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5-22-17 How one small town is fighting back
One
small town has relentlessly fought not to be fracking victims
while oil and gas interests profit by sacrificing their
lands and their health
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-a-small-town-is-standing-up-to-fracking-w482577
5-15 - The Socio-Economic Impacts of Shale Drilling
:
http://www.multistateshale.org/forum-shale-boomtowns
1-27-13
So who is in charge of fracking wastewater, anyway?
No one wants to raise their hand ..
USGS
report that found that produced water from the Marcellus shale was
3,609 times more radioactive than the federal limit for drinking
water and 300 times more radioactive than a Nuclear Regulatory
Commission limit for industrial discharges to water.
.http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/so-who-is-in-charge-of-fracking-wastewater-anyway/article_35fec56b-a13d-57ea-88d1-705a2c577129.html
12-12 A Whistleblower, former gas worker , tells
about the dangers for gas workers
and the prevalence of violations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0on1TiO4DU&feature=youtu.be
12-12 More Natural gas exports changing the picture
on the risk benefit analysis.
We are risking our air, land and water resources for the benefit
of others
http://www.prwatch.org/node/11897
12-12 Penn State published
three papers commissioned and paid for by the shale gas industry
as independent research reports. These contained a host of highly
exaggerated predictions on jobs, economic development, and tax
revenues and profoundly influenced the legislative debate in
Pennsylvania in favor of the gas industry and to the detriment of
the commonwealth.http://www.ragingchickenpress.org/2012/09/25/shuold-penn-state-lose-accrediation-for-marcellus-shale-advocacy/
11-12-
A Federal Judge rules that the gas company can't force landowners
to extend their lease beyond expiration
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/federal_judge_rules_that_chesa.html
11-12
Excess greehouse gases detected near fracking sites
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-australia-fracking-leakage-20121116,0,7039884.story
11-12 Trio charged with illegally dumping thousands of gallons of
frackwater -
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/585805/Trio-charged-with-illegal-frack----.html
11-12 -
Fracking and Radium it will persist for thousands of years - "Once
radioactive material comes out of the ground along with the gas,
the problem is what to do with it. It lasts for thousands of
years, and it is virtually impossible to eliminate or mitigate"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-grossman/fracking-and-radium_b_2096539.html
11-12
DEP/EPA has been withholding news of hazardous chemicals
found in drinkink water
samples . So that although tested and known, the homeowner
never received the news of the hazardous results.
A
chart showing what was done
http://www.scribd.com/doc/112140436/942
The deposition of the DEP employee
http://www.scribd.com/doc/111821978/Taru-Upadhyay-Depo
A letter to EPA director Krancer explaining what
was done by DEP
http://www.scribd.com/doc/111821139/Krancer-Letter
11-12 Act 13 is
challenged officially in Court Robinson,
Peters, Cecil and other counties and Boroughs and the Delaware
Riverkeeper have sued the Commomwealth, the Attorney General, the
EPA, etc in Court over Act 13 which sought to take
away the right for the localities to have any say in the
zoning issues regarding the drilling in their municipality . http://www.scribd.com/doc/87252080/Act-13-Challenge
11-12 Fracking Chemical list
compiled from industry submissions
http://www.scribd.com/doc/112124338/PA-Chemical-List or
http://www.scribd.com/doc/112140436/942
10-12
Fracking
Law now allows drilling on PA campuses,
despite small details like the fact that over 82,000 well went
completely uninspected, and of those inspected there have been
thousands of spill, accidents, explosions etc .
