March 22, 2009

PA Says Natgas Drilling Risks Inevitable

Pennsylvania says natgas drilling risks inevitable
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

Drilling stalled in Allegheny National Forest
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 PA

US energy future hits snag in rural Pennsylvania
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

Gas driller found in violation for ‘polluting’ ground water
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

Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
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

U.S. gas drilling boom stirs water worries
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

Dimock’s Dilemma

Methane found in water wells
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 …

February 2, 2009

Products and Chemicals Used in Fracturing

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange February 2009

TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange) has compiled a list of the names of products and their chemical constituents reportedly used during the fracturing of natural gas wells. Nalco 1, World Oil 2 and J.D. …

February 1, 2009

Wildlife Expert Warns of Ecological Risks of Natural Gas Drilling

Wildlife expert warns of ecological risks of natural gas drilling
By Farm and Dairy Staff, Friday, January 30, 2009

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With the unprecedented wave of deep-well, natural-gas drilling occurring across much of Pennsylvania, care must be taken …

January 26, 2009

Emissions from Natural Gas Production in the Barnett Shale Area and Opportunities for Cost-Effective Improvements

Al Armendariz, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Southern Methodist University

Natural gas production in the Barnett Shale region of Texas has increased rapidly since 1999, and as of June 2008, over 7700 oil and gas wells had been …

January 14, 2009

Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed

Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City’s Watershed.
by Dara L. Miles, The Gotham Gazette, Jan 12, 2009

Turn on the tap and New Yorkers get completely unfiltered H2O, flowing from the upstate streams and rivers to faucets from …

January 6, 2009

Noise and Health

Shirari, ShaleShock.org 

Summary:

A.) Since long-term use of compressors will be needed to push the gas from the Marcellus Shale along the pipelines, and long-term exposure to the low-frequency noise (LFN) of compressors is injurious to health (Vibroacoustic Disease,VAD), the …

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