May 19, 2013
damascus citizens for sustainability
clean water, air & land are basic human rights
A great deal of attention has been devoted recently to the potential to exploit hard-to-extract natural gas resources from a formation known as the Marcellus Shale. With the use of a technology known as hydraulic fracturing, it has become physically possible … Continue reading
An Analysis of Two Conflicting Studies
Two studies with conflicting conclusions have recently been produced on full-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shale gas production, one from scientists at Cornell University and another from a scientist at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The Cornell study, published … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION
This Draft Scoping Document has been prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQR”), Article 8 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617. It identifies and outlines the issues to be further studied and analyzed in … Continue reading
A state environmental group is calling on lawmakers to restrict natural gas drilling near places people live, learn and work after it released a study Thursday showing hundreds of wells have been planned or drilled next to schools and hospitals.
The study by PennEnvironment found … Continue reading
We evaluate the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas obtained by high volume hydraulic fracturing from shale formations, focusing on methane emissions. Natural gas is composed largely of methane, and 3.6% to 7.9% of the methane from shale-gas production escapes to … Continue reading
For more than two years, the natural gas drilling debate has focused primarily on the use of hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells. But expert testimony submitted for a government hearing next month challenges long-held assumptions about the safety of deep vertical drilling and exploratory wells, … Continue reading
ABSTRACT
The technology to recover natural gas depends on undisclosed types and amounts of toxic chemicals. A list of 944 products containing 632 chemicals used during natural gas operations was compiled. Literature searches were conducted to determine potential health effects of … Continue reading
The regulations on hydrofracking proposed by the DEC were written for existing small vertical New York wells – known in the industry as “stripper wells” – oil wells that produce less than 10 barrels … Continue reading
The Campaign Contributions & Lobbying Expenditures of the Natural Gas Industry in Pennsylvania
Introduction
Pennsylvania has often been described as the “Wild West” of campaign financing. Ours is one of only eleven states that do not limit campaign contributions, and the state’s … Continue reading
Companies that drill for natural gas and oil are skirting federal law and injecting toxic petroleum distillates into thousands of wells, threatening drinking water supplies from Pennsylvania to Wyoming. Federal and state regulators, meanwhile, largely look the other way.
Based on a six-month investigation of chemical … Continue reading
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