June 9, 2009
111th Congress 1st Session H.R.
Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Polis of Colorado) introduced the following bill:
To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
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June 1, 2009
Gas drilling critics welcome move by U.S. regulator
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri May 29, 2009 4:07pm EDT
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri May 29, 2009 4:07pm EDT
May 29 (Reuters) – Opponents of natural gas drilling in the U.S. northeast on Friday welcomed new restrictions by an interstate regulator …
May 28, 2009
Natural Gas Politics
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, May 26, 2009, 8:14 a.m.
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, May 26, 2009, 8:14 a.m.
Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massive energy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean water laws, Congress is having second thoughts about …
May 27, 2009
“Clean” Energy and Poisoned Water
by: Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com, Monday 25 May 2009
by: Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com, Monday 25 May 2009
In the musical “Urinetown,” a severe drought leaves the dwindling supplies of clean water in the hands of a corporation called Urine Good Company. Urine Good Company …
April 15, 2009
Urban Design Lab
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
With the publication, Hancock & The Marcellus Shale: Visioning the Impacts of Natural Gas Extraction Along the Upper Delaware, the team evaluates and visualizes the impacts of …
March 22, 2009
Pennsylvania says natgas drilling risks inevitable
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:57pm EDT
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:57pm EDT
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s top environmental official said on Friday that a natural gas drilling boom would inevitably result in some environmental damage including possible …
March 18, 2009
Drilling stalled in Allegheny National Forest
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, March 16, 2009
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, March 16, 2009
CLARION — The U.S. Forest Service hasn’t OK’d any new gas or oil wells in the Allegheny National Forest for almost two months, delaying oil …
March 15, 2009
US energy future hits snag in rural Pennsylvania
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:03am EDT
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:03am EDT
(Reuters) – When her children started missing school because of persistent diarrhea and vomiting, Pat Farnelli began to wonder if she and …
March 12, 2009
Gas driller found in violation for ‘polluting’ ground water
By Steve McConnell, Wayne Independent, Mar 10, 2009
By Steve McConnell, Wayne Independent, Mar 10, 2009
REGION — A natural gas drilling company has polluted drinking water in a Susquehanna County community.
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), …
March 1, 2009
Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2009, 12:52 p.m.
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2009, 12:52 p.m.
Got bubbles? Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking water supplies, but recent reports of …
February 27, 2009
U.S. gas drilling boom stirs water worries
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:20pm GMT
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:20pm GMT
(Reuters) – On a snowy hillside in rural southwest Pennsylvania, Larry Grimm drives his truck up a steep gravel track to a hilltop …
February 13, 2009
Methane found in water wells
By SANDY LONG, The River Reporter
By SANDY LONG, The River Reporter
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA — It wasn’t exactly a happy new year for Norma Fiorentino, a resident of Dimock whose well exploded on January 1, shattering the cement casing atop …
