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Presentation by Dr. Conrad Dan Volz
How will drilling into the Marcellus Shale impact you?There's more…
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Obama Administration and Federal River Commission Move to Allow Drilling Along the Delaware River
Dec 13 2010Last week, the Delaware River Basin Commission issued a draft of their regulations on Marcellus Shale development using hydraulic fracturing along the waterways that contribute to the Delaware River, drinking water for upwards of 14 million people.There's more…
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Safety of Deep Well Marcellus Shale Drilling
Oct 05 2010
This new report by JM Evans, PhD, reveals that it is highly likely that any deep well drilling for the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale will be accompanied by continued serious pollution of the water resources of the State of Pennsylvania and any other territory in which these activities are conducted. Download PDF.
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Chesapeake ordered to inspect 171 Marcellus wells
Sep 21 2010
More bad news for Chesapeake Energy: The PA Department of Environmental Protection has ordered them to inspect 171 natural gas wells in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale after reports gas leaked into a river and nearby water wells.There's more…
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Drilling sites through August 2010
Snapshot of active fracking sites in PA as reported by the DEP.
CALL TO ACTION
Sep 09 2010Stop the Destruction Caused by Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling
Rally to Save Our Communities and Environment
November 3rd - Pittsburgh, PAThere's more…
Acceptable Risk vs. Precautionary Principle in Shale Gas Extraction
Sep 06 2010
Bill Huston from Binghamton, PA offers a reasonable argument to ban hydrofracking based on the precautionary principle: the principle states that "if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action."There's more…
Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling Team
This team is so members can share information and discuss projects and actions happening in the Marcellus Shale formation. The Marcellus formation is located in the Appalachian Basin and part of the Devonian black shales. It stretches from New York through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia
Earthquakes may be tied to gas drilling activity
Aug 31 2010It was early in April when a 3.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the ground in southern Braxton County. Since then, about a half dozen earthquakes have hit the area this year. The Department of Environmental Protection has permitted Chesapeake Energy to dispose of fracking fluid in a well in that region.There's more…
