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Please donate to Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy by clicking on the button below.  WellWatch is a web site that allows citizens to better cope with natural gas facilities on their properties or in their communities. It allows them to find out information about companies or wells, and to record notes or complaints about facilities and enter them into the public record. EPA Tip LineReport suspicious drilling activities If you see suspicious activity, such as possibly unauthorized water withdrawals, illegal wastewater dumping, or other questionable activity, call the EPA's Eyes on Drilling line at 1-877-919-4372 (toll free), or send a message to eyesondrilling@epa.gov. If an emergency is observed related to a well drilling operation, call the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802. NY DEC Tip LineIn New York State you can also contact the DEC at http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/67751.html.
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Welcome to Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy is an all volunteer grassroots organization working to prohibit dangerous hydraulic fracturing (fracking) since 2008.
Latest NewsFeb 6, 2012Living with 'Fracking' Where the Water Catches Fire The profits and pitfalls of natural gas drilling are dividing Pennsylvanians People Nicole Weisensee Egan One day last February, the water out of Jodie Simons's kitchen faucet was running black. Simons called the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection the next morning, and two days later an agent arrived, filled a bottle from her tap, took it outside and lit the water on fire. "She told u... [Full Story] Feb 4, 2012 Cabot: Recording error caused false arsenic result The Times Tribune Laura Legere A high arsenic reading that a natural gas driller mistakenly attributed to the Montrose public water supply this week was in fact caused by a recording error when handwritten field notes were typed into the driller's database, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. said Friday. The sample, which actually contai... [Full Story] Feb 4, 2012 Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections AlterNet Lee Fang At a retreat last weekend, dozens of wealthy donors convened in a large golf resort in Indian Wells, Calif. for a four day conference to raise money and plot out election year strategy, the Republic Report has confirmed. We traveled to the conference, and spoke to a few of the attendees. ............. [Full Story] Feb 4, 2012 STOCK Act Opponent Richard Burr Stands To Gain From Natural Gas Investments Huffington Post Lucia Graves WASHINGTON -- Sen. Richard Burr's vocal opposition to the STOCK Act raised some eyebrows in Washington this week, and with good reason. Burr, a North Carolina Republican who was one of just three senators to vote against the ban on congressional insider trading Thursday, owns investments in the n... [Full Story] Feb 4, 2012 Josh Fox, 'Gasland' Director, Talks Of Capitol Hill Arrest Huffington Post Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox and his crew on Wednesday walked into a congressional hearing on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a controversial natural gas drilling technique. Fox left in handcuffs, charged with unlawful entry. The meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment ... [Full Story] Feb 4, 2012 Sierra Club took $26 million from natural gas lobby to battle coal industry The Daily Caller David Martosko A Time magazine blogger reported Thursday that the Sierra Club, America’s oldest and most august environmental organization, accepted millions of dollars in donations from one of the nation’s biggest natural gas-drilling companies for a program lambasting coal-fired power plants as environmental evi... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 As natural gas prices fall, so do hopes for change The Washington Post Steven Mufson For the past three years, promoters of shale gas and environmentalists opposed to coal-fired power plants have hailed the sudden abundance of U.S. natural gas as a bridge to a renewable-energy future. But natural gas has become so cheap that many energy experts and environmentalists now wonder wh... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Steve Israel: Filmmaker's arrest at Capitol Hill fracking hearing just plain wrong The Times Herald Record Steve Israel No matter how you feel about gas drilling, you have to feel it was wrong to ban Pennsylvania filmmaker Josh Fox from a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas extraction method of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fox, who made the Oscar-nominated documentary "Gasland" — which d... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 The Really Negative Story on Natural Gas . The Wall Street Journal Liam Derring Natural-gas prices are on the floor. Could they go negative? The probability that wholesale gas prices will drop below $2 per million British thermal units, from today's almost $2.50, is rising. Gas hasn't closed below $2 since September 2009. Today's market shares one critical similarity to th... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Water utility rebuts Cabot arsenic claims The Times Tribune Laura Legere Pennsylvania American Water released six years of test results showing no evidence of arsenic at its Montrose public water supply on Thursday after a natural gas driller said this week that a Dimock Twp. water sample showing high levels of the chemical originated from the Montrose system. Annua... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Medical mystery: Is gas being extracted by fracking?:VIDEO CNN Dr. Drew The call for answers grows louder in Upstate New York. Why is a cluster of people in the town of Le Roy suffering from twitches and tics. A new question is being raised: Is gas being extracted using a technique called fracking? HLN correspondent Jim Spellman talked to HLN’s Dr. Drew Thursday ... