I've said this before, but it bears repeating: I love it when you catch Industry accidentally telling the truth.Here's another time when an industry consultant told the truth. The following slide is from a presentation given by Harry Vidas, Natural … [Read more...]

I've been wondering why all the focus is on Cabot when Halliburton was the company performing the fracking on the Dimock spill. Typically, the contracted fracking company takes over the drilling site during the fracking.From ProPublica:The spills … [Read more...]

Pennsylvania's DEP issued a press release today giving Cabot a "notice of violation" and orders to clean up the spill--as if that's possible. But there is not one mention of Halliburton, the contractor doing the fracking. In fact, Halliburton has … [Read more...]

If this were baseball, Cabot and Halliburton would be O-U-T!Third natural gas chemical spill reportedThis is the 3rd "substantial" frack fluid spill in less than a week! Halliburton is the fracking company that was hired by Cabot to frack up the … [Read more...]

H.R. 2766:Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 has 3 new co-sponsors!Rep. John Hall, NYRep. Gwen Moore, WIRep. David Price, NCThe FRAC Act is gaining momentum and now has 25 co-signers, but in light of the most recent … [Read more...]

These are our Texas Congressional Members and their League of Conservation Voters SCORECARD based on their votes on key environmental and energy issues. Please send Senators Cornyn and Hutchinson the letter posted HERE and ask them to co-sponsor … [Read more...]

Contractors--Halliburton and Baker Tanks, hired by Cabot--spilled up to OVER 8,000 gallons of something hydraulic fracture fluid! TWICE!!!!DIMOCK, Pa. -- Between 6,000 and 8,000 gallons of an agent used to stimulate natural gas production leaked from … [Read more...]

Dear Texas Representatives:Please read the following letter and see the 160 organizations that signed in support of the FRAC ACT. We need a co-sponsor from Texas.American Rivers - Center for Food Safety – EarthjusticeEarthworks/Oil and Gas … [Read more...]

Shell lists and admits hazardous chemicals used or produced at various stages of oil and gas production. LINK … [Read more...]