March 26, 2012

Ground-breaking scientific review calls for better methods for determining safety standards

Hormones and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Low-Dose Effects and Nonmonotonic Dose Responses
By Laura Vandenberg et al, Endocrine Reviews, March 14, 2012

A paradigm shift in how chemicals are assessed for safety is underway, led by the need to address chemicals that …

February 8, 2012

Charting the Government’s Moves on Fracking

From Gung-Ho to Uh-Oh: Charting the Government’s Moves on Fracking

by Lena Groeger, ProPublica, February 7, 2012

Fracking has only recently become a household word, but government involvement with the drilling technique goes back decades. President Obama has championed

January 31, 2012

DCS's Letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Damascus Citizens has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu about the President’s comments on shale gas in his State of the Union address to tell him he is wrong to encourage fracking as our energy future. This is …

January 30, 2012

MORATORIA, BANS, RESOLUTIONS

New York and Pennsylvania and A Sampling of Municipalities and Key
Organizations in Varied Locations Opposed to Hydrofrack Drilling

Compiled by Joe Hoff, Chairman of Keuka Citizens Against Hydrofracking As of January 29, 2012

View report as PDF.

New York

December 31, 2011

Officials: 4.0 magnitude quake in northeast Ohio related to wastewater injection well

By Associated Press 

McDONALD, Ohio — Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity.

The …

November 18, 2011

Fracking and Quaking: They're Linked

Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

And scientists, the military, and frackers themselves have known it for years

The next time a Canadian consumer turns up their natural gas furnace or clicks on that gas burner, he or she may have inadvertently …

November 10, 2011

Home Mortgages, Homeowner Liability Affected by Gas Drilling

New York State Bar Association Journal
November/December 2011, Vol. 83, No. 9, lead article

“. . . issues not often discussed, such as the owner’s potential liability and the continued viability of the mortgage.”

“Residential fracking carries heavy industrial risks, …

October 15, 2011

Drilling, Earthquakes, and Motley Fools

Fort Worth Citizens Against Neighborhood Drilling Ordinance (FWCanDo)
CanDo Blogs

From the, “What-is-this-world-coming-to” Department…
The Fort Worth City Council will soon decide if allowing earthquakes inside the city limits is OK. I’ve lost track of the number of earthquakes that …

June 23, 2010

A Colossal Fracking Mess

The dirty truth behind the new natural gas.
By Christopher Bateman (Vanity Fair)

Early on a spring morning in the town of Damascus, in northeastern Pennsylvania, the fog on the Delaware River rises to form a mist that hangs above …

January 6, 2010

Swimming in Natural Gas

The Greenwashing of an Industry
by Adam Federman – January 4, 2010, Earth Island Journal

There has never been a better moment for natural gas. It is the “other” fossil fuel, touted as a clean alternative to coal and oil. …

December 5, 2009

The Domestic Drilling Backlash

From New York to Texas, energy companies have come under fire as natural gas drilling gets close to big cities
By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer, December 3, 2009: 9:55 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — “Drill baby drill” is …

October 11, 2009

Firms Drilling for Gas Would 'Destroy' Local State Game Lands


Environmentalist: Firms drilling for natural gas would ‘destroy’ local state game lands

By JESSICA COHEN, Community News Writer, October 09, 2009, Pocono Record

Pat Carullo’s voice bursts from the phone. He’s yelling.

“There’ll be thousands of trucks driving trough 20,000 …

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