May 22, 2013
damascus citizens for sustainability
clean water, air & land are basic human rights
December 13th Town Hall Mtg for ALL Municipalities in Western PA Regarding HB1950
The much discussed meeting for all local officials in all western PA municipalities has been scheduled for December 13th.
Please make sure you phone, email, drop in, or somehow contact your supervisors, commissioners, and other elected officials … Continue reading
Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and grassy pasturelands planted with alfalfa, trefoil and timothy in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. It’s home to some 4,000 people, most of whom … Continue reading
Started in September, 2010 and has not stopped.
This is only one of quite a few “incidents,” but is what is the focus here — more examples like Dimock, PA, or the Tioga gas field, or Schreiner in western, PA, Pavillion, Wyoming, etc. THE ITEMS BELOW ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER … Continue reading
A petition to the Pennsylvania State House, the Pennsylvania State Senate and Governor Tom Corbett, which says:
“Oppose PA HB 1950 & SB 1100 which would pre-empt strong local ordinances regulating Marcellus drilling in Pennsylvania and replace them with weak and inadequate State regulations.”
Will you sign this petition? Click … Continue reading
Registry would be first of its kind in nation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett’s top health adviser said Friday that he wants to make Pennsylvania the first state to create a registry to track illnesses in communities near heavy drilling in the Marcellus … Continue reading
Chesapeake Energy has successfully replaced a wellhead that was defective and had caused a blowout with fracking fluid escaping from a well in Leroy Township near Canton in Bradford County, PA last week. Over a two day period, fracking fluid ran over neighboring land and some of it into a … Continue reading
Chesapeake Energy experienced a blowout at a well being drilled near Canton in Bradford County, PA on Tuesday at 11:45 pm. A blowout occurs when the pressure systems fail and results (in this case) in drilling fracking fluids escaping in an uncontrolled manner. For a time the fluids from the … Continue reading
ALLENTOWN — A blowout at a natural gas well in rural northern Pennsylvania spilled thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water today, contaminating a stream and forcing the evacuation of seven families who live nearby as crews struggled to stop the gusher.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. lost control … Continue reading
EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Technical Workshop 3, Fate and Transport March 28-29, 2011, EPA Potomac Yards Conference Facility
Implications for Disposal of Oil and Gas Flowback Fluids from Brine Treatment Plants
See Images and Description Here… Continue reading
To: Michael Krancer
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Dear Secretary Krancer:
The natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has grown with remarkable speed as the development ofthe Marcellus Shale proceeds. Natural gas is a key part of our energy independent future, … Continue reading
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