And
university study , policies and the education itself will be
subject to the fracking dollars
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/pennsylvania-fracking-law-opens-drilling-college-campuses
10-12
Pa
Parks Director Norbeck says he
was forced out by Corbett Administration
due
to their philosphical differences including timbering, mining and
drilling for gas on state parklands
http://pipeline.post-gazette.com/news/archives/24835-pennsylvania-parks-director-says-he-was-forced-out-by-corbett-administration
10-1-12 The Global Picture picture for our nation
- what are the consequences of deciding to frack
http://theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=9765
10-1-12
NY has postponed
fracking
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/nyregion/with-new-delays-a-growing-sense-that-gov-andrew-cuomo-will-not-approve-gas-drilling.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121001&_r=3&
9- 27-12 Phila City Council
unanimously passes a
resolution to oppose Act 13,
which was denied recently but then immediately
appealed by Governor Corbett. Abington and all
towns need to lift their voices in order to
tell the courts that we want to retain our rights to
control oil and gas operations in our community and
to zone as we determine suits the health,
safety and welfare of our residents.
http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/its-unanimous-philadelphia-opposes-act-13-affirms-law-is-unconstitutional/
9-23-12
As soon as the ample supply of oils brings the cost
of fuel down,
the energy companies seek to broaden markets
and increase the competition
http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-24/business/34041775_1_american-public-gas-association-natural-gas-export
Read these in Chron order as they were posted - newest at the
end
Where
are the PA Shale wells ?- who is drilling?
-
how much
gas it is producing?-
any violations at the
well cited by the Department of Environmental Protection?
Updated each month as DEP
releases new data.
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/drilling/
What is the
Marcellus Shale
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3032/pdf/FS2009-3032.pdf
More on what
the Marcellus Shale is
http://geology.com/articles/marcellus-shale.shtml
Comprehensive
resources site
listing
counties, wells, gallons of waters, companies drilling etc -
There are over 4,000 graphs available at the site covering
permits, violations, production, and gas companies - at the
state, county, and township levels.some info had with only email
registration. Full access by $20 membership http://www.marcellusgas.org/
Comprehensive Overview
- Thee process of fracking & equipment used - Names of
Drilling Companies- political contributions & what the
latest news is including spills, accidents etc
http://www.marcellus-shale.us/
Water
rights and the law
- an in- depth review.
http://www.wvsoro.org/resources/marcellus/Weston.pdf
An open Letter to Communities Working to stop Fracking
http://www.celdf.org/open-letter-to-communities-working-to-stop-fracking
The Delaware
Riverkeeper Network and Damascus Citizens file a federal lawsuit
against the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
challenging certain wells were allowed to be drilled
without DRBC review and approval despite a
Basin-wide moratorium on gas wells:
http://www.damascuscitizens.org/DRBC-lawsuit.html
DEP'S
factsheet
http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-77964/0100-FS-DEP4217.pdf
DEP - 14000 inspection violations in 2010
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/oilgas/OGInspectionsViolations/OGInspviol.htm
PA drinking water at risk - frackwater discharges into creeks
and other water sources a concern
http://enews.earthlink.net/channel/news/print?guid=20110103/4c990ad5-caf9-4c7e-92c7-2a3ca5c9fa00
About
Directional Drilling
http://www.naturalgas.org/naturalgas/extraction_directional.asp
Greenhouse
Gas Emissions
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/howarth/GHG%20emissions%20from%20Marcellus%20Shale%20--%20with%20figure%20--%203.17.2010%20draft.doc.pdf
A Frank
Discussion by a Geological Consultant
http://www.aspousa.org/index.php/2010/07/interview-with-art-berman-part-1/
A round up of News Clips ( similar to this list )
- which gives you the latest Marcellus news
http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=19773
5-10 Foreign Investment by China, Norway
and Japan among others could have far-reaching effects
http://www.usainbounddeals.com/2010/05/articles/deals-developments/international-players-vie-to-invest-in-marcellus-shale-projects/
Chief Oil and
Gas Subsidiary Pays $34,000 Fine, Surrenders Permit
after Discharging
Industrial Waste Illegally in Lycoming County
.
