Study claims Barnett Shale emissions staggeringBy DAVID SCHECHTER / WFAA-TV Channel 8Video at link A new study finds pollution from Barnett Shale is equal to all of the vehicle emissions in North Texas.The oil and gas industry disputes the numbers, … [Read more...]
"Am I Okay?" They ask
"I feel thin, like butter spread over too much bread" (Ian Holm as the elderly Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)Thanks for asking … [Read more...]
Cabot Guilty of Failure to Protect Water in Marcellus Shale
This happened in Dimock, PA.The state Department of Environmental Protection is holding Cabot Oil & Gas accountable for allowing natural gas from lower formations to contaminate fresh water supplies, according to a "Notice of Violation" sent to … [Read more...]
A Look at the Future in the Barnett Shale
All those gas wells will get old and cruddy like these did.DECAYING TANKS And then look what happens:Justin Windham said the city has "abated" several properties. Notice that it doesn't say the producer did the abatement. It says "the city." And who … [Read more...]
Economic Impact of Oil and Gas Drilling on Property Values
Well duh!PROPERTY VALUES IN BERNALILLO COUNTY ARE THREATENED BY OIL & GAS DRILLING• There were more than 17,000 new oil wells drilled in the United States during 2007. These wells were drilled at sites widely known to be uneconomic to extract … [Read more...]
Voter ID in Texas
Everything you need to know:Republicans say it's the most important issue in Texas. Never mind the high unemployment, record foreclosures, failing educational system, Texas at the top of polluted air and water and so forth. Republicans have to make … [Read more...]
Another Call for Marcellus Shale Drilling Moratorium.
NYC Council Environmental Protection Committee Chair James F. Gennaro has called for a ban on drilling "within or near any of New York State's drinking water supplies." It is the belief of environmental experts and some policymakers, including New … [Read more...]
TPA Weekly Round-up
It is Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's Weekly Round-Up.jobsanger knows that more money needs to be raised to pay for needed improvements and repairs to America's infrastructure, but he remains … [Read more...]
Gas From Orphaned Well Turns Home into Bomb
Their home is right on top of an abandoned gas well. As officials from the city, county and state traipsed through their home over the course of several months, taking readings and trying to find solutions, the Leathermans tried their best not to … [Read more...]
Oil Storage Tanks Catch Fire, Tank Blown 400 Feet.
The explosion was heard 4 miles away!There was "quite a bit" of "product" but apparently most of it burned up because there "was not much of a spill."Oil storage tanks catch fire, cause blast … [Read more...]
TAKE ACTION: T.Boone Pickens Gets Free Advertising on The View
Whoopie! I can't believe how you schmoozed this man who is promoting further environmental injustice with his pretend sincerity about U.S. energy policy. Don't you know that they never put gas wells in the wealthy neighborhoods? The dirty drilling … [Read more...]
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