By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, May 15, 2013
A Houston company’s pioneering venture into the Marcellus Shale in upstate New York has produced a leaky gas well that the … Continue reading
Leaking Test Well in Upstate NY
May 18, 2013
Efforts to test Marcellus in upstate NY produces leaky well Carrizo crews on site to fix casing problem in Owego
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, May 15, 2013
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, May 15, 2013
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
NYPIRG Urges Cuomo to Reject dSGEIS Due to Conflicts of Interest
April 24, 2013
The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has sent a letter to New York State Governor Cuomo urging him to reject the Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) due to a conflict of interest on the part of the consultants who worked on the socio-economic impact section. … 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
You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard
April 22, 2013
You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard
Residents in industry-friendly West Virginia share their experiences, photos and videos. April 15, 2013
From Alternet, by Tara Lohan
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This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.
Ed … Continue reading
Why the Gas Industry Fought For the 2005 Energy Policy Act
April 18, 2013
This is an industry document – Halliburton from 1998 – D R I L L I N G CONTRACTOR Nov./Dec. 1998
They have known all along that gas migration occurs and why – that is the functional reason the industry fought so hard to get the exemptions in the 2005 … Continue reading
Why do Gas Companies $pend so Much on Politicians?
April 18, 2013
Shareholders Take On Fracking
By James Browning, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 15, 2013
By James Browning, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 15, 2013
By now, companies that extract natural gas in Pennsylvania by fracking are used to protests. They’ve got talking points to answer those who complain that fracking fouls drinking water and makes people sick. They’ve devised ways to deflect
The Shale Gale is a Retirement Party
March 28, 2013
So concludes an expert analyst of the natural gas boom. Brace for bust.
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, March 27, 2013
By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, March 27, 2013
Every day a government agency or industry group in North America still hails natural gas mined from deep shale rock formations as “the bridging fuel” that will power a brighter … Continue reading
Ohio Fracking Boom Has NOT Brought Jobs
March 26, 2013
Did you hear the joke about how fracking creates jobs?
By John Upton, gristmill
By John Upton, gristmill
Did you hear the joke about how fracking creates jobs?
We heard it, too. We heard it from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. We heard it from the fracking industry. We heard it from … Continue reading
Colorado Docs Chafe at Secrecy Oath Needed for Access to Chemical List
March 20, 2013
Doctors challenge confidentiality pledge.
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, March 20, 2013
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, March 20, 2013
This is identical to the medical gag order in Pennsylvania’s Act 13 which is currently being challenged.
Colorado doctors are challenging a confidentiality pledge they must sign to get information on chemicals used by the oil and … Continue reading