More than 25,000 Gallons Discharged to Big Run Watershed.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=15849&typeid=1
FLIR footage of a
compressor in Dimock that shows the emissions into the air
in color. None of the emissions are visible to the eye. First see the
naked eye view here:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1435205338799
Then see the same site but with a FLIR camera to
show the emissions:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1435179698158
1-11 Pictures of Hickory PA and discussion of the
problems fracking has brought
http://www.donnan.com/Marcellus-Gas_Hickory.htm
1-11 Philadelphia bans
purchases of Marcellus gas pending EPA review due
in 2012- Jan 18, 2011 (Reuters)
Philadelphia officials directed a city utility not to
buy natural gas from the Marcellus. The unanimous vote
followed a decision by the Pittsburgh to ban hydraulic
fracturing
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1813865220110118
A Report Card on the
Contract Makers for the drilling companies - the Landmen
http://www.landmanreportcard.com/lrc/
Diesel Fuel Used in
Fracking - no permits - no data on proximity to drinking
water supplies http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/7406933.html
2-11 The state of permitting and drilling in the Delaware River
Basin - permits by Feb
2011
http://weeklypress.com/delaware-river-basin-commission-to-release-fracking-rules-this-week-p2282-1.htm
2-11 The
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
is being charged with irregularities in their review and
approval process, in addition to the many other concerns
with the process:
http://www.damascuscitizens.org/DRBC-lawsuit.html
2-11 Bradford County residents see home
prices fall 85% because of water issues
http://thedailyreview.com/news/resident-tells-bradford-county-commissioners-not-to-forget-gas-drilling-problems-1.1110270
2-11 In Dish Texas, in the Barnet Shale, a Mayor leaves his
town fearing fracking affecting family's health.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/mayor-calvin-tillman-leav_n_827478.html
3-11 Hancock New York commissions a view of their town before
and after the gas drilling
http://www.osiny.org/custom/HancockAndTheMarcellusShale.pdf
3-11 EPA will order testing at PA
treatment plants and drinking-water intakes, and Clean
Water Action and Three Rivers Waterkeeper plan suing two sewage treatment plants for violations of the
federal Clean Water Act and for not having a proper
permit to discharge industrial drilling waste into
rivers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/earth/08water.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
3-11 Map:
click on the point where the frackwater enters the river
and see how far downstream the next public water supply is
located:
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_national/marcellus-water/index.html?SITE=AP
2-11 Governor Corbett lifts
the ban on fracking in State Forests
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2011/02/Marcellus-forest-leasing-moratorium.html
3-11 Bradford County Home
explosions in the area of gas & oil drilling
(search page for "House Explosions" or scroll down to
pictures of houses
http://solomonswords.blogspot.com/
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110301%2FNEWS02%2F303019951%2F-1%2FNEWSSITEMAP
3-11 The press was excluded from meetings about the Bradford
County Explosions
http://www.centredaily.com/2011/03/16/2586142/pa-newspaper-excluded-from-meeting.html
3-11 The Devil’s Details
about Radioisotopes and Other Toxic Contaminants in
Marcellus Shale Flowback Fluids and Their Appearance in
Surface Water Sources and Threats to Recreationalists,
Private Well Water Users, and Municipal Water Supplies
http://www.fractracker.org/2011/03/devils-details-about-radioisotopes-and.html
3-11 Truckers dogde Frack wastewater regulations
The PA
House rejected an amendment that would put more
regulators on those hauling frackwater
http://thedailyreview.com/news/house-rejects-fracking-wastewater-amendment-1.1115576
3-11 Pennsylvania Limits
Authority of Oil and Gas Inspectors : inspectors policing
Marcellus Shale development in Pennsylvania will no longer be
able to issue violations to the drilling companies they regulate
without first getting the approval of top officials.
http://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvania-limits-authority-of-oil-and-gas-inspectors
.
