May 7, 2012

Vermont Bans Fracking

Legislature gives final passage to first-in-the-nation fracking ban
Media Release, May 4, 2012

The Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 today to give final passage to legislation that will make Vermont the first state in the nation to ban the …

May 5, 2012

Barbara Arrindell of DCS with the Click and Clack of Frack Weekly on WFTE 90.3 FM

Listen to the Frack Report, weekdays on WFTE 90.3 FM at 7:30 am and 7 pm

The Frack Report is a WFTE exclusive news show that features Kurt Shotko as the host. News and information about Hydrofracking are covered with …

May 2, 2012

PA House Democrats Unveil ‘Marcellus Compact’ to Fix Flawed Shale Drilling Law

Six-point plan puts Pennsylvanians first, rather than the multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry

HARRISBURG, April 30 – House Democrats today launched a renewed effort to fix Gov. Tom Corbett’s industry-friendly Marcellus Shale law (Act 13), offering a six-point plan – …

April 30, 2012

The Facts on Fracking: Interview with Barbara Arrindell of DCS

Interview with Barbara Arrindell, Director of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability

By Summer Rayne Oakes, April 30, 2012

I AM PICTURES in association with I HEART H2O has just launched a trailer for their “ANYBODY of WATER” campaign to …

April 30, 2012

Experts: Shale Gas Drilling's Liabilities Far Outweigh Potential Economic Benefits

Jannette Barth has argued that industry organizations have touted the economic impact of gas drilling in the Marcellus even though their analyses include enough data inconsistencies to raise large red flags.
By Press Action, April 26, 2012

The natural gas …

April 30, 2012

Hydrogeologists say, Ban Hydraulic Fracturing in New York State and the Delaware River Basin

Hydrogeologic Justification for Banning Hydraulic Fracturing throughout New York State and the Delaware River Basin (Testimony provided at the Senate Democratic Conference Public Hearing on Fracking Legislation in Albany, New York on April 25, 2012)

Today’s gas field technology is …

April 29, 2012

The U.S. EPA Official who Oversaw the George W. Bush Administration’s 2004 Study of Hydraulic Fracturing says its Conclusions about Safety have been Exaggerated for Years.

This article is from May, 2011, but is even more pertinent today as ever more is revealed about the health effects of the live-in hydraulic fracturing experiment.
By MIKE SORAGHAN of Greenwire, May 20, 2011

The U.S. EPA official who …

April 26, 2012

Wyoming Neighbors of Leaking Chesapeake Well Evacuate

Residents within a 2.5 mile radius of the well were asked to evacuate.

By Selam Gebrekidan and Joshua Schneyer, Reuters, April 25, 2012

NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) – Sixty-seven residents have evacuated their homes near a well that had …

April 26, 2012

Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing by Headwaters Economics

Very important reports lay out what is ACTUALLY happening in Western US

By HeadwatersEconomics.org

Very important reports that lay out what is ACTUALLY happening, as tabulated by HeadwatersEconomics.org, in Western US – a clear look at the boom and bust …

April 23, 2012

Judge Denies GOP Request to Intervene in Shale Lawsuit

Requests by top Republican legislators and the gas-drilling industry to participate in a lawsuit challenging the state’s Marcellus Shale law are denied.
By Karen Langley, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau, April 21, 2012

HARRISBURG — A Commonwealth Court judge on Friday denied …

April 19, 2012

DCS Letter to the Army Corps of Engineers Questions the Ecomomic Benefits of Fracking

Click Here to View the Full Letter, Including References
By Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, November 20, 2010

Dear General DeLuca:

It is with great interest that we have followed your correspondence with Congressman Maurice Hinchey.

In your letter, dated September …

April 16, 2012

PA Court Issues Injunction to Stop Onset of Portions of Act 13

The Court’s order ensures that zoning ordinances dealing with oil and gas operations remain in effect and are not immediately pre-empted by Act 13 on April 14, 2012.
By Delaware Riverkeeper Network, April 11, 2012

Seven municipalities and the Delaware

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