September 8, 2013

Attend a Deborah Rogers presentation on 'Frackonomics'

Attend a presentation by Deborah Rogers, Founder of Energy Policy Forum titled “Frackonomics: Debunking the Financial Myths of Fracking,” on Thursday, October 3, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street (8th and 9th …

September 8, 2013

Drilling injury lawsuit settled

Worker was paralyzed while repairing rig at Harrison jobsite
By KATE WHITE
The Charleston Gazette
July 22, 2013

Excerpt:

“During a deposition, Jason Ware, a safety coordinator with Antero, according to transcripts, said that in the 36 months he had

September 8, 2013

Frackers Avoid Paying Royalties

Unfair Share: How Oil and Gas Drillers Avoid Paying Royalties
by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Aug. 13, 2013, 10:20 a.m.

Don Feusner ran dairy cattle on his 370-acre slice of northern Pennsylvania until he could no longer turn a profit by …

September 4, 2013

Gas Driller Freezes Plans in UK

Gas Driller Freezes Plans in Rural Britain After Fracking Protests
By REUTERS
Published: September 3, 2013 at 3:01 PM ET

LONDON — Oil exploration at a site in rural England that sparked anti-fracking protests two weeks ago will be put …

September 3, 2013

Ohio Shale Gas Still Not Creating Promised Jobs

The latest indication that industry job forecasts are greatly overstated
By John Funk, The Plain Dealer, August 22, 2013

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August 31, 2013

Shale Gas Worse for Climate than Coal Over 20 Years

Two papers by Professor Robert Howarth of Cornell University, and others, show that shale gas produces more greenhouse gases than coal over a 20 year period.
August 30, 2013

TEDX Upcoming Events

View the TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange) Newsletter

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Exposure, Research and Regulation
Join us Thursday September 12th (9am Pacific/12 Eastern) for a jointly sponsored call with the Collaborative on Health and the Environment featuring Dr. Jerrold Heindel …

August 30, 2013

Petition: Reopen EPA Investigations into Fracking-Related Water Contamination

Sign the Petition to President Obama and EPA Administrator McCarthy
Petition Background
This week, the Los Angeles Times broke the story that EPA shut down a fracking-related water contamination investigation in Dimock, PA – featured in the documentary “Gasland” –
August 25, 2013

Fracking Boom Slouching Toward Bust

What’s an obscenity that starts with “f” and ends with “ck”?
By Richard Heinberg, Common Dreams, August 23, 2013

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. What’s an obscenity that starts with “f” and ends with “ck”?

Oh wait, sorry, …

August 23, 2013

Fracking Leaves Property Values Tapped Out

The one certainty about fracking, however, is that it doesn’t exactly do wonders for property values.
By Jason Notte, MSN Money, August 21, 2013

Depending on where you stand and what’s beneath the ground you’re standing on, fracking is either …

August 18, 2013

Fracking Boom Could Lead to Housing Bust

Fracking has the “potential to poison the real estate market”
By Roger Drouin, grist, August 16, 2013

When it comes to the real estate market in Bradford County, Pa., where 62,600 residents live above the Marcellus Shale, nothing is black …

August 16, 2013

NY Imports PA’s Radioactive Fracking Waste

Practice continues despite falsified water tests
By Peter Mantius, DC Bureau, August 14, 2013

Questions about the integrity of official water tests are stirring the latest controversy over New York State’s embattled policy of allowing imports of radioactive waste from

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