By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013
See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained
Read About the Court Order in Pennsylvania DEP v. Legere, et al. that Required PA DEP to Release Section … Continue reading
PA DEP Records Show at Least 161 Water Supplies Damaged by Drilling
May 19, 2013
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013
By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013
PA DEP Whitewashes Franklin Forks Water Contamination
May 2, 2013
A number of us heard the news release from the Binghamton NPR station earlier tonight that the PA DEP has decided that the gas in Matt and Tammy Manning’s Franklin Forks water well is NOT from any gas well drilled by WPX but is instead from biogenic sources.
Interesting that … Continue reading
Carlucci urges fracking study after PA visit
April 29, 2013
Westchestesr/Rockland Newsday reports on a trip NY State Senator David Carlucci took to view hydrofracking sites in PA, a trip that has increased his determination to push a bill he has introduced to delay any permits on hydrofracking until three studies on health and environmental impacts have been completed.
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Colorado ‘promotes’ natural-gas catastrophe that now threatens Colorado River
April 26, 2013
Joel Dyer of the Boulder Weekly reports how a slowly unfolding benzene-contamination disaster for a local creek and, ultimately, the Colorado River, was created by the conflict of interest in the state regulatory agency’s role as both purported regulator and promoter. “This is, of course, just the latest example of … Continue reading
EPA wants State Dept. to rework analysis of Keystone XL pipeline
April 23, 2013
By Lenny Bernstein and Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post published: April 22
The Environmental Protection Agency objected Monday to the State Department’s latest review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, suggesting that more work must be done before the Obama administration can determine whether to approve the 1,179-mile northern leg … Continue reading
Dimock Water Problems Continue After 4-plus Years
March 28, 2013
Results of recent cases in fracking zone not yet released.
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, March 26, 2013
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, March 26, 2013
More than four years after the explosion of a residential water well called attention to the problem, Pennsylvania environmental officials are still trying to solve water pollution in this small town … Continue reading
Drilling Spills Reaching Colorado Groundwater; State Mulls Test Rules
January 8, 2013
Oil and gas have contaminated groundwater in 17 percent of the 2,078 spills and slow releases that companies reported to CO regulators over the past five years.
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, Dec. 9, 2012
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, Dec. 9, 2012
Oil and gas have contaminated groundwater in 17 percent of the 2,078 spills and … Continue reading
New Fears Over Fracking Groundwater Contamination
January 8, 2013
High concentrations of salts, including those of radium and barium, are present in the flowback waters from late-end fracking operations, lending fears over potential groundwater contamination.
By Professor Chris Rhodes, oilprice.com, Jan. 1, 2013
By Professor Chris Rhodes, oilprice.com, Jan. 1, 2013
It is found that high concentrations of salts, including those of radium and barium, are present … Continue reading
How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply
December 12, 2012
Part of an Ongoing Investigation
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Dec. 11, 2012
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Dec. 11, 2012
Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help supply more than half of the nation’s drinking water.
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Danger If Ohio Watershed Conservancy District Leases Reservoirs for Fracking
November 14, 2012
Report Cites Dangers If MWCD Leases Reservoirs for Fracking: Calls for Immediate Moratorium on Fracking Wells in Watersheds with Reservoirs
CLICK HERE to download the press release as a pdf.
A report commissioned by citizens opposed to hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas has identified grave public health and … Continue reading
