June 24, 2013

Utica Shale Promises, Challenges Examined

Ohio’s Utica shale promises, challenges examined at CWRU meeting
By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer, June 18, 2013

An earthquake that shook Youngstown on New Years Eve in 2011 was considered a rare occurrence, even as it raised concerns about …

June 24, 2013

French Fracking Ban Endorsed on US Environmental Repercussions

the cost of producing gas doesn’t take into account considerable environmental damage
By Tara Patel, Bloomberg.com, June 5, 2013

France’s ban on hydraulic fracturing should not be eased because the oil and gas drilling technique is causing “considerable” environmental

May 17, 2013

A "Sacrifice Zone" for Fracking

Faulkner County: ExxonMobil’s “Sacrifice Zone” for Tar Sands Pipelines, Fracking
By Steve Horn, desmogblog.com, May 15, 2013

For all the gas drilling, the unemployment rate in Faulkner County last month (7.3%) is about the Arkansas state rate (7.1%) and well

April 28, 2013

Fracked-up roads: Texas, NY

The Texas Tribune reported yesterday on legislative attempts to address the damage done to Texas roads by drilling:

“The Texas Department of Transportation has estimated that maintaining infrastructure impacted by the drilling boom will cost $4 billion a year. Advocates

April 24, 2013

NYPIRG Urges Cuomo to Reject dSGEIS Due to Conflicts of Interest

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 …

April 22, 2013

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It's Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard

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

Click here for complete

February 27, 2013

TX Supreme Court Won’t Hear Pipeline Case

Cash award for loss of property value due to pipeline allowed to stand
By Jennifer Hiller, Fuel Fix, Feb. 24, 2013

A McMullen County family that has battled a pipeline company since 2009 continued to prevail in court last week.…

January 28, 2013

Fracking Experts Debate Economic, Environmental Impact

Dr. Terry Engelder and Dr. Anthony Ingraffea Debate the Impacts of Fracking
observer-review.com

CLICK HERE to view a video of the debate.

NOTE: Listening to Professor Engelder made me think of a marvelous book, …

December 26, 2012

Viability of Shale Gas Power Source in Doubt Due to Cost

Industry experts’ figures predict fracking in the UK will not be commerically viable.
By Tom Bawden, The Independent, Dec. 20, 2012

George Osborne’s hope for a shale gas revolution in the UK has been dealt a serious blow after a …

December 18, 2012

See Images of Marcellus Drilling in PA

Marcellus Shale Documentary Project Image Archive

The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project tells stories, through photographic images, of how the lives of Pennsylvanians are affected by the Marcellus Shale Gas Industry. By creating a visual document of the environmental, social and …

November 14, 2012

Danger If Ohio Watershed Conservancy District Leases Reservoirs for Fracking

         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 …

October 12, 2012

The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project

Collectively Photographing Fracking
By Jesse Newman, The New York Times, Oct. 11, 2012

The most basic thing that photography does is visually describe what can be seen. The problem facing photographers of the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project is that what …

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