July 26, 2013

An Unstoppable Oil Leak is Flowing in Alberta

This is a new kind of oil spill and there is no ‘off button’
By Chris Tackett, treehugger.com, July 24, 2013

As if ruptured pipelines, train explosions and drilling rig fires weren’t enough ways for oil to damage the …

May 18, 2013

Leaking Test Well in Upstate NY

Efforts to test Marcellus in upstate NY produces leaky well Carrizo crews on site to fix casing problem in Owego
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, May 15, 2013

A Houston company’s pioneering venture into the Marcellus Shale in upstate …

April 26, 2013

Colorado 'promotes' natural-gas catastrophe that now threatens Colorado River

Joel Dyer of the Boulder Weekly reports how a slowly unfolding benzene-contamination disaster for a local creek and, ultimately, the Colorado River, was created by the conflict of interest in the state regulatory agency’s role as both purported regulator and …

April 23, 2013

EPA wants State Dept. to rework analysis of Keystone XL pipeline

By Lenny Bernstein and Juliet Eilperin

The Washington Post published: April 22

The Environmental Protection Agency objected Monday to the State Department’s latest review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, suggesting that more work must be done before the Obama …

April 22, 2013

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It's Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard
Residents in industry-friendly West Virginia share their experiences, photos and videos. April 15, 2013

From Alternet, by Tara Lohan

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January 8, 2013

Drilling Spills Reaching Colorado Groundwater; State Mulls Test Rules

Oil and gas have contaminated groundwater in 17 percent of the 2,078 spills and slow releases that companies reported to CO regulators over the past five years.
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, Dec. 9, 2012

Oil and gas have …

December 26, 2012

Former Gas Industry Worker Blows the Whistle

CLICK HERE to view the video.

Williamsport native and formal gas worker David Bean describes what life on the job used to be like: spills, dead fish, accidents and foul chemicals. Interview and videography by Morgan Myers.

October 8, 2012

Oil Sheen Mysteriously Appears Off Louisiana's Gulf Coast

An oil sheen about four miles long has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
CNN, October 4, 2012

Quote from Paul Rubin, Hydrogeologist, HydroQuest, regarding the following article:

And, …

July 10, 2012

In PA, 3,355 Marcellus Violations between 2008 and 2011

On Verge of Historic Marcellus Shale Vote, PennEnvironment Study Finds 3,355 Marcellus Violations between 2008 and 2011

As the Pennsylvania state House takes up contentious Marcellus Shale legislation today, the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center released a new study uncovering

July 8, 2012

Independent Study Finds Significant Fault Line Methane Leaks Near PA Natural Gas Operations

 

In the wake of recent news about Shell’s potential methane migration event in Tioga County and multiple reports of gas bubbles, methane-contaminated water, and …

June 15, 2012

Inventory of Oil and Gas Well Stray Gas Cases

Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Oil and Gas Management

Stray Natural Gas Migration Associated with Oil and Gas Wells

Click here to download the PA DEP document

Commercial oil production started in Pennsylvania in 1859 when Colonel Drake drilled …

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