( this was finally overturned late April or early May 2011 -http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/pennsylvania-dep-rolls-back-approval-process-for-shale-violations/
)
3-11 Other states look
to Pennsylvania to learn from Marcellus Shale errors
-Maryland among those thinking twice about
permitting process or even allowing wells
Spokesmen for gas companies contacted did not
respond, nor did DEP officials.
http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=4050
3-11 Drilling could be costly
to residents http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/04/post_187.html
4-11 - Fraccidents
Earth Justice map of fracking accident locations
http://marcellusprotest.org/new-fraccidents-map
or
http://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/pennsylvania-and-fracking
4-11
Test wells not properly
capped
- wells drilled through
the years all over the country
were
abandonned
uncapped & are cusing leakage and build up of gas leading to
explosions and evacuations. The cost to cap
them, even
if they COULD
find them all, is astronomical.
Countless
more will be generated in the
Marcellus.
New York has managed to plug only 125
of a possible 40,000
http://www.propublica.org/article/deteriorating-oil-and-gas-wells-threaten-drinking-water-homes-across-the-co
4-11 Shale gas may be worse
for climate than coal
http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-12/new-report-suggests-shale-natural-gas-worse-climate-coal
4-11 - Selling off the Shale gas in overseas markets
- like beads for Manhattam
http://www.tradereform.org/2011/04/marcellus-shale-gas-may-head-overseas/
).
5-11 Emissions next to a
school
https://www.youtube.com/GasDrillingTruth#p/u/0/h4u7e_5NtYg
5-11 Susquehanna River in NY,
PA and MD tops list as nation's most endangered river due to
drilling & fracking
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-rivers-idUSTRE74G75P20110517
5-11
Sullivan County Drilling Map w/well
locations. So far, 110 permitted, 100
listed, as of May 9, 2011.
Total planned = 1500 multi-well
pads, 5500-6500 wells, 100 compressor
stations.
http://gmaps.kaeding.name/saved/SC_20110511
5-11 France moves toward ban on
hydrofracking - Policymakers
recognize the dangers
http://www.policyshop.net/home/2011/5/13/france-moves-toward-a-ban-on-hydrofracking.html
5-11 Texas politicians knew agency hid the amount of radiation in
drinking water
http://www.khou.com/home/-Texas-politicians-knew-agency-hid-the-amount-of-radiation-in-drinking-water-122205439.html
5-11 Right of Eminent Domain
use given to gas drilling companies even though the beneficiaries are NOT
necessarily the public, but only certain companies ........
http://citizensvoice.com/news/drilling/puc-gives-nod-to-eminent-domain-power-for-pipeline-company-1.1149410#axzz1NCOVvUYR
5-11 Frackwater affecting farms - Sandra Staingraber
spoke before a hearing of NYS lawmakers about the effects of frack water on
children's health by way of food that is grown and produced locally as
frack water impacts the quality of water used by farms
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Legislative-panel-questions-industry-on-1398225.php
5-11 Democracy Now video with update on all the latest developments
including interview with Sandra Staingraber on the health crisis
surrounding natural gas extractiion
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/27/sandra_steingraber_on_the_health_crisis
5-11 New study finds frackwater polluting drinking wells
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fracking-for-natural-gas-pollutes-water-wells&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_TECH_20110511
5-11 How gas leases threaten the
mortgage process - Bank white paper on property valuation & financing
http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=1272
6-11 Oil Company Shareholders Vote Against
Irresponsible Fracking in Record Numbers
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/06/shareholder-resolutions-fracking-gain-traction/
6-11
Prices Fall for Some Gas-Rich Shale
Land
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/business/10views.html?_r=1
6-11 Gas Co Lobbyists offer
freebies to get testimony. A night in Pittsburgh with free airfare,
free lodging and free food for telling the Department of Energy
how natural gas drilling has
improved their lives.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11162/1153032-503.stm#ixzz1P0RRsa9W
6-11 Doylestown PA posts warning
that lifting moratorium on fracking before EPA has finished conducting
safety studies can have severe consequences for the Delaware River
as per examples from 2 other severely damaged PA rivers
http://oneifbylandbuckscounty.com/story_day.php?p=storyday
6-11 Federal Regulations Lacking - Frackers enjoy many
exemptions from Clean Air, Clean Water and Safe Drinking Acts and from
hazardous waste regulations
http://www.ewg.org/gas-drilling-and-fracking
6-11 Blown Out Gas well ---
property owners have contaminated water - read note
below article to see that more than sodium was detected
http://www.wnep.com/wnep-brad-epa-briefs-homeowners-living-near-blown-out-gas-well-20110623,0,3576612.story
7-11 An Insider's View as to how politicians,
