September 2012

September 18, 2012

NY Officials Urge Gov. Cuomo to Continue Fracking Moratorium

Elected Officials to Protect NY Petition the Governor

On August 4th, more than 280 local elected officials from 34 counties across New York State called on Governor Cuomo to continue the fracking moratorium and to do additional study before a …

September 18, 2012

DRBC Receives Petition Asserting It Has Jurisdiction Over Pipelines

PA Environment Digest, Sept. 14, 2012

The Delaware River Basin Commission was served with a formal petition Wednesday asserting the regulatory body has an obligation to exercise its jurisdiction over the proliferation of pipelines being constructed and proposed within the …

September 18, 2012

Rendell Says He Supports a Drilling Moratorium Along the Delaware

By Susan Phillips, Sept 14, 2012

For­mer Gov. Ed Ren­dell told a group of envi­ron­men­tal­ists that he believes nat­ural gas drilling can be done safely, but he would back a con­tin­ued delay in drilling along the Delaware River.

“I would …

September 18, 2012

New York's Fractivists Keep the Heat on Cuomo

Fracktivists have turned increasingly to direct action and civil disobedience to make sure Cuomo and leaders in other states feel the heat
by Nicholas Kusnetz, The Nation, Sept. 12, 2012

On a hot and breezy August morning, more than 1,000 …

September 18, 2012

The Committee to Frack New York?

The friends of fracking have a friend in Governor Cuomo, and the Committee to Save New York has a lot to do with that.
By Kevin Connor, LittleSis, August 16, 2012

New York State governor Andrew Cuomo has gotten a

September 15, 2012

Pittsburgh Ban on Natural Gas Fracking Faces Challenge from State Authorities

In 2010, Pittsburgh adopted a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning corporations from extracting natural gas within the city using the controversial technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” over human health and environmental concerns. However, state officials now say the ban on …

September 14, 2012

Prominent Conservation Society to Take $30 Million from Chesapeake Energy?

So we have two environmental conservation agencies going to the coffers of the natural gas industry?
By Sean Kitchen, Raging Chicken Press, Sept. 10, 2012

Suppose you are a leader of a nationally prominent environmental conservation society or even a …

September 13, 2012

Top Cuomo Aide’s Oil and Gas Holdings Raise Questions of Impartiality

Top Cuomo advisor may be in a position to benefit personally from the outcome of the Governor’s decision on fracking.
By Dusty Horwitt, and Thomas Cluderay, Environmental Working Group, Sept. 2012

As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo nears a decision …

September 8, 2012

New Report Questions PA Environmental Chief's Assertion About Methane Contamination

Leroy Township, PA Gas Migration Continues

In the Leroy Township area an actual gas well ‘blowout’ event is ongoing, but the drilling company and the PA DEP insist that the ‘event’ is over.  Gas Safety’s testing has shown that the …

September 8, 2012

Methane Emissions in Leroy, PA

25 July 2012 Field Inspection and Methane Sampling Survey of
Parts of Leroy, Granville and Franklin Townships
Bradford County, Pennsylvania

SUMMARY

This, the second, methane survey in the Leroy Township area confirmed surface emissions of likely ≥94% methane (100% natural …

September 6, 2012

Federal Health Officials to Assess Dimock Pollution Risk

Probe follows positive tests by EPA for hazards in aquifer
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, September 4, 2012

Federal health officials are assessing risks related to elevated levels of arsenic, barium, manganese, and methane in an aquifer that supplies …

September 5, 2012

Where's the Gas? USGS Releases Damning EUR’s For Shale

The extraordinary hype surrounding this industry has been impressive to say the least. It has clearly been a public relations exercise of disproportionate scale compared to what the wells are actually producing.
By Deborah Rogers, Energy Policy Form, September 2,
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