December 18, 2012

See Images of Marcellus Drilling in PA

Marcellus Shale Documentary Project Image Archive

The Marcellus Shale Documentary Project tells stories, through photographic images, of how the lives of Pennsylvanians are affected by the Marcellus Shale Gas Industry. By creating a visual document of the environmental, social and …

December 18, 2012

Letter to the President About Chemicals Disrupting our Bodies

CLICK HERE to view the video of Dr. Colburn’s letter to the President.

Theo Colborn is Founder and President of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), based in Paonia, Colorado, and Professor Emeritus of Zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. …

December 14, 2012

EPA Initiates New Effort for Low-Dose, Hormone-Like Chemicals

EPA responds to scientists’ concerns about endocrine disruptors
By Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News, Dec. 13, 2012

Spurred by mounting scientific evidence, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is initiating a new effort to examine whether low doses of hormone-mimicking chemicals …

December 14, 2012

NYS AG Schneiderman Prepares Methane Suit Against EPA

Schneiderman’s coalition charges that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act when it failed to address methane emissions in the August 2012 regulations.
By Casey Seiler, Capital Confidential, Dec. 11, 2012

CLICK HERE to read the letter to EPA Administrator …

December 13, 2012

Send Your Comments to DEC About Their Fracking Regulations!

30 Days of Fracking Regs Helps You Send Your Comments to NYS DEC

This is very important to the future of New York State and the Delaware River Basin. Click here to go to 30 Days of Fracking Regs and …

December 12, 2012

How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply

Part of an Ongoing Investigation
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Dec. 11, 2012

Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help

December 5, 2012

Chesapeake Appalachia Sentenced for Clean Water Act Violations

Chesapeake Appalachia to pay a fine of $600,000.
By NEWS9, December 3, 2012

Chesapeake Appalachia was sentenced Monday in federal court for three violations of the Clean Water Act related to natural gas drilling activity in Wetzel County, according to …

December 3, 2012

The Top Fracking Threats to Health NY Must Assess

A group of health professionals is working to make sure the state thoroughly investigates the impacts of fracking on public health.
By Alison Rose Levy, AlterNet, Nov. 30, 2012

The good news is that a public health department— New York …

November 30, 2012

Fracking good for the climate? What a load of hot air

Natural gas cheerleaders must wake up to the inconvenient environmental truth
By Robert Howarth, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, Nov. 29, 2012
November 28, 2012

Cuomo: State Will Extend Fracking Review

NYS DEP will apply for a new 90-day extension.
Capital Tonight, November 27, 2012

In Rochester earlier today to tour the Eastman Business Park, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state Department of Environmental Conservation will apply for a new 90-day …

November 20, 2012

The Crisis in Oil and Gas Regulatory Enforcement

The U.S. faces a crisis in the enforcement of rules governing the oil and gas industry. The shale gas and shale oil boom has brought an expansion of oil and gas activity unseen in many parts the country since the …

November 17, 2012

Oilsands Contaminants Travel Further than Expected

Contaminants are collecting on the bottom of remote lakes up to 100 kilometres away.
By Margaret Munro, Edmonton Journal, Nov. 13, 2012

Federal scientists have uncovered evidence that contaminants wafting out Alberta’s oilsands operations are collecting on the bottom of

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