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NY Times Exposes Dangers of Fracking

Posted on February 27, 2011 by frackoffnow

In what will surely be seen as a game changing moment in the battle against the dangers of fracking, the NY Times publishes a major exposé on gas industry practices.  Read it here

Posted in Contamination, Delaware River Basin, EPA, Flowback water, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Lobbying, Marcellus Shale, Moratorium NY State, New York State, Pennsylvania, Poisons, Uncategorized, Volatile Organic Compounds | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fracking Chemicals Found In Well Water

Posted on September 20, 2010 by frackoffnow

The bad news continues for residents of Dimock, PA.  Read about it here.

Posted in Cabot Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Contamination, Dimock, Environmental violations, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania, Poisons, spilled fracturing fluid | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Riverkeeper releases First-of-its-kind Report on Environmental Impacts of Gas Drilling

Posted on September 14, 2010 by frackoffnow

Read about the report and find out about Riverkeeper here.

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Help Stop Drilling in NY

Posted on August 17, 2010 by frackoffnow

Make sure the NY State Assembly does the right thing.  Make your voice heard here.

Posted in Catskill, Chemicals, Delaware River Basin, EPA, Fracking, Hydrolic Fracturing, Legislation, Lobbying, Moratorium NY State, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Risks to NYC’s Water Supply Prompt Short-Term Ban on Gas Drilling

Posted on August 15, 2010 by ben1001

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-rose-levy/risks-to-nycs-water-suppl_b_670110.html?ir=New%20York

Posted in Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas explosion, Gas Lobby, Gasland, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Legislation, Lobbying, Marcellus Shale, Moratorium NY State, Produced Water, Sullivan County, Toxicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Gas Industry Ire

Posted on August 15, 2010 by ben1001

An 18-month investigation by ProPublica, however, has shown more than 1,000 cases [6] in which various aspects of the fracturing lifecycle have affected water supplies, including spills of fracturing fluid waste, cracking of underground cement and well casings meant to enclose the fracturing process, and methane gas traveling large distances [7] underground through faults and fractures. Continue reading →

Posted in Benzene, Contamination, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas Lobby, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Legislation, Lobbying, Produced Water, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Cuomo’s Flawed Vision of Natural Gas in NY

Posted on August 15, 2010 by ben1001

The most significant problem in Cuomo’s plan is that it continues the discussion of drilling for natural gas near New York City’s water supply. To be sure, the policy is that “any drilling in the Marcellus Shale must be environmentally sensitive and safe.” The problem is that under current technology no drilling can guarantee that our water supply would not be threatened. This entire discussion should be taken off the table. New York’s water system is a rare and essential natural and engineering wonder. Continue reading →

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“Gasland’s” Josh Fox Interviewed on “Fresh Air”

Posted on August 15, 2010 by ben1001

Josh Fox: “You’d be surprised at how many of those summer camps are leasing [their land to natural gas companies]. Listen, we’re talking about 65 percent of Pennsylvania, 50 percent of New York. Even if the summer camps aren’t leased, their neighbors are leasing.” Continue reading →

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Fracking and Food Don’t Mix

Posted on August 15, 2010 by ben1001

http://www.alternet.org/food/147634/fracking_with_food_how_the_natural_gas_industry_poisons_cows_and_crops

Posted in Benzene, Bush Cheney, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Food, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania, Produced Water, quarantine, Strontium, Sullivan County, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fracking Robs Owners of Land

Posted on August 15, 2010 by ben1001

•Oil and gas companies are exempt from the Safe Water Drinking Act. (It wasn’t always that way—thank the 2005 Energy Policy Act, passed under Bush and now known as the Halliburton Loophole.)
•Waste related to oil and gas exploration and production is exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. (So there are no regulations on its disposal, meaning it can be handled in any way a company pleases, from being injected into the ground—regardless of its proximity to water supplies, animal habitats, etc.—to just being left on the land.)
•Because of loopholes in the Clean Air Act, oil and gas wells are not subject to restrictions on hazardous air pollutants. Garfield County, Colorado, for example, a site where a lot of fracking has taken place, has shown elevated levels of several hazardous air pollutants. Continue reading →

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