By Food & Water Watch, Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Washington, D.C.-In the wake of April’s calamitous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, pundits are pointing … Continue reading
Natural Gas No Quick Fix for U.S. Energy Woes
July 16, 2010
Food & Water Watch Report Points to Need for Better Federal Regulations; Activists in Delaware River Basin, Colorado and Virginia Fear Risks from Fracking
By Food & Water Watch, Wednesday, July 14, 2010
By Food & Water Watch, Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Concerns Spread Over Environmental Costs of Producing Shale Gas
July 11, 2010
Concerns Spread Over Environmental Costs of Producing Shale Gas
By JOEL KIRKLAND of ClimateWire, July 9, 2010
By JOEL KIRKLAND of ClimateWire, July 9, 2010
PITTSBURGH — Around suppertime on June 3 in Clearfield County, Pa., a geyser of natural gas and sludge began shooting out of a well called Punxsutawney Hunting Club 36. The toxic stew of … Continue reading
A Colossal Fracking Mess
June 23, 2010
The dirty truth behind the new natural gas.
By Christopher Bateman (Vanity Fair)
By Christopher Bateman (Vanity Fair)
Early on a spring morning in the town of Damascus, in northeastern Pennsylvania, the fog on the Delaware River rises to form a mist that hangs above the tree-covered hills on either side. A buzzard swoops in … Continue reading
Onshore Drilling Disasters Waiting to Happen: An Interview With ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox
June 19, 2010
Onshore Drilling Disasters Waiting to Happen: An Interview With ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox
By Nora Eisenberg, The Nation, June 17, 2010
By Nora Eisenberg, The Nation, June 17, 2010
Theater and film director Josh Fox’s documentary Gasland explores the new generation of natural gas drilling, which for a decade has been blasting its way east across the country, … Continue reading
Gas Pains
June 1, 2010
Pennsylvania, reeling from a budget crisis, exploits—at any and all costs—what might be the largest U.S. natural gas deposit. The results could be disastrous.
By Ted Williams, Audubon Magazine
By Ted Williams, Audubon Magazine
Earth hadn’t seen its first dinosaur when an enormous river system finished dumping its sediments over what is now Pennsylvania, West … Continue reading
PA Lawsuit Says Drilling Polluted Water
November 11, 2009
Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water
By Jon Hurdle, on Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST
By Jon Hurdle, on Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.
George Zimmermann, the owner of 480 … Continue reading
Of Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water
July 1, 2009
Of Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water
By JEREMY MILLER, The New York Times, June 30, 2009, 10:17 am
By JEREMY MILLER, The New York Times, June 30, 2009, 10:17 am
A bill introduced earlier this month would bring federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing fluids – chemical mixtures pumped at high pressure into oil and gas wells in order to unlock deposits trapped … Continue reading
PA Says Natgas Drilling Risks Inevitable
March 22, 2009
Pennsylvania says natgas drilling risks inevitable
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:57pm EDT
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:57pm EDT
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s top environmental official said on Friday that a natural gas drilling boom would inevitably result in some environmental damage including possible contamination of water supplies.
Responding to concerns that drilling in … Continue reading
U.S. Gas Drilling Boom Stirs Water Worries
February 27, 2009
U.S. gas drilling boom stirs water worries
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:20pm GMT
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:20pm GMT
(Reuters) – On a snowy hillside in rural southwest Pennsylvania, Larry Grimm drives his truck up a steep gravel track to a hilltop reservoir surrounded by orange plastic fencing and “keep out” signs.… Continue reading
Products and Chemicals Used in Fracturing
February 2, 2009
The Endocrine Disruption Exchange February 2009
TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange) has compiled a list of the names of products and their chemical constituents reportedly used during the fracturing of natural gas wells. Nalco 1, World Oil 2 and J.D. Arthur 3 list the functional categories of these chemicals as … Continue reading
