June 2, 2010

Upper Delaware Named 2010-11 America’s #1 Most Endangered River

Washington— The Upper Delaware River, the drinking water source for 17 million people across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania is at risk from shale fracking for natural gas, a process that poisons groundwater and creates toxic pollution. This threat …

June 1, 2010

Gas Pains

Pennsylvania, reeling from a budget crisis, exploits—at any and all costs—what might be the largest U.S. natural gas deposit. The results could be disastrous.
By Ted Williams, Audubon Magazine

Earth hadn’t seen its first dinosaur when an enormous river system …

May 20, 2010

Gas Riches Entice New Yorkers into Risking Poisoned Water

Natural-Gas Riches Entice New Yorkers to Risk Poisoning Water
By Mike Di Paola – May 18, 2010 12:01 AM ET

The Diehl farm in Delaware, New York, is a postcard-pretty place where honey is coaxed from beehives and maple syrup …

May 19, 2010

Radioactivity in Marcellus Shale

Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D., Ekaterina Alexandrova, Jackie Travers   Radioactive Waste Management Associates 

Report prepared for: Residents for the Preservation of Lowman and Chemung (RFPLC) 

1.0 Qualifications

Marvin Resnikoff is Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates and is an international consultant …

May 11, 2010

Proposed legislation would benefit landowners forced into drilling units

The Marcellus Effect blog by Sue Heavenrich

New York isn’t allowing any horizontal drilling in the Marcellus Shale just yet, but that hasn’t stopped some companies from planning ahead. Epsilon Energy is drilling into the Oriskany (just below the Marcellus …

May 11, 2010

Deep Drilling, Deep Pockets

 Alex Kaplan and James Brownin, Common Cause Pennsylvania

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 …

May 6, 2010

Statoil to Move Marcellus Gas to Canada

Norway’s Statoil to move Marcellus gas to Canada
Published: May 4, 2010 at 11:06 AM (upi.com)

STAMFORD, Conn., May 4 (UPI)

The U.S. subsidiary of Statoil announced Tuesday it landed a deal to ship gas from the Marcellus shale play …

April 25, 2010

State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills

State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills
By MIREYA NAVARRO, The New York Times, April 23, 2010

New York State environmental officials announced on Friday that they would impose far stricter regulations on a controversial type of natural gas …

April 23, 2010

Tainted Water Spurs Evacuations

Tainted Water Spurs Evacuations
By BEN CASSELMAN, The Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2010

Hundreds of people living near a natural-gas drilling site in northwest Louisiana have been forced to evacuate their homes after gas seeped into their drinking water.…

April 9, 2010

Where are all the Marcellus Shale jobs? Some say predictions weren't based in reality.

Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Marcellus Shale field – the mammoth layer of deeply buried natural gas that runs across Pennsylvania and into neighboring Appalachian states – has promised to be an employment generator par excellence, creating tens of thousands …

April 9, 2010

Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry

Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, April 7, 2010, 7:09 a.m.

A federal study of hydraulic fracturing set to begin this spring is expected to provide the most expansive look yet …

March 27, 2010

Philadelphia Seeks Ban on Gas Drilling Method

Philadelphia seeks ban on natgas-drilling method
By Jon Hurdle, Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:37pm EDT

(Reuters) – Philadelphia officials asked a state regulator on Thursday to ban the natural-gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing until its environmental effects, especially …

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