous Amounts of Benzene

Some workers are routinely exposed to high levels of benzene, a colorless gas that can cause cancer
By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2014

Some workers at oil and gas sites where fracking occurs are routinely exposed to …

September 4, 2014

Pro-Fracking Newspaper Ad Banned by Advertising Standards Authority

Breitling Energy’s Telegraph advert “misled the public”
By Sean Farrell, theguardian.com, September 2, 2014

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a US energy company misled the public when it made unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of fracking and claimed …

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