February 2013

February 27, 2013

TX Supreme Court Won’t Hear Pipeline Case

Cash award for loss of property value due to pipeline allowed to stand
By Jennifer Hiller, Fuel Fix, Feb. 24, 2013

A McMullen County family that has battled a pipeline company since 2009 continued to prevail in court last week.…

February 25, 2013

Fracking and the Revolving Door in PA

Natural gas industry ties among PA’s regulators and public officials
By Public Accountability Initiative, Feb. 20, 2013

The oil and gas industry frequently argues that fracking means jobs. This appears to be especially true for former regulators and other public …

February 25, 2013

Methane Baseline Completed in Minisink, NY

From the PRESS RELEASE: Covering the public roads in the area around the Minisink compressor site, GasSafetyUSA recorded and established that there are currently only normal low levels of pre-existing methane in Minisink (Download the Report as a

February 20, 2013

The Shale Gas Boom and Market Manipulation

Two Groundbreaking Reports from ShaleBubble.org

For Release: 19 February 2013
CONTACT: T. Brilliant, POST CARBON INSTITUTE, tod@postcarbon.org, 707-823-8700 x105
Energy Policy Forum & Post Carbon Institute have released two groundbreaking reports that belie energy industry claims of U.S. energy independence …

February 19, 2013

50,000 Rally in DC AGAINST the Keystone XL Pipeline and FOR Action on Climate Change

A message from Bill McKibben of 350.org:
Friends,
Today was the day. Finally, powerfully, decisively — the movement to stop climate change has come together.
This was the biggest climate change rally in US history. By our count, 50,000 people …

February 15, 2013

Fracking: NY Reprieve for Health?

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By Alison Rose Levy, Connect the Dots, Feb. 13, 2013

Alison Rose Levy speaks with two guests: Dr. Larysa Dyrszka, MD of Concerned Health Professionals of New York, a group that calls for a …

February 13, 2013

NY Health 'Review' is Incomplete, Causing a Pause in NY Approval of Fracking

NYS Fracking Deadline Expected to be Missed – Health Review Needs “Additional Time”
By Jon Campbell, Politics on the Hudson, Feb. 12, 2013

The state’s top health regulator on Tuesday signaled he would need more time to complete his review …

February 13, 2013

Stop Gas Drilling — Sue Your Neighbor

Basic real estate law could stop gas drilling in the Northeast.
By Andrew Reinbach, Huffingtonpost, November 24, 2010

Basic real estate law could stop gas drilling in the Northeast.
Here’s the idea. When you bought your house you didn’t buy …

February 13, 2013

NYS DEC Continues to Shut the Public Out of Fracking Review

Refuses to Release Scientific Reports that Proposed HVHF Regulations are Premised Upon

As the DEC  and Governor Cuomo contemplate their next step in the ongoing sham of a fracking review process, the DEC continues to refuse to release the scientific …

February 11, 2013

Why 'Safe' Regulation of Fracking of New York Is a Fiction

When industry has blocked the EPA from studying or regulating 70,000 chemicals, (from BPA and flame retardants to potent neurotoxins), since 1975, why would regulating fracking be possible?
Posing a safety debate tempts people to ignore the unsavory thirty-year history …

February 11, 2013

Fracking Review Consultant Says in Depth, National Study Needed

Posted by: Jon Campbell- Posted on Feb 11, 2013

One of three outside consultants tapped to assist with New York’s health review of hydraulic fracturing said it’s “absurd” that there hasn’t been an in-depth, national review of the gas-extraction process’ …

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