landowners, stockholders and all of us, essentially, are being duped
by gas drilling companies and entities
http://my.brainshark.com/Ponzi-Gas-Frackers-8298212?v=73
7-11 A round up of News Clips ( similar to this list )
- which gives you the latest Marcellus news
http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=19773
7-11 Bradford County, PA-fish kill of 250 fish- 80families
without water- request for a phone hotline to report water
and other contamination
issues denied, so there's no way to collect verifiable
information
http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/content/commissioners-defer-contamination-issues-dep
~
7-11 Penn State study was sponsored by a lobbying group
representing gas companies. The study was
reportedly commissioned by Marcellus
Shale Coalition ( an industry organization) for $100,000
. The article is being used as proof that fracking would
be beneficial, but statistics, for instance about the enormous
number of jobs created, are at odds with statics from the
Dept of Labor and Industry
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201107250008 ~
7-11 Bradford County residents finding
that they are unable to remortgage their homes
for case out because the drilling
companies that bought the mineral rights have mortgaged
these - so they are already mortgaged to the hilt.
http://thedailyreview.com/news/ward-gas-company-financing-is-preventing-residents-from-getting-mortgages-1.1182565
8-11 Video clip showing the utter devastation caused by drilling industry
vehicles alone in Pine Creek Valley PA.
With less than 50 drilling sites currently , the truck count on the mountain
roads is counted at 750-1500 in 24 hr period --- 7 days a week. This is a
clip from the movie Groundswell (
info@resolutionpictures.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZQxe6FiGA&feature=youtu.be
8-11
Gas in the US is NOT owned just by American
companies, but is in many cases a joint venture with foreign countries
like China, India, Norway, the UK, Japan, and South Korea.Multinational
corporations hold no allegiance to the US, the American people, or the American
economy - but serve their shareholders and their corporate 'bottom line'. We
will ultimately end up buying American natural gas from foreign entities on the
global market and competing with the highest bidder.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AttP1cRHZ8J_dGc1SFp4OHlEQ3UtVVl2UDlLYkxxM3c&authkey=CMP4r_QI&hl=en_US#gid=0
8-11
Lawsuit filed to complete analysis before
drilling moves forward in the Delaware River Basin
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/resources/PressReleases/FINAL_GroupPressRelease_FrackingLawsuit_8_2_11.pdf
9-11 Hydrofracking may be the biggest
environmental threat that Pensylvanians will face in this generation
http://www.lhup.edu/rmyers3/marcellus.htm
9-11 Peters Township Pa tries a new
approach - attempting to ban Fracking by putting it on the ballot in Nov
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903648204576552861902466194.html
9-11 Kevin Heatley , biohabitat restoration
specialist from PA presenting in Hammondsport,
NY 9-15-11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Jxw-HiEXE
9-11 "Fracking is toxic for kids, suit says"
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/sep/15/fracking-toxic-kids-suit-says-20110915/
&
http://epaper.arkansasonline.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=ArDemocrat/2011/09/15&ID=Ar02704&Locale
10-11 Quarantined Cows Give Birth
to Stillborns
http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/dead-calves-and-silences-quarantined-cows-gave-birth-to-stillborn-calves/
10-11 Expert Says Quakes in
England May Be Tied to Gas Extraction
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/science/earth/22fracking.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
11-11 Fossil Fuels are subsided at 6 times the rate of renewables
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/09/3256775/fossil-fuel-users-subsidies-six.html#ixzz1dJ8rIJl2
11-11 - Gas Companies Caught Using
Military Tactics To Overcome Drilling Concerns
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/11/11/gas-companies-caught-using-military-strategies-to-overcome-drilling-concerns/#comment-118626
12-11 Legislation drafted by
activists to criminalize the act of fracking in New York
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/13/criminalize-fracking/
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/7866-criminalize-fracking
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article636201.ece
12-11 Cabot (Oil & Gas Co)
water deliveries to replace contaminated water in Dimock have
been stopped - Dimock residents with contaminated water see
solutions http://protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/december-6th-action-save-dimocks-water-deliveries-testify-at-compressor-station-hearing/
12-11 Philadelphia
Inquirer, "DEP: Protecting Water or Gas?" Duke
University researchers take on PA DEP Secretary
Krancer's claim of "biased science" . Peer-reviewed
research found conclusive evidence of "higher methane,
ethane, and propane concentrations in some drinking water
wells near drillingsites."
