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Sep 20, 20134 min read
EXPERTS: FRACKING METHANE LEAKAGE STUDY FINANCED BY GAS INDUSTRY WITH PARTNER, EDF, IS DEEPLY FLAWED
Numerous Problems Outlined With How Study Was Conducted in Order to Achieve Results Inconsistent with Findings of Independent Researchers...
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Sep 18, 20131 min read
Oil and fracking chemicals spill into Colorado’s floodwaters
By John Upton TXsharon Fracking equipment overwhelmed by floodwaters in Weld County, Colo, northeast of Denver. Heavy rains returned to...
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Sep 15, 20131 min read
New research: more than half of landowners report problems with shale gas development on their land
Amy Mall’s Blog Posted September 12, 2013 in Health and the Environment Earlier this year, researchers from West Virginia University...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
New Study Finds Another Link Between Drilling and Earthquakes
A new study shows yet another link between oil and gas drilling and manmade earthquakes in Texas. The report, by scientists at the...
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Sep 5, 20131 min read
Confirmed: Fracking practices to blame for Ohio earthquakes
From NBC News Charles Q. Choi LiveScience Sep. 4, 2013 at 3:54 PM ET USGS This map shows the intensity of shaking in the area of a...
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Sep 5, 20132 min read
Confirmed: Fracking Triggers Quakes and Seismic Chaos
Mother Jones —By Kate Sheppard, Jaeah Lee, and Brett Brownell | Thu Jul. 11, 2013 11:04 AM PDT Mother Jones World map vector: Antun...
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Sep 4, 20131 min read
“Frackademia” By Law: Section 999 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Exposed
With the school year starting for many this week, it’s another year of academia for professors across the United States – and another...
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Jul 28, 20132 min read
Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling, UT Arlington study says
University of Texas Arlington 26 July 2013 Media Contact: Traci Peterson, Office:817-272-9208, Cell:817-521-5494, tpeterso@uta.edu A new...
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Jul 27, 20133 min read
Is The Bakken Profitable?
http://energypolicyforum.org/2013/04/07/is-the-bakken-profitable/ By Deborah Rogers When the price of natural gas tanked due to severe...
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Jul 25, 20133 min read
Uncappable underground blowout spills thousands of barrels of tar sands oil in Cold Lake, Alberta
At the microphone, Crystal Lameman of the Beaver Cree First Nation of Canada, speaking against the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington,...
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Jun 5, 20131 min read
Research Letter from NRDC, Sierra Club
CLICK HERE to read the full letter in pdf Here is an image of the introduction:
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Jun 4, 20131 min read
USGS Investigating Water Contamination in Indiana Near Enhanced Oil/Gas Production
The USGS is investigating ground water pollution related to enhanced oil/gas production in Posey County, Indiana. Here is a link to the...
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May 30, 20131 min read
Marcellus Tourism Study
Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale: Potential Impacts on the Tourism Economy of the Southern Tier by Andrew Rumbach...
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May 28, 20133 min read
Illinois Fracking Bill: A Worst Case Scenario
EcoWatch May 28, 2013 William C. Rau The Illinois Fracking Regulatory Bill (SB1715) has been praised as a “national model.” It is a model...
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May 25, 20139 min read
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
The Times-Tribune By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: May 19, 2013 First of two parts State environmental regulators determined...
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Apr 4, 20135 min read
The Fracking Frenzy’s Impact on Women
From PR Watch by Sara Jerving — April 4, 2012 – 8:44am Rogue Pressure Service’s “pink rig” in Colorado Hydraulic fracturing, or...
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Apr 2, 20131 min read
Heaviest Drilled PA Counties Lose Population
Cornell Professor Susan Christopherson, in collaboration with Ned Rightor, President of New Economy Dynamics LLC, have published a study...
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Mar 26, 20135 min read
Wastewater Injection Spurred Biggest Earthquake Yet, Says Study
March 26, 2013 2011 Oklahoma Temblor Came Amid Increased Manmade Seismicity A new study in the journal Geology is the latest to tie a...
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Mar 24, 20134 min read
Fracking, donations and making legislation
Opponents say process is tainted Seth Perlman Environmental group members show support inside the Capitol rotunda in an effort to...
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Mar 24, 20131 min read
Harvard Law School Guide to Landowners Reveals Many Risks from Fracking
AN OHIO LANDOWNER’S GUIDE TO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ISSUES IN NATURAL GAS LEASES Harvard Law School...
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