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Congressional leaders push Obama to expand fracking study The Colorado Independent Troy Hooper U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Jared Polis (D-Colo.), and Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) are calling on President Obama to strengthen environmental and public health standards to protect against risks posed by hydraulic fracturing. In a letter to the president, the Democrats ask the president to sup... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 'Gasland' director Joshua Fox vs. the Republican oil lobby The Los Angeles Times Dean Kuipers The battle between "Gasland" director Joshua Fox and Republicans in the House who support fracking has now turned into a tussle over the First Amendment. Fox was arrested by Capitol police on Wednesday and charged with unlawful entry when he walked into a congressional hearing on the controversia... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Canadian Natural Gas Rises as Drilling Rigs Drop to 26-Month Low Bloomberg Gene Laverty Canadian natural gas rose after a report showed that the number of rigs drilling for the fuel in the U.S. slumped to a 26-month low. Alberta gas gained 0.2 percent. Prices recovered from an earlier decline after Baker Hughes Inc. said the rig total fell 32 to 745, the lowest level since Nov. 20, ... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Obama's Support for Natural Gas Drilling 'A Painful Moment' for Communities Exposed to Fracking Democratic Underground ...AMY GOODMAN: I want to turn to President Obama’s recent comments about natural gas drilling. This is what he said just last week in his State of the Union address. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years. And my administration will take... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Donations to Sierra Club Raise Ire New York Times Felicity Barringer The Sierra Club’s president, Michael Brune, has acknowledged in a blog post that beginning five years ago, the club accepted $26 million from people connected with Chesapeake Energy, the country’s second-largest natural gas producer. He added that the club had turned down $30 million pledged by thos... [Full Story] Feb 3, 2012 Pre-Budget Brief: Environmental Programs Were Cut $1.5 Billion, When Is It Enough? PA Environment Digest Gov. Corbett presents his budget proposal Tuesday to a joint session of the General Assembly and about the only good news expected is-- we're not as broke as the federal government. So far what Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said during his mid-year budget briefing in December is hold... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Hinchey, DeGette and Polis Call on President to Endorse Stronger Protections from Hydraulic Fracturing, More Study Press Release Maurice Hinchey Hinchey, DeGette and Polis Call on President to Endorse Stronger Protections from Hydraulic Fracturing, More Study Members Also Highlight New EIA Data on Lower Shale Gas Reserves in Response to the State of the Union Address Washington, DC - Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Congresswoman Diana... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Authors of WSJ Climate Piece Have Industry Ties, Report Finds Inside Climate News Donate to SolveClimate News InsideClimate Oil Sands ColumbiaJournalismReview Article Once a day Get Articles by e-mail: or subscribe by RSS Also Get Today's Climate by e-mail: or subscribe by RSS See Our Stories on Reuters Waterless Fracking: Gas Drilling Game-Changer? (Po... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 U.S. May Be ‘Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas,’ But Shale Gas Rush Is Slowing National Geographic Mason Inman Following on last week’s State of the Union address that supported hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” in shale gas deposits, President Obama called the U.S. “the Saudi Arabia of natural gas” and unveiled a new proposal to provide tax breaks to boost the use of natural gas as a fuel for trucks. B... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Ohio Officials Growing Wary Of Fracking Waste NPR- State Impact Scott Detrow Ohio Governor John Kasich is a big supporter of natural gas drilling, but that doesn’t mean he wants Pennsylvania’s fracking waste. As this Bloomberg News article reports, the Buckeye State took in 369 million gallons of used fracking fluid last year. Much of that liquid came from Penn... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Exclusive: How the Sierra Club Took Millions From the Natural Gas Industry—and Why They Stopped [UPDATE] Ecocentric Bryan Walsh Mainstream environmental groups have struggled to find the right line on shale natural gas and the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process. Gas has a much smaller carbon footprint than coal—according to most scientists—and produces far fewer air pollutants. That was enough for many major green grou... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Hydrofracking comments present new problem: Scanning shoulder Press Connects Jon Campbell ALBANY -- It may not be tennis elbow or writer's cramp, but the crush of 46,000 comments the state has received on hydraulic fracturing may have caused its own occupational hazard: scanning shoulder. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is conducting an ergonomic review of a tempora... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 ‘GasLand’ director Josh Fox tells Cenk, ‘This isn’t government, this is thuggery’:VIDEO Current TV Cenk Uygar Cenk talks to “GasLand” director Josh Fox, who was arrested during a Congressional hearing while trying to film for the sequel to his documentary. Fox says, “This access used to be granted quite regularly when the Democrats ran the House. The video you see [of Fox being handcuffed] was shot by Congr... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Residents Want Answers on Gas Drilling WYTV The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is expected to release a report sometime in February on injection wells after recent earthquake activity in Youngstown. Residents concerned with oil and natural gas drilling and injection wells met Thursday night at the First Unitarian Universalist Church... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 "Gasland" Director Josh Fox Arrested at Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Fracking:Video Democracy Now Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzales The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox was handcuffed and arrested Wednesday as he attempted to film a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking, which the Environmental Protection Agency recently reported caused water contamination in Pavill... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Brutal Crimes Grip an Indian Reservation New York Times Timothy Williams WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. — At a boys’ basketball game here last month, Wyoming Indian High School, a perennial state power, was trading baskets with a local rival. The players, long-limbed and athletic, are among the area’s undisputed stars, and their games one of its few diversions. On t... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Obama’s Support for Natural Gas Drilling "A Painful Moment" for Communities Exposed to Fracking:Video Democracy Now Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzales Last week, President Obama called the United States "the Saudi Arabia of natural gas" in a speech about boosting domestic energy production. That concerns Wyoming farmer John Fenton, who already has more than two dozen gas wells on his property. The Environmental Protection Agency ruled in December ... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 About that Public Hearing that Gasland Documentary Director, never got to see Daily Kos Here are some of the low-lights -- that Josh Fox never got a chance to film: [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Natural gas gets cheaper as Exxon keeps drilling Futures Mag Phil Flynn Stupid is as stupid does and after Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, reported a net income of $9.4 billion for the quarter, up from $9.25 billion the year before and revenues of $121.6 billion, up 16 % from the year before, T. Boone Pickens seemed to suggest that it was s... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 "Gasland" Director Josh Fox Fires Back at Republicans After His Unfair Arrest:VIDEO AlterNet Lauren Kelley On last night's Ed Show, Ed Schultz interviewed Gasland director Josh Fox, who was arrested this week, in violation of his first amendment rights, while covering a Congressional hearing on fracking. In the interview, Fox fires back at the Republicans who have been targeting him. Watch the clip below... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Fracking Rules on U.S. Lands Seen by Interior as Model Bloomberg Mark Drajem & Katarzyna Klimasinska Federal rules for fracking on public lands, set to be released in a few weeks, may serve as a model for states to get companies to disclose the chemicals used in the drilling process, an Obama administration official said. The proposed federal standards will be compatible with rules already in p... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Lawmakers Fault EPA in Fracking Hearing Delayed by Arrest Bloomberg Mark Drajem The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released 622 documents related to its study of water contamination tied to hydraulic fracturing in Pavillion, Wyoming, as Republican lawmakers criticized the findings. The discussion over Wyoming took place in a Capitol Hill building where Josh Fox, the ma... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 Fund set up for Mansfield's fracking fight Mansfield News Journal Linda Martz MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield has set up an account for residents’ donations in support the city’s fight against injection wells. Finance Director Linn Steward has established a “Donations Against Injection Wells” account, at the request of Mansfield Law Director John R. Spon and Mayor Timoth... [Full Story] Feb 2, 2012 DEP Investigating Three Spills at Gas Well WNEP Jim Hamill State environmental officials are investigating three separate spills at a gas well pad in Lycoming County. It is not the first time the company Pennsylvania General Energy has been in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's crosshairs. Last spring residents along Pine Creek ... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Oscar-nominated director arrested at House hearing The Hill Andrew Restuccia Capitol Police arrested Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of “Gasland,” on Wednesday, charging him with “unlawful entry” for refusing leave a House hearing. Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider confirmed Fox’s arrest to The Hill Wednesday. She said Fox was arrested at about 10:30 a.... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 'Gasland' Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans (UPDATES) Huffington Post Zach Carter WASHINGTON -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy on Capitol Hill, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary crew that was attempting to film a Wednesday hearing on a controversial natural gas procurement practice. Republicans also denied the ... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 ‘Gasland’ Filmmaker Arrested at Capitol Hearing The New York Times John Broder Josh Fox, whose HBO documentary “Gasland” raised questions about the safety of the natural gas drilling technique known as horizontal hydraulic fracturing, was handcuffed and led away on Wednesday as he tried to film a House Science Committee hearing on the topic. The Capitol Police said that Mr.... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 EPA stands by ‘fracking’ study but calls reach limited The Hill Ben Geman The Environmental Protection Agency is holding firm against critics of its explosive draft report that concluded hydraulic fracturing, the controversial gas-drilling method, probably caused groundwater contamination in Wyoming. But the agency is warning against use of the finding as a broader ind... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 'Gasland' director Joshua Fox arrested filming House panel The Los Angeles Times Neela Banerjee At the behest of the Republican leadership of a House of Representatives subcommittee, Capitol Police arrested Joshua Fox, the maker of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Gasland,” when he tried on Wednesday to film a subcommittee hearing on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method used to tap oil... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Personal Statement, Video: Losing Carl Stiles and Feeling Fractured Protecting Our Waters Iris Marie Bloom Last Thursday Carl Stiles, a gentle, soft-spoken and understated man who became an environmental refugee after drilling and fracking contaminated his water and his home in Sugar Run, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, took his own life. He was 46 years old. I have been, and continue to be, sad, shock... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Hinchey: Arrest of Filmmaker is Shameful Maurice Hinchey, Member of Congress Press Release Washington, DC - Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released the following statement upon learning that Gasland Director Josh Fox was arrested for attempting to film a public congressional hearing on hydraulic fracturing. The Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the U.S. Hous... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Hold Drillers 'responsible' Corning Leader Opinion Peter Mantius For nearly a quarter century, New York state has managed a fund financed by the petroleum industry to clean up petroleum product spills large and small. The states' Oil Spill Fund provides for quick cleanups and prompt out-of-court reimbursements for victims. It also protects the state's taxpaye... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Front groups wage PR warfare in ‘fracking’ debate O'Dwyers Jon Gingerich On New Year’s Eve, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northeastern Ohio. Earthquakes aren’t exactly common in the Buckeye State, so officials hired a team of Columbia University experts to study data from the tremor. What they discovered was alarming: the earthquake wasn’t the result of natur... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 New Law Aimed At Fracking Industry Takes Effect Pro 8 News A new state law taking affect today targets the fracking industry requiring companies to disclose exactly what chemicals are being used in the process on a public website. But some people say the law is just not enough to safeguard the public and say there are many loopholes that companies can tak... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Congressional Hearing on EPA Fracking Research in Pavillion K2 Radio Karen Snyder The Environmental Protection Agency’s study of groundwater contamination and links to hydraulic fracturing in Pavillion was the topic of a U-S House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. No one locally affected was invited to the hearing, which was expected to include criticism of the E-P-A’s scientific a... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Colorado ‘fracking’ protesters booted from Winter X Games The Colorado Independent Troy Hooper ASPEN — A revolt against hydraulic fracturing in Colorado went worldwide Sunday night as a group of self-described “fractivists” flashed anti-drilling signs along the superpipe of the Winter X Games. About a dozen local twenty-somethings waved signs reading “Keep Our Water Pure,” “Rig Free For Yo... [Full Story] Feb 1, 2012 Corbett urges legislative leaders to limit what towns can require of gas drillers Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Timothy Puko With a multi-billion-dollar project in the balance for Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Corbett wrote legislative leaders this week to insist they pass limits on local control of the oil and gas industry. It's "paramount" that any oil and gas law reform bills bring uniform standards for when and where dri... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 EPA report links groundwater contamination to natural gas drilling Chesapeake Bay Journal Rona Kobel The EPA has issued a draft report confirming what many environmental groups have long suspected: Natural gas drilling is causing groundwater contamination. The agency conducted its water testing in Pavilion, WY - a town that is replete with gas wells, and where residents have long complained of ... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Illuminating history of natural gas in the watershed sheds light on need for caution Chesapeake Bay Journal Dr. Kent Mountford Whatever view one takes, how combustible gas came to fit into the economy of the densely settled Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area provides an interesting piece of Chesapeake history. [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Drillers must provide air emissions data the times-tribune ROBERT SWIFT HARRISBURG - Operators of Marcellus wells, drilling rigs and compressor stations are being notified by state officials to provide air emissions data by March 1, highlighting an issue activists want more attention given in pending impact fee legislation. A notice by the Department of Environmental... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Helicopter makes 700 pound drop near home the times-tribune STACI WILSON JACKSON TWP. - Kathy Kaminsky had just come inside Sunday after playing in the yard of her Susquehanna County home with her 10-year-old granddaughter when she heard what she said sounded like a tornado passing over the roof. Ms. Kaminsky and her granddaughter dived for cover. After the shaking... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Landowners fight eminent domain in Pa. gas field Wall St. Journal Associated Press LAPORTE, Pa. — When federal regulators approved a 39-mile natural gas pipeline through northern Pennsylvania's pristine Endless Mountains, they cited the operator's assurances that it would make sparing use of eminent domain as it negotiated with more than 150 property owners along the pipeline's ro... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Council of Delegates advances Chapter’s position on fracking Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Ken Baer At the recent annual meeting of the Council of Club Leaders in San Francisco, the Atlantic Chapter made some headway in its effort to change the Sierra Club’s policy regarding fracking and natural gas. The council, which consists of delegates from each of the Club’s 63 chapters, advises th... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Black Gold for the GOP Trevor Rees-Jones made his name as a Dallas fracking pioneer. So what's he doing bankrolling political attack ads halfway across the country? Mother Jones Josh Harkinson One evening this past October, I went prospecting for natural-gas man Trevor Rees-Jones at the posh Hilton Anatole in Dallas. He was there to receive the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award, a philanthropic prize that in recent years has gone to the likes of Laura Bush and former Cowboys quarterback T... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Tainted-Well Lawsuits Mount Against Gas Frackers Led by Cabot Bloomberg Jim Snyder For 36 years, Norma Fiorentino drew water from a well near her home in Dimock, Pennsylvania. “It was the best water in town,” she says. Then on Jan. 1, 2009, she says her well blew up. State regulators later blamed natural gas drilling by Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. for elevating methane levels in... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Cabot questions EPA's justification for delivering water to Dimock The Patriot-News DONALD GILLILAND Home > Breaking Midstate News with The Patriot-News > Breaking News Cabot questions EPA's justification for delivering water to Dimock Published: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 5:00 PM Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 5:06 PM By DONALD GILLILAND, The Patriot-News The Patriot-News Follow 9 ... [Full Story] Jan 31, 2012 Md. bill would ban import of fracking wastewater Philadelphia Inquirer Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Bringing natural gas drilling wastewater into Maryland for treatment or storage would be banned under a bill introduced by a Montgomery County lawmaker. Delegate Shane Robinson told the Cumberland Times-News that Maryland treatment plants lack the capability to safely treat dril... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 Huhne Keeps Solar Industry in Limbo The Energy Collective Chris Huhne, energy secretary, has taken another step to undermine the solar industry in seeking to appeal to the Supreme Court to defend his feed in tariff cuts. The saga of the cuts started back in October when Chris Huhne first proposed that the rate that home-owners received for their excess ene... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 SRBC Modifies Public Participation Process, To Reconsider December Actions, To Hold Feb. Hearing New York Water Law The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) has announced changes to its public participation process. It will now conduct a public hearing on project applications one month before the Commission acts on the projects. In accordance with these changes, the SRBC will conduct a public hearing on Febr... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 The week ahead: House GOP to begin work on infrastructure, drilling package The Hill (blog) Andrew Restuccia House Republicans will begin moving legislation this week that would fund infrastructure reforms with revenue generated from expanded oil-and-gas drilling. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that Republicans will likely attach language to the package aimed at overturning President Ob... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 Bulgaria may need to revise new shale gas law SE European Times Svetla Dimitrova A new law in Bulgaria to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may need to be revised, as experts say it effectively blocks all drilling and field survey procedures associated with the exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas in the country. Experts say that a provision in law, under w... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 Agreement reached on legislation for natural gas drilling Idaho Reporter The Idaho Association of Counties and the Idaho Petroleum Council say they have come to an agreement on legislation they plan to present in February. Both groups say the legislation would give some control to counties involving natural gas exploration and processing. However, one conservation gr... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 Fracking practices guidelines issued by Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Industry group releases list of six operating practices Galgary Herald Dan Healing CALGARY — Getting ahead in the public relations battle over hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells will be costly but is vital to the continued health of the industry, its association says. In announcing best operating practices for “fracking” Monday, Dave Collyer, president of the Canadian A... [Full Story] Jan 30, 2012 Is President Obama A Fracking Wonk? State Impact PA Scott Detrow President Obama gave shale gas extraction a specific mention during last week’s State of the Union address. “We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred years, and my Administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy,” he said on... [Full Story] More News from Environmental Health News |
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