April 22, 2013

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It's Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard
Residents in industry-friendly West Virginia share their experiences, photos and videos. April 15, 2013

From Alternet, by Tara Lohan

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April 18, 2013

Why the Gas Industry Fought For the 2005 Energy Policy Act

This is an industry document – Halliburton from 1998 – D R I L L I N G CONTRACTOR Nov./Dec. 1998

They have known all along that gas migration occurs and why – that is the functional reason the industry

March 26, 2013

Ohio Fracking Boom Has NOT Brought Jobs

Did you hear the joke about how fracking creates jobs?
By John Upton, gristmill

Did you hear the joke about how fracking creates jobs?
We heard it, too. We heard it from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. We heard

March 15, 2013

Shale Game – It's an Ugly Picture

A big chunk of the American economy is betting on the value of producible gas reserves that aren’t there.
By Peter Gorman, Fort Worth Weekly, March 13, 2013

This article, from the Fort Worth Weekly, is an excellent piece and

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 …

December 26, 2012

Viability of Shale Gas Power Source in Doubt Due to Cost

Industry experts’ figures predict fracking in the UK will not be commerically viable.
By Tom Bawden, The Independent, Dec. 20, 2012

George Osborne’s hope for a shale gas revolution in the UK has been dealt a serious blow after a …

October 18, 2012

Louis W. Allstadt – From Supporter to Skeptic on NYS Fracking

DEC Not Up To The Job – Oil & Gas Industry Influences Regulators
By Peter Mantius, DC Bureau, October 1, 2012

Former Mobil Oil Corp. executive Louis W. Allstadt did not start out as an anti-fracking activist. He had to …

September 25, 2012

Penn State’s Academic Integrity Tested by Complaint

The Responsible Drilling Alliance has filed formal complaints with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that cite “unethical practices and abuse of public trust” for three papers published by Penn State professors.
By Tara Zrinski and Rachel Morgan, Shalereporter.com,
September 19, 2012

Complaint Filed Against Penn State

The Responsible Drilling Alliance has filed a complaint with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education against Pennsylvania State University

The Responsible Drilling Alliance, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, has filed a complaint against Pennsylvania State …

September 5, 2012

Where's the Gas? USGS Releases Damning EUR’s For Shale

The extraordinary hype surrounding this industry has been impressive to say the least. It has clearly been a public relations exercise of disproportionate scale compared to what the wells are actually producing.
By Deborah Rogers, Energy Policy Form, September 2,
August 27, 2012

Gas Production Dropping Like Rocks!

Actual Data from PA on the decline rate of fracked wells and the over-estimation of total natural gas production parallels similar data from the Barnett shale in Texas from Arthur Berman.

CLICK HERE for info on the Barnett decline rate …

August 22, 2012

Is the Natural Gas Industry Buying Academics?

There’s a clear and present danger of industry and university being way too cozy.
By Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, July 30, 2012

Last week the University of Texas provost announced [1] he would reexamine a report by a UT professor …

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