May 2, 2011
Published by Damascus Citizens at May 2, 2011
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Leading oil and gas reform organization expands presence in Gulf Region

EARTHWORKS

Durango, CO
“We are very pleased to announce Texas Sharon as our Gulf Region Organizer, said Gwen Lachelt, Director and Founder of EARTHWORKS’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. Beginning today, Sharon Wilson, aka “Texas Sharon,” the prolific and much-respected …

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April 28, 2011
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Benton gas well hearing canceled but protestors crowd community center

LAURA LEGERE, The Times-Tribune

BENTON TWP. – A hearing to consider a conditional use application for a natural gas well was canceled Wednesday evening but about 150 people rallied at the hearing site to oppose gas drilling in the township.…

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February 15, 2011
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Incidents where hydraulic fracturing is a suspected cause of drinking water contamination

NRDC

NRDC supports federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. We believe this is a sensible approach that would ensure a minimum federal floor of drinking water protection in the more than 30 states where oil …

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September 14, 2010
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As Regulators Weigh Drilling in Marcellus Shale, EPA Opens Public Hearings on Health and Environmental Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing

Democracy Now, democracynow.org

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun public hearings in Binghamton, New York on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a controversial technique that mining companies use to extract natural gas from rock formations thousands of feet underground. The hearings …

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July 15, 2010
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PITTSBURGH PRIESTS: ECO-JUSTICE & CLEAN WATER

The Association of Pittsburgh Priests

[Excerpt] We commend and pray for our fellow Catholics who are a part of the solution by working with organizations such as Clean Water Action, Duquesne University Center for Environmental Research, Rachael Carson Homestead, Sierra …

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July 14, 2010
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Not So Fast, Natural Gas: Why Accelerating Risky Drilling Threatens America’s Water

Food and Water Watch

Some energy analysts are predicting that natural gas will be the fuel of the future if advances in drilling technology allow drillers to tap into domestic shale rock formations on a large scale. But because of …

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June 2, 2010
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Upper Delaware Named 2010-11 America’s #1 Most Endangered River

Washington— The Upper Delaware River, the drinking water source for 17 million people across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania is at risk from shale fracking for natural gas, a process that poisons groundwater and creates toxic pollution. This threat …

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May 11, 2010
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Deep Drilling, Deep Pockets

 Alex Kaplan and James Brownin, Common Cause Pennsylvania

The Campaign Contributions & Lobbying Expenditures of the Natural Gas Industry in Pennsylvania

Introduction 
Pennsylvania has often been described as the “Wild West” of campaign financing. Ours is one of only eleven …

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July 1, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at July 1, 2009
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Oil and Gas Drilling Rig Hazards

Jonathan L. Pennington, Paul Pennington, Jeffrey Bennett
Occupational Health and Safety Online

If you have been reading the headlines of late, you will notice an increase in the reports of accidents involving oil and gas rig drilling operations. You also …

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April 15, 2009
Published by Damascus Citizens at April 15, 2009
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Hancock and the Marcellus Shale: Gas Extraction Along the Upper Delaware

Urban Design Lab
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

With the publication, Hancock & The Marcellus Shale: Visioning the Impacts of Natural Gas Extraction Along the Upper Delaware, the team evaluates and visualizes the impacts of …

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September 17, 2008
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Open Letter to U.S. EPA From Environmental and Public Health Organizations Opposing White House Interference in EPA IRIS Chemical Assessment Program

NRDC

Dear Administrator Johnson:
The undersigned environmental and public health groups join together in urging you to withdraw recent changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) chemical assessment program, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The new policy issued …

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