July 16, 2010

Investigation Confirms PA Fracking Well Blowout Was Easily Preventable, Potentially Catastrophic

Investigation Confirms Pennsylvania Fracking Well Blowout Was Easily Preventable, Potentially Catastrophic
By Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t, Wednesday 14 July 2010

Pennsylvanians are wondering if their state could become the next environmental ground zero after …

June 21, 2010

A Colossal Fracking Mess

Christopher Bateman, Vanity Fair

Early on a spring morning in the town of Damascus, in northeastern Pennsylvania, the fog on the Delaware River rises to form a mist that hangs above the tree-covered hills on either side. A buzzard swoops …

June 15, 2010

Under Siege by Marcellus Marauders

Pennsylvania must adequately regulate and tax gas companies before opening the Marcellus Shale to rampaging exploitationBy Charles McCollester, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday, June 13, 2010

Pennsylvanians are only slowly becoming aware that we are under siege. More than a thousand …

June 12, 2010

As Urban Gas Drilling Expands, So Do Health Concerns

Asher Price, American Statesman Staff

Texas Environmental Agency Accused of Lax Monitoring, Lack of Transparency

On a carved-out hillside beside Tandy Hills , one of the last undisturbed prairies in eastern Fort Worth, sits a gas drilling site belonging to …

June 10, 2010

Accidents Bring Calls to Suspend Shale Drilling

Accidents bring calls to suspend shale drilling
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Serious accidents at Marcellus shale natural gas drilling operations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia over the past five days have prompted sanctions against one …

June 7, 2010

Marcellus Shale Well Shoots Gas into Sky for Hours

State to probe cause of accident in Clearfield County
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Saturday, June 05, 2010

Natural gas and drilling fluids escaped for hours from an out-of-control Marcellus shale well in a remote area of Clearfield County before …

June 6, 2010

Blowout at Pennsylvania Natural Gas Well

Catastrophic incident that endangered life and property
BY MARC LEVY, The Associated Press, Jun. 04, 2010

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Natural gas and fracturing fluid from an out-of-control Pennsylvania well shot 75 feet into the air before crews could tame the …

April 25, 2010

State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills

State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills
By MIREYA NAVARRO, The New York Times, April 23, 2010

New York State environmental officials announced on Friday that they would impose far stricter regulations on a controversial type of natural gas …

April 23, 2010

Tainted Water Spurs Evacuations

Tainted Water Spurs Evacuations
By BEN CASSELMAN, The Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2010

Hundreds of people living near a natural-gas drilling site in northwest Louisiana have been forced to evacuate their homes after gas seeped into their drinking water.…

April 9, 2010

Where are all the Marcellus Shale jobs? Some say predictions weren't based in reality.

Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Marcellus Shale field – the mammoth layer of deeply buried natural gas that runs across Pennsylvania and into neighboring Appalachian states – has promised to be an employment generator par excellence, creating tens of thousands …

April 9, 2010

Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry

Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, April 7, 2010, 7:09 a.m.

A federal study of hydraulic fracturing set to begin this spring is expected to provide the most expansive look yet …

February 6, 2010

The Incident at Robson Well

The incident at Robson well
editorialcomment, The River Reporter, February 4 – 10, 2010

We probably all agree that if gas drilling is to be done in the Upper Delaware, a precious watershed that provides fresh water to 25 million …

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