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• Exxon, XTO and Hydraulic Fracturing

  
  Geology News — Authority: 145
  An article on the CNN website explores some of the potential environmental impacts of natural gas wells drilled into the unconventional shale formations such as the Marcellus, Barnett, Fayetteville, and Haynesville. Exxon has a clause in its deal to buy XTO that will allow the company to escape from the deal if ...
  9 hours ago

• Please Don’t Poison My Water

  
  Alternative Health, Natural, Environmental & Organic News Blog — Authority: 122
  For years, the energy industry has argued to the nation’s courts and Congress that the federal law which protects drinking water shouldn’t be applied to hydraulic fracturing , the industrial practice which is essential to extracting the nation’s vast natural gas reserves. In 2005 Congress finally passed a law ...
  1 day ago

• NYC says Catskill gas drilling risks are too great

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Citys Department of Environmental Protection called on state officials Wednesday to ban natural gas drilling in the Catskills watershed, saying it would pose too great a risk to the citys upstate drinking water system. The DEP took that position in response to the state Department of ...
  5 days ago

• Will Hydrofracking Remain Legal?

  
  Geology News — Authority: 145
  Environmentalists are concerned about the impact of hydrofracking on subsurface rock units and waters. Some want to ban the practice and if they are successful the anticipated development of numerous gas shales will be in question.
  6 days ago

• Exxon, XTO and the Future Use of Natural Gas

  
  Geology News — Authority: 145
  Exxon’s intention to buy XTO, a leading producer of natural gas from shale, could provide inertia that will move natural gas into the position of a bridge towards renewable energy.
  6 days ago

• Consequences

  
  Forever In Hell — Authority: 432
  environmentalism, natural gas, marcellus shale Im not really weighing in on the whole natural gas debate *. To be honest, Im not even that informed on the whole issue (weve hit the time of year where all I care about is the impending Christmas Family Implosion, to begin in T-minus 56 hours) from a climate ...
  6 days ago

• The Marcellus Shale Coalition Issues Statement Regarding Support for Responsible Natural Gas Development in Pennsylvania

  
  Mining Top News — Authority: 128
  The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) today underscored its commitment to economic development, environmental protection, and best management practices in the responsible development of Pennsylvania’s vast natural gas resources.“There are a lot of groups and organizations interested in learning more about the ...
  2 weeks ago

• State regulators dismiss frack-fluid ID-tagging proposal

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 625
  Environmental activists are calling on Colorado officials to require oil and gas companies to chemically tag the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly controversial natural gas drilling process. Many suspect that “fracking” may be contaminating ground water, and chemical tags would make it possible ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Debate on Hydraulic Fracturing

  
  Geology News — Authority: 145
  This article in the Washington Post reviews the ongoing debate over the environmental and human impact of hydraulic fracturing in the development of natural gas reservoirs in shales such as the Marcellus of the Appalachian Basin .
  3 weeks ago

• Opportunities Missed at White House Jobs Summit

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 140
  EDITOR’S NOTE: Because I was unable to participate in the American Petroleum Institute conference call with reporters this morning, I offer space for covering that call to API’s Jane Van Ryan.By Jane Van RyanGuest BloggerAmerican Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard and Devon Energy CEO and Chairman Larry ...
  3 weeks ago

• Water Privatization is No Deal

  
  Green Fork Blog — Authority: 422
  I recently watched “ Thirst ,” a film about water privatization , which documents efforts to privatize water in Bolivia, India, and Stockton, California to examine whether water is part of a shared “commons” and a human right for all people, or a commodity to be bought, sold and traded in a global ...
  3 weeks ago

• Environmental Group AddressesMarcellus Shale Drilling Concerns

  
  1490 NewsBlog — Authority: 147
  By ANNE HOLLIDAY WESB/WBRR News Director One of the problems with current regulations for gas well drillers is that the drilling companies control the pre-drilling testing. That was one message from Brady Russell, Eastern Pennsylvania Director of Clean Water Action, during a teleconference Tuesday morning to ...
  3 weeks ago

• It’s getting harder to see PA’s once vast forests through their fragments

  
  Alan Gregory's Conservation News — Authority: 120
  The state government’s decision to basically roll over and let natural gas drillers have their way on public land is the storyline here .
  4 weeks ago

• At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  CHENANGO, N.Y. — Chris and Robert Lacey own 80 acres of idyllic upstate New York countryside, a place where they can fish for bass in their own pond, hike through white pines and chase deer away. But the Laceys hope that, if all goes well, a natural gas wellhead will soon occupy this bucolic landscape. Like many ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hanger: DEP Working to Minimize Pollution from Drilling

  
  WDUQNews — Authority: 445
  Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger says hes "not surprised" fifteen Susquehanna County residents are suing Cabot Oil and Gas for contaminating their drinking water. DEP officials say Cabots natural gas drilling contaminated thirteen wells in Dimock Township over the past year. Residents have ...
  4 weeks ago

• Kudos to Residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 437
  Residents of Dimock in rural Pennsylvania sue Cabot Oil & Gas Corp Residents of Dimock, a small rural Pennsylvania town, have sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp, claiming the company’s natural-gas drilling has contaminated their wells with deadly chemicals, causing sickness and reducing their property values, Reuters ...
  5 weeks ago

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