March 27, 2010

Unanswered Questions About The Economic Impact of Gas Drilling In the Marcellus Shale:

 Prepared by: Jannette M. Barth, Ph.D. JM Barth & Associates, Inc

Don’t Jump to Conclusions

Introduction
In light of the undisputed potential for environmental harm from gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, the principal reason advanced for taking the environmental …

March 26, 2010

Josh Fox Discusses "Gasland" on PBS

PBS, Week of 3.26.10

In the debate over energy resources, natural gas is often considered a “lesser-of-evils”. While it does release some greenhouse gases, natural gas burns cleaner than coal and oil, and is in plentiful supply—parts of the U.S. …

February 6, 2010

The Incident at Robson Well

The incident at Robson well
editorialcomment, The River Reporter, February 4 – 10, 2010

We probably all agree that if gas drilling is to be done in the Upper Delaware, a precious watershed that provides fresh water to 25 million …

February 6, 2010

Gas Sites Spur Air Worries

Fort Worth, Texas, Officials Rethink Their Longtime Support for the Gas Industry
By BEN CASSELMAN, The Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2010

The city of Fort Worth, Texas, one of the biggest beneficiaries in the natural-gas boom, is questioning its …

February 4, 2010

The incident at Robson well

River Reporter Editorial

We probably all agree that if gas drilling is to be done in the Upper Delaware, a precious watershed that provides fresh water to 25 million people, it needs to be done in a prudent manner, with …

January 29, 2010

PA’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills

Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica, Jan. 27, 2010, 4:08 p.m.

As more gas wells are drilled in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, more cases of toxic spills are being reported. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania’s environmental officials …

January 26, 2010

EPA creates tipline for reports of suspicious gas drilling activities

Laura Legere, Scranton Times-Tribune

The Philadelphia office of the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a toll-free tipline on Tuesday for citizens to report “unusual or suspicious” activity related to natural gas drilling.

In particular, the federal environmental oversight agency is encouraging …

January 20, 2010

Drilling Around the Law

Dusty Horwitt, Environmental Working Group

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 …

January 6, 2010

Swimming in Natural Gas

The Greenwashing of an Industry
by Adam Federman – January 4, 2010, Earth Island Journal

There has never been a better moment for natural gas. It is the “other” fossil fuel, touted as a clean alternative to coal and oil. …

January 4, 2010

Environmental Concerns Rise in NE PA as Natural Gas Drilling Spreads

Environmental Concerns Rise in Northeastern Pennsylvania as Natural Gas Drilling Spreads
Carolyn Weaver, Voice of America, January 02, 2010

Victoria Switzer and her husband, Jim, are building what they hoped would be their retirement home in the rural hamlet of …

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