July 27, 2012

Study Examines Ownership, Control of Land with Marcellus Shale Gas

The study was done by Penn State’s Center For Economic and Community Development
July 18, 2012

Note:  A similar study, with similar results, was done earlier by DCS for Damascus Township, PA.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ownership of the …

July 10, 2012

Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water

Fluids deep beneath PA’s natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 9, 2012

New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania’s natural gas fields are

July 8, 2012

Municipal Water Supply Administrators Want MORE Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing

There is a huge gap between what these municipal water company administrators want and the actuality of the day

The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), and the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) …

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 …

May 23, 2012

New Yorkers to Have Radon With Dinner

Future Radon Exposure in NYC Metro Area with Marcellus Shale Gas, at the level expected, could result in thousands of additional cancer deaths.

Damascus Citizens first raised the subject of radon arriving in the pipelines with Marcellus gas last fall …

May 5, 2012

Barbara Arrindell of DCS with the Click and Clack of Frack Weekly on WFTE 90.3 FM

Listen to the Frack Report, weekdays on WFTE 90.3 FM at 7:30 am and 7 pm

The Frack Report is a WFTE exclusive news show that features Kurt Shotko as the host. News and information about Hydrofracking are covered with …

January 3, 2012

The Environmental Dangers of Hydro-Fracturing the Marcellus Shale

Robert Myers, Ph.D. Lock Haven University

Over the past four years, I have watched the hydro-fracturing industry rapidly expand into central Pennsylvania, and I have been disturbed by the consequences.  The state forests, where generations of Pennsylvanians have hunted, fished, …

October 6, 2011

Overestimation of benefits from shale gas drilling and underestimation of its historic costs

Ronald E. Bishop, PhD., C.H.O.

Remarks to NYS Assembly Committee and hearing on the revised dSGEIS. October 2011

Assemblyman Sweeney, other distinguished legislators and guests, I want to thank you for this opportunity to comment on our Department of Environmental …

July 15, 2011

Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Shale Gas Compared to Coal

David H. Hughes

An Analysis of Two Conflicting Studies

Two studies with conflicting conclusions have recently been produced on full-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shale gas production, one from scientists at Cornell University and another from a scientist at …

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 …

January 21, 2011

Chemical and Biological Risk Assessment for Natural Gas Extraction in New York

Ronald E. Bishop Ph.D., CHO, SUNY Oneonta

Over the last decade, operators in the natural gas industry have developed highly sophisticated methods and materials for the exploration and production of methane from unconventional reservoirs. In spite of the technological advances …

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