May 30, 2013

Fracking vs Food: NY's Choice

Drilling deep underground for natural gas will threaten the state’s agriculture, say two celebrity chefs
By Mario Batali and Bill Telepan, New York Daily News, May 30, 2013

As chefs and proprietors of New York City restaurants, we care a …

May 30, 2013

Natural Gas Waste Hauler Raided

Minuteman Environmental Services raided by the IRS, FBI and PA DEP
By Dory Hippauf, No Fracking Way, May 30, 2013

Federal and State agents from the IRS, FBI, PA Attorney General’s office and Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) raided

May 29, 2013

Britain Could Save $150 Billion by Investing in Clean Energy

Report: Britain Can Save $150 Billion through 2050 and Cut GHG Emissions by Investing in Clean Power

A report from the British Parliamentary Committee on Climate Change found that Britain could save $150 billion through 2050 by focusing energy development …

May 25, 2013

PA DEP’s Fracking Record-Keeping Blocks Transparency

PA DEP says it organizes its records only to “support our operations”
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact, May 24, 2013

See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained (independent of the Times-Tribune’s efforts and after the court cases they

May 23, 2013

Gasland 2 Premiere in Illinois

Highlights Industry PSYOPS and Ongoing Fracking Fights
By Steve Horn, desmogblog.com, May 21, 2013

DeSmogBlog partnered with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore to produce this spoof video in the vein of Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now”,  “Frackalypse Now”.

Gasland 2” …

May 19, 2013

PA DEP Records Show at Least 161 Water Supplies Damaged by Drilling

Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
By Laura Legere, the times-tribune.com, May 19, 2013

See the PA DEP Determination Letters that DCS has Obtained

Read About the Court Order in Pennsylvania DEP v.

May 18, 2013

Leaking Test Well in Upstate NY

Efforts to test Marcellus in upstate NY produces leaky well Carrizo crews on site to fix casing problem in Owego
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, May 15, 2013

A Houston company’s pioneering venture into the Marcellus Shale in upstate …

May 17, 2013

A "Sacrifice Zone" for Fracking

Faulkner County: ExxonMobil’s “Sacrifice Zone” for Tar Sands Pipelines, Fracking
By Steve Horn, desmogblog.com, May 15, 2013

For all the gas drilling, the unemployment rate in Faulkner County last month (7.3%) is about the Arkansas state rate (7.1%) and well

May 16, 2013

League of Women Voters Speaks Out on Fracking

League Offers Comments to EPA Science Advisory Board

On May 7, 2013 the League offered comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board on the study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. The comments …

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