Water Contamination

October 3, 2009

Water Worries Threaten U.S. Push for Natural Gas

Water worries threaten U.S. push for natural gas
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Thu Oct 1, 2009 8:26am EDT

(Reuters) – Louis Meeks, a burly 59-year-old alfalfa farmer, fills a metal trough with water from his well and watches an oily …

September 22, 2009

Sudden Death of Ecosystem Ravages Long Creek

‘Everything is being killed’: 161 aquatic species have died along Dunkard Creek
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday, September 20, 2009

Just 20 days ago, Dunkard Creek, which meanders lazily back and forth across the border of Pennsylvania and West …

August 2, 2009

Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said

Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 31, 2009, 11:29 a.m.

When methane began bubbling out of kitchen taps near a gas drilling site in Pennsylvania last winter, a state regulator …

May 27, 2009

"Clean" Energy and Poisoned Water

“Clean” Energy and Poisoned Water
by: Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com, Monday 25 May 2009

In the musical “Urinetown,” a severe drought leaves the dwindling supplies of clean water in the hands of a corporation called Urine Good Company. Urine Good Company …

March 15, 2009

US Energy Future Hits Snag in Rural PA

US energy future hits snag in rural Pennsylvania
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:03am EDT

(Reuters) – When her children started missing school because of persistent diarrhea and vomiting, Pat Farnelli began to wonder if she and …

March 12, 2009

Gas Driller Found in Violation for 'Polluting' Ground Water

Gas driller found in violation for ‘polluting’ ground water
By Steve McConnell, Wayne Independent, Mar 10, 2009

REGION — A natural gas drilling company has polluted drinking water in a Susquehanna County community.

The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), …

March 1, 2009

Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard

Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2009, 12:52 p.m.

Got bubbles? Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking water supplies, but recent reports of …

February 13, 2009

Dimock’s Dilemma

Methane found in water wells
By SANDY LONG, The River Reporter

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA — It wasn’t exactly a happy new year for Norma Fiorentino, a resident of Dimock whose well exploded on January 1, shattering the cement casing atop …

November 13, 2008

Buried Secrets: Is Natural Gas Drilling Endangering U.S. Water Supplies?

Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Nov. 13, 2008, 1 p.m

In July, a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rural Sublette County, Wyo., and pulled up a load of brown oily water with a foul …

November 13, 2008

Methane Increasing in Water Wells Near Silt, Rifle, Consultant Says

Methane increasing in water wells near Silt, Rifle, consultant says
Phillip Yates, The Aspen Times, Tuesday, November 11, 2008

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — An analysis of about 700 water samples from 100 water wells and other water sources south of Silt …

October 22, 2008

Small Town, Big Changes

Want more domestic energy? Take a look at how big oil and gas companies are transforming lives in a small cow-town.
By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer, October 20, 2008: 5:21 AM ET

PINEDALE, Wyo. (CNNMoney.com)  — The United States …

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