DEP's mission is to "protect Pennsylvania's
air, land and water from pollution and to provide for the
health and safety of its citizens" http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20111202_DEP__Protecting_water_or_gas_.html
12-11 New York
Times, Ian Urbina's "Learning Too Late of the Perils
in Gas Leases" reveals the dangerously
irresponsible terms gas drilling companies impose on
unwary, often poverty-stricken landowners .
Residents with water contaminated by drillers learn
the company is not legally obliged to provide them
with clean water -verbal claims are not part of the
written lease.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/drilling-down-fighting-over-oil-and-gas-well-leases.html?_r=1&hp
12-11
Some actual
figures on the amount that fossil fuels are
subsidized
–
while many claim that
“solar and wind" are not cost effective and need to
be subsidized “
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11341/1195110-113.stm
12-11 Information about the
Bakken oil "boom"
-
not quite what it is being
hyped up to be
http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/bakken-oil.html
12-11 Frack fluids are found to be
contaminating drinking water
http://ecowatch.org/2011/fracking-compounds-found-in-drinking-water
12-11
Where are the PA Shale wells ?- who is drilling?
-etc-
how much gas it is producing?-
any violations at the well cited by the Department
of Environmental Protection? Updated each month as
DEP releases new data.
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/drilling/
12-11
Deadliest energy sources in the world
http://www.desmogblog.com/chart-deadliest-energy-sources-world
1-12 - 'Super Fracking'- drill further,
faster and bigger. Doctors call for a
moratorium.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/like-fracking-youll-love-super-fracking-01192012.html
no longer content to frack - they want
to employ a method of blasting deeper into dense
rock to create wider channels with technology,
branded as "DirectConnect" . Land-based rigs
renting for up to $30,000 a day- so
disintegrating plug balls have been
invented to reduce time of retrieving plug balls
. Another technique, called "HiWAY",
can generate bigger cracks in surrounding rock.
The number of customers using HiWAY in North
America has grown 10 times in the past
year. Halliburton, the No. 1 provider of
fracking services, rolled out RapidFrac, to
blast open multiple holes at one time.
Doctors called for a federal moratorium on the
technique in populated areas until the health
effects are better understood.
3-12
Multiple Municipalities will proceed with
lawsuit against state Marcellus law (Act 13)
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-west/south-fayette-authorizes-lawsuit-against-state-marcellus-law-627562/
3-12
Chesapeake Energy was founded and grew rich on the
land speculation - and was funded by hyping
the endless supply of gas which helped create a possible fracking
" bubble"
. If the bubble bursts, Chesapeake, who is
covering 10 billion in long term debt, as well as
homeowners , manufacturers, etc., will send new
shockwaves through our economy. They are engaged in
trying to increase demand and boost gas prices by
promoting cars and power plants that run on natural
gas, and by cutting deals to export gas to Europe
and Asia, where prices are five times higher than in
the U.S. So much for America's energy independence.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-big-fracking-bubble-the-scam-behind-the-gas-boom-20120301
3-12 CELDF
Statement on Fracking & Act 13 declaring Act 13 takes control
from communities.
