June 11, 2013

The Dust Bowl and the Spectra Pipeline

Support VOICETheater’s play on the Dust Bowl and our fight against the Spectra Pipeline (they are related!)

The play Birds on a Wire is the untold story of a Jewish family in 1930s Texas holding onto their lives as they …

June 10, 2013

Drillers Silence Fracking Claims With Sealed Settlements

Because agreements [with frackers] are almost always shrouded by non-disclosure pacts…no one can say for sure how many there are
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Mark Drajem, Bloomberg.com, June 6, 2013

The companies insisted hydraulic fracturing — the technique they …

June 6, 2013

Quebec Moves To Impose Regional Moratorium On Shale Gas

And Prepares To Publish A Draft Regulation To Protect Drinking Water Sources
By Miriam Desmarais and Jean Piette, mondaq, June 3, 2013

Note: “Tabling” in Canada means bringing it formally for discussion and consideration

On May 15, 2013, Quebec’s Minister …

June 5, 2013

The Gas Industry's Hot Air

Our opinion: The gas industry’s belated acknowledgement of problems in PA only underscores how long it tried to persuade the public otherwise
By TU Editorial Board, timesunion.com, June 4, 2013

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The spin from the …

June 4, 2013

"FrackNation" Part 2 – Koch Industries

Who bankrolled “FrackNation”?
By Steve Horn, desmogblog.com, May 4, 2013

Part one of the DeSmogBlog investigation of “FrackNation” – a film made in response to “Gasland 2” – honed in on the past track records and funding streams of co-directors

June 4, 2013

"FrackNation" Deploys Tobacco Playbook in Response to "Gasland 2"

Exposed: How Big Oil has deployed the Tobacco Playbook once again
By Steve Horn, desmogblog.com, May 3, 2013

Big Oil has deployed the “Tobacco Playbook” once again, this time in response to the release of “Gasland 2

June 3, 2013

Make a Call to Your PA Senator to Support a Fracking Moratorium

The call-in day is set for June 5th to PA State Senators to stress support of a moratorium on gas and oil drilling using hydraulic fracturing. Did you know that recent polls show that 59% of Pennsylvanians view fracking as …

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

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