October 27, 2013

New Theory Holds Geology, Not Politics, Thwarts NY Fracking

Will Utica, Marcellus remain non-starters in Empire State?
By Tom Wilbur, Shale Gas Review, October 25, 2013

Come to the event “Shale Gas Potential in New York” October 30 at 7 pm

A collection of factors stalled the Pennsylvania shale …

October 27, 2013

No One Will Ever Live at 1101 Carter Road in Dimock Again

Battleground Dimock property sold, deed bars owner from building there
By Laura Legere, StateImpact, October 20, 2013

No one will ever live at 1101 Carter Road in Dimock again.

The 3.6-acre property is one of 18 in the Susquehanna County

October 19, 2013

3 Current Risks from Fracking

Although fracking itself seems to be at a stalemate in New York State, that doesn’t mean that the drillers are at a standstill.  Oil and gas interests are working hard to get the related infrastructure into place: the pipelines, storage …

October 17, 2013

Known Risks in LPG Caverns Hidden from Public

The company that wants to use old wells to store explosive natural gas products seeks to bury unsettling geological facts
By Peter Mantius, The Leader, October 16, 2013

A major rock fault cuts through the cluster of old salt wells …

October 17, 2013

Key Impacts of Dirty Drilling

Report: Fracking by the Numbers
By Environment America, October 3, 2013

Download the full report as a pdf

Over the past decade, the oil and gas industry has fused two technologies—hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—in a highly polluting effort to

October 12, 2013

France Upholds Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing

France’s highest court upheld a government ban on hydraulic fracturing
By David Jolly, The New York Times, October 11, 2013

France’s highest court on Friday upheld a government ban on a controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, in a …

October 4, 2013

Radioactive Wastewater From Fracking Found in PA Stream

Study finds radioactive wastewater being released into the Pittsburgh watershed
By smithsonian.com, October 2, 1013

In the state of Pennsylvania, home to the lucrative Marcellus Shale formation, 74 facilities treat wastewater from the process of hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. “fracking”) …

September 30, 2013

Action on Climate Change is a Moral Imperative

“The emergence of the global warming problem creates an imperative for action that cannot be ignored.” – The Environmental and Energy Study Institute’s Board of Directors’ unanimous statement, 1988.

September 27, 2013—In the past quarter century, the case …

September 29, 2013

Philadelphia, The Grassroots Anti-Fracking Movement’s New Old Front

Several Philadelphia-based grassroots groups fighting the development of natural gas in Pennsylvania and beyond
By Katie Colaneri, StateImpact, September 27, 2013

Activists like Southwest Philadelphia resident Iris Bloom say they no longer have to drive several hours to rural Pennsylvania …

September 28, 2013

Opposition to PA HB 1576 Grows

PFSC, Trout Unlimited, PennFuture, Sierra and PennEnvironment join Game Commission and Fish Commission in Opposing  HB 1576

PFSC, the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs*, spoke out loud and clear at the 9/17 hearing on

September 22, 2013

PA Senate Bill 1100: A Moratorium on New Permits for Fracking

PA Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) announces the introduction of Senate Bill 1100: a moratorium on issuing new permits for hydraulic fracturing
Press Release, September 18, 2013

Pennsylvania residents, write or call your state representatives and tell them to support the

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