http://celdf.org/downloads/CELDF_STATEMENT_ON_ACT_13_MARCH_2012.pdf
4-12 Fracking Warnings: Those who signed
leases and were once for the fracking "boom", now
experiencing the problems that the
fracking has brought. The fracking companies still
not taking responsibility.
http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-36481-from-fracking-heavy-region-women-bring-warnings.html
4-12 Geologists
say Ohio quakes directly tied to fracking
Process
uses deep wells in rock to dispose of liquid wastes
during natural gas drilling
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45903873/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/geologists-say-ohio-quakes-directly-tied-fracking/
5-12 Clean Water action issues report on
fracking using info from the EPA website
listing
Total Violations for 201 : 1,192 Notices of
Violations were issued but 93% of them or
1,105
went unfined ( give that some thought when you
hear the DEP say it doesn't have enough money for
its work ) // Total Fines Collected $2,452,988
--so a great deal of money was not collected -
enforcement actions will continue to cost taxpayers
rather than violators . The source of the
statisics used was the PA Department of
Environmental Protection website as of May 1, 2012
http://www.cleanwateraction.org/files/publications/pa/Enforcement%20report%202011.pdf
7-12 A most
touching and video showing how the water that has
been poisoned has affected lives
. Butler
County residents health and financial conditions
have been decimated.
The Woodlands by Rich Waters from Jackson Township,
Butler County, Pennsylvania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcUyuFjx0IU
7-12
Thousands from across the nation unite in Washington
to protest fracking and gas and oil drilling
that is affecting our health, safety and welfare
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/thousands_of_americans_unite_i.html
7-26-12
State Court Strikes Down Limits on Local Zoning for Gas
Drilling (click to read
article )
which
would enable
twp, borough, town, municipality, etc., to
write local zoning laws that best protect themselves
aagainst some of the insults of oil and gas drilling
and the ruling would also have struck down
the right for the DEP to grant any
waivers, exceptions, and exemptions from state
mandated set-backs, and allows communities to set,
and enforce their own set backs. Click here to
View the Post-Gazatte
Article
It is important that the people of pa learn the
names of the justices that are voting in the
interests of the people . But the Fracking
Victory today - a great day for people to know that
all the efforts they put into awareness and action
can have meaning - was rendered useless the next
day……
7-27-12 The fracking victory striking down Act 13
was short lived
--
as anticipated
Corbett has
appealed
click to read .
8-12 Chesapeake energy firm's data so filled
with errors the database rejected it
http://www2.whlt.com/news/2012/aug/21/pa-okla-energy-firms-data-filled-with-errors-ar-4385692/a
8-12 National Map
of Fraccidents
*What other industry, business, or entity
would still be allowed to operate with this many
accidents and violations?
http://www.frackalert.org/index.asp?page=64
9-12 What gas drilling is doing to individuals
and their rights.
One man's experience with
a gas well the legal 200 feet from his property line - 24hr
noise and lights. Judge for yourself
if it is right. If it is legal, where are the
legislators who can correct that? Or who care about
the pollution of the land the air and the
water and the peaceful enjoyment of our property .
Theses rights belong to us all.
https://vimeo.com/26927533
9-4-12
Pennsylvania Drilling waste being sent to Ohio is
high in radium.
http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/study-says-pennsylvania-drilling-waste-high-in-radium-1.331703
9-12
Josh Fox is interviewed by Elliot Spitzer
1st interview
http://current.com/shows/viewpoint/videos/a-contaminant-to-our-democracy-gasland-director-josh-fox-warns-of-the-dangers-of-fracking/
2nd interview
http://current.com/shows/viewpoint/videos/gasland-director-josh-fox-its-up-to-the-people-to-say-no-to-fracking/
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