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February 18, 2016

How Bad of a Greenhouse Gas Is Methane?

The global warming potential of the gaseous fossil fuel may be consistently underestimated By Gayathri Vaidyanathan, ClimateWire, December 22, 2015 Letter [HERE] from Bryce F. Payne […]
February 10, 2016

PA State Board OKs New Oil and Gas Regulations

Major revisions to strengthen the state’s oil and gas regulations approved By Laura Legere, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 3, 2016 Pennsylvania’s environmental rule-making body approved major revisions […]
February 5, 2016

PA Fracker Can't Keep Pollution Tests From Residents

Residents near a Range Resources fracking operation can seek records of air monitoring and other pollution tests that a consultant performed at company gas wells and […]
January 31, 2016

As US Rushes to Build Gas Lines, Failure Rate of New Pipes Has Spiked

New pipelines are failing at a rate on par with gas transmission lines installed before the 1940s By Sarah Smith, SNL Financial, September 9, 2015 The […]
January 22, 2016

CA to Investigate Whether Exxon Mobil Lied About Climate-Change Risks

Did Exxon Mobil’s actions amount to securities fraud and violations of environmental laws? By Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2016 New York State is […]
January 15, 2016

Commission Passes First Countywide Ban on Oil and Gas Waste in West Virginia

Fayette County bans the storage, disposal or use of oil and natural gas waste By Sarah Plummer, Register-Herald Reporter, January 13, 2016 The Fayette County Commission’s […]
January 4, 2016

Obama Signs Exxon-, Koch-Backed Bill Expediting Pipeline Permits

During the Paris Climate Summit, President Obama signed a bill into law with a provision that expedites permitting of oil and gas pipelines in the U.S. […]
January 2, 2016

Study: Fracking Lowers Home Values by $30K

Housing markets are responding to homeowners’ concerns about groundwater contamination from shale gas development By Sue Heavenrich, The Marcellus Effect, December 20, 2015 A study published […]
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