January 31, 2012

DCS Urges YOU to Contact President Obama

DCS urges YOU to send a letter and call President Obama to tell him he is wrong to encourage fracking for shale gas as our energy future. This is a live-in experiment going horribly wrong.

The excellent letter below was …

January 31, 2012

DCS's Letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Damascus Citizens has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu about the President’s comments on shale gas in his State of the Union address to tell him he is wrong to encourage fracking as our energy future. This is …

January 30, 2012

MORATORIA, BANS, RESOLUTIONS

New York and Pennsylvania and A Sampling of Municipalities and Key
Organizations in Varied Locations Opposed to Hydrofrack Drilling

Compiled by Joe Hoff, Chairman of Keuka Citizens Against Hydrofracking As of January 29, 2012

View report as PDF.

New York

January 30, 2012

40 Sportsmens's Groups Write to PA Governor

On Thursday, January 26th, more than 40 sportsmen’s groups representing 100,000-plus hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts sent a letter to Corbett asking that he not allow any more state forest land to be leased for oil and gas development.

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January 29, 2012

Letter From Ruth Hardinger to Governor Cuomo

Letter from Ruth Hardinger to Governor Cuomo Re: NYS Draft SGEIS
By Ruth Hardinger, January 10, 2012

Daily, as the public becomes truly informed about hydro-fracking for gas, they are decidely not trusting words calling it safe. In New York, …

January 29, 2012

Letter From Joe Levine to NYS DEC

Letter from Joe Levine, co-founder of DCS, NYH2O and Citizens For Water, to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in response to the Draft SGEIS 2011
By Joe Levine, January 11, 2012

My comments focus on migration of …

January 24, 2012

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting From The Petroleum And Natural Gas Industry

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CLIMATE CHANGE DIVISION WASHINGTON DC

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations cited in this technical support document (TSD) contain legally-binding requirements. In several chapters this TSD offers illustrative examples for complying with the minimum requirements indicated …

January 24, 2012

U.S. Cuts Estimate for Marcellus Shale Gas Reserves by 66%

Bloomberg
By Christine Buurma – Jan 23, 2012 12:04 PM ET

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-23/u-s-reduces-marcellus-shale-gas-reserve-estimate-by-66-on-revised-data.html

The U.S. Energy Department cut its estimate for natural gas reserves in the Marcellus shale formation by 66 percent, citing improved data on drilling and production.

About 141 …

January 16, 2012

Pa. towns demand local oversight of fracking firms

DAVID HATCH, The Daily

Times are tough in northeast Pennsylvania, where rural townships are nestled in the valleys of the Endless Mountains and the Poconos. The economic casualties include Exeter Township, a tiny community wedged between two mountains along the …

January 10, 2012

GAS WELL FLARES

Marcellus-Shale.us

After a Marcellus gas well is drilled and hydraulically fractured, open flaring is often used to test production of the well. The EPA and Pennsylvania DEP enforce limited air quality regulations around Marcellus Shale natural gas wells and facilities …

January 4, 2012

Health Effects of Fracking for Natural Gas Need Study, Says CDC Scientist

By Alex Wayne, Bloomberg News

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking, a drilling method that uses water, sand and chemicals to release natural gas from wells, should be studied for its health effects on people and food sources, said a top official …

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