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• Shale gas: green groups condemn methane flaring plans for wells

  
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  The Guardian confirms that two leading fracking companies have plans to flare excess gas at sites in Lancashire and West Sussex . . . → Read More: Shale gas: green groups condemn methane flaring plans for wells Related Posts: Using shale gas over coal does not help climate, says big… Protesters attempt ...
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• Britain can’t afford to surrender to the greens on shale gas

  
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  Britain that has large coal reserves needs to have shale gas. It can clear the air, and lesson the need from other energy sources. Most of us have by now heard about the US shale gas revolution. In little more than six years, shale gas has reduced America’s gas prices to a third of what they are in Europe, ...
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• Fracking Is Interfering with Farming in WV and PA

  
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  Farm Field Testing “WV Host Farms” Concerns Include Fracking Impacts Commentary from Diane Pitcock, West Virginia Host Farms , May 10, 2013 In rural communities in WV, we have many small farms that rely on Farmers Markets to sell their produce for supplemental income. And we also have “ Mountain State ...
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• Climate Change

  
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  Climate change is called climate change. So far, it is called neither “climate disaster” nor “party-palooza in the warm sunshine.” But it appears that change is en-route and most people I know are somewhat anxious about it. So far, the predictions include receding glaciers and more extreme weather. The dry ...
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• These Gas Tax Hikes Will Make Driving A Lot More Expensive

  
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  Americans worried about how rising oil prices might affect prices at the pump are about to get blindsided by looming gas tax hikes that almost guarantee higher gasoline prices. And its not just state governments looking to shake down American motorists. Alarmingly, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called ...
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• These Gas Tax Hikes Will Make Driving A Lot More Expensive

  
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  Americans worried about how rising oil prices might affect prices at the pump are about to get blindsided by looming gas tax hikes that almost guarantee higher gasoline prices. And its not just state governments looking to shake down American motorists. Alarmingly, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called ...
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• Report: Half of U.S. Fracking Wells Are Drilled in Highly Water-Stressed Regions

  
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  Energy companies should provide better data on fracking water use, and investors should push for quantifiable water targets, according to a sustainable investing advocacy group. Image courtesy of Ceres Hydraulically fractured shale regions are outlined in black and overlaid onto a map of U.S. river basins ...
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• Rep. DeGette & Gibson Introduce Bipartisan FRAC Act in U.S. Congress

  
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  Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) Date:  May 9, 2013 Rep. DeGette (D-CO) and Rep. Gibson (R-NY) introduce bipartisan FRAC Act WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) joined with her colleague Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) to introduce the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act (FRAC ...
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• The Obama Administrations Natural Gas Policy Is Tragically Misguided

  
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  The Obama administration has come out in support of the idea of exporting U.S. natural gas.  This stance is counterproductive, short-sighted, and if followed will prove harmful to domestic manufacturing (i.e., value generation) – not just now, but for future generations of Americans. While exporting natural gas ...
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• Worth reminding: study established first “definitive” link to well water contamination from shale ‘fracking

  
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  David Biello over at Scientific American had a story  in 2011 that looked at research establishing a link between methane contamination in well water and nearby hydraulic fracturing of shale rock. The research came out of Duke University and was  published online  in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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• U. S. Shale Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

  
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  GHG Impacts: Fossil Fuels U. S. Shale Gas Exports: Friend or Foe? Article by James Bradbury , World Resources Institute, May 8, 2013 U.S. natural gas production is booming. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), production grew by 23 percent from 2007 to 2012. Now—with production ...
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• Some natural gas posts worth reading

  
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  Lynne Kiesling Last week the EPA released a report on the extent of methane release during shale gas drilling; the results indicate that methane release is substantially smaller than previously thought. According to an article in Fuel Fix summarizing the report , The scope of the EPA’s revision was vast. In a ...
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• Fracking Disappointments in Poland

  
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  In the United States of America and Canada fracking shale for natural gas has proved a profitable enterprise. In some parts of the US the price of natural gas has dropped significantly as a result of gas “fracked” and as a consequence of burning natural gas instead of oil or coal, the USA has emitted less carbon ...
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• Shale Gas Goes Global, While Benefitting Local Economies

  
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  The safe development of clean-burning American natural gas, especially in Pennsylvania , is having a substantial and positive impact on our region’s economy, helping to create tens of thousands of good jobs at a time when they’re needed most. As the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports this week, “ The growth of ...
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• U.S. Natural Gas Exports: Friend or Foe?

  
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  Marcellus shale gas well. Photo credit: wcn247, Flickr U.S. natural gas production is booming. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), production grew by 23 percent from 2007 to 2012. Now—with production projected to continue growing in the decades ahead—U.S. lawmakers and ...
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• Energy and Environment News Roundup – 5.8.13

  
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  A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world. ENERGY POLICY   China and India’s energy resource rivalry extends to the Arctic  (via Houston Chronicle) Federal government postpones oil, gas lease auctions in California  (via Houston Chronicle) US wind ...
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• What We Are Reading

  
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  Today is a day of eager anticipation for the national security world, as we await word on Kerry’s talks with Putin, Obama’s talks with Park, and cast a concerned eye to the upcoming Iranian election. On the climate side we have some encouraging news from the jobs sector, and interesting assessments of gas prices ...
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• OPEC: How the Mighty Fell

  
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  May 7, 2013 “OPEC oil exporters hate $100 oil,” and Byron King tells us why they’re stuck with it for the duration Keeping the faith in gold-mining shares: A chart that says we’ve been here before How the Pentagon just boosted the fortunes of the burgeoning cybersecurity business “We could regulate it ...
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• MSC Reinforces Support of Innovation, Research and Technology

  
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  Pittsburgh, Pa. – In partnership with leading energy companies, technology investors and Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) is proud to support the 2013 Shale Gas Innovation Contest – a competition that provides small- and ...
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• MSC’s Kathryn Klaber in the Beaver Co. Times: Natural Gas “Enhancing Air Quality”

  
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  A recent story (“Report says Beaver County can breathe a little easier,” April 24) underscored the important fact that our region’s air quality is improving sharply, according to a new American Lung Association report. This is great news for every Pennsylvanian. However, the story failed to inform your readers ...
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