June 13, 2011

Worst Drought in More Than a Century Strikes Texas Oil Boom

Joe Carrol, Bloomberg News

The worst Texas drought since record-keeping began 116 years ago may crimp an oil and natural- gas drilling boom as government officials ration water supplies crucial to energy exploration.

In the hardest-hit areas, water-management districts are …

June 9, 2011

New York State Sues Federal Government to Protect Watershed

NEW YORK STATE SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOR FAILURE TO STUDY “FRACKING.”

Demand For Fracking Study In Delaware River Basin Has Been Ignored
Even Though Drilling Would Affect NY Watershed And Portions Of 8 New York Counties
Feds Abandon Legally Required

June 3, 2011

South African Government Announces National Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing

SUCCESS! A Fracking Moratorium in South Africa.

A Grass-Roots Effort

http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/an-anti-fracking-victory-in-south-africa/

South Africa Takes the Cautionary Approach

http://naturalgasforeurope.com/south-africa-takes-cautionary-approach.htm

When the South African government recently announced a national moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial, water-intense and polluting method of extracting natural …

June 1, 2011

New York Attorney General Files Suit Against Federal Agencies

United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

Defendants

United States Army Corps of Engineers,

United States Fish and Wildlife Service,

United States National Park Service, United States Department of Interior,

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Plaintiff

State of …

May 26, 2011

NY State Assembly on Potential Public Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing

Larysa Dyrszka, MD

OUTLINE
POTENTIAL STRESSORS ON HUMAN HEALTH THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN AREAS WHERE GAS DRILLING OCCURS
·Air
·Water
·Waste management
·Noise
·Traffic
·Psychological stressors
·Health infrastructure
·Socioeconomic issues
·Accidents
·Radioactivity
·Psychological stressors
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY EXEMPTIONS

May 25, 2011

Socioeconomic Value of the Delaware River Basin in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

Gerald J. Kauffman, University of Delaware Water Resources Agency

Executive Summary
What do the Guggenheim Museum, Boeing, Sunoco, Campbell’s Soup, DuPont, Wawa, Starbucks, Iron Hill Brewery, Philadelphia Eagles, Camelback Ski Area, Pt. Pleasant Canoe Livery, Salem Nuclear Power Plant, and …

May 21, 2011

Antero gets extension to review Battlement Mesa Health Impact Assessment

John Colson
Post Independent staff
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Antero Resources will have an extra month to review, and comment upon, a recently issued draft Health Impact Assessment (HIA) about the Battlement Mesa community.

The Garfield …

May 15, 2011

Road Preservation Local Law: Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement

DELTA Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors

INTRODUCTION 
This Draft Scoping Document has been prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQR”), Article 8 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part …

May 10, 2011

Duke University: Scientific Proof Drilling/Fracking Contaminates Water

ProPublica, ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN

Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking

http://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking

For the first time, a peer-reviewed scientific study has linked gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can …

May 9, 2011

Reducing The Staggering Costs Of Environmental Disease In Children, Estimated At $76.6 Billion In 2008

Leonardo Trasande and Yinghua Liu, Health Affairs

A 2002 analysis documented $54.9 billion in annual costs of environmentally mediated diseases in US children. However, few important changes in federal policy have been implemented to prevent exposures to toxic chemicals. We …

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