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Not everyone against ‘fracking’ by Frank Gale, February 13, 2013, The Western Star CAPE ST. GEORGE  While some people are against proposed hydraulic fracturing in Western Newfoundland, Peter Fenwick supports the oil industry in its bid to “frack.” … He said one assertion is that the oil industry and fracking will destroy the tourism industry, but it’s ...

Welcome to his nightmare: Flaming well water by Brett Shipp, February 13, 2014, WFAA Photo Credit: WFAA, Steve Lipsky demonstrated for WFAA how water coming from his underground well can be ignited. PARKER COUNTY — Parker County homeowner Steve Lipsky, accused of conspiring against a powerful gas exploration company, is speaking out. A judge ruled last year that ...

Shale gas is a boon for New Brunswick, Environment Minister Peter Kent says by Jane Taber, February 13, 2013, The Globe and Mail The federal Environment Minister is voicing support for shale-gas exploration in New Brunswick as the province struggles to avoid being left behind in the Atlantic region’s pursuit of energy resources. Peter Kent acknowledges ...

Cost of re-creating records destroyed by ex-DEP employee unknown by Judy Harrison, February 13, 2013, BDN AUGUSTA, Maine — Re-creating the records destroyed by a former employee at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will take hundreds of hours and the cost may never be known, a DEP spokeswoman said Wednesday. Jon P. Andrews, 58, of ...

W.Va. DEP fines Michels for drilling mud pollution by San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 2013 A pipeline construction company that West Virginia regulators say polluted a stream must pay a $3,800 fine and stop storing mud from gas drilling operations at its site near Lumberton. … The DEP says inspectors discovered last fall that Michels had ...

Briny water flows into area streams by Natasha Khan, Fbruary 13, 2013, Observer-reporter.Com When Marcellus Shale drilling started to boom in Greene and Washington counties, the two retired outdoorsmen began conducting weekly water tests of local streams and tributaries. Dufalla, 66, a retired park ranger and deputy fish and game warden, runs the citizen water testing program for ...

DEP opens investigation of methane in Dimock water well by Laura Legere, February 13, 2013, The Times-Tribune State environmental regulators are investigating high levels of methane in a Dimock Twp. water well in an area of the community still off-limits to some natural gas drilling operations because of a past methane incident. The Department of Environmental ...

WANTED: Mickey Methane and The Fugitives by Guy Dauncey, BCSEA Sustainable Energy News, February 4, 2013 Mickey must be apprehended, so that his activities cease putting our future and our children’s future in such danger

Shale gas fracking ‘worth £5bn to Scotland’ by Andrew Whitaker, February 14, 2013 SCOTLAND is sitting on up to £5 billion of natural gas reserves which could be extracted using the controversial technique known as fracking, financial experts said today. A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said Scotland is in a prime position to “capitalise” on shale ...

Cuomo on fracking: Decision too important to rush by lohud.com, February 13, 2013 Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday pushed back against the suggestion his administration is playing politics in further delaying a decision on hydraulic fracturing, saying the issue is “too important to make a mistake.” … Speaking in Queens on Wednesday, Cuomo told reporters he ...

Editorial: Alberta Tories display the politics of indecision by Edmonton Journal, February 7, 2013 Alberta’s ruling Conservatives have three very tiresome habits, all related to a strange reluctance to exercise the right of leadership for which they fight so hard at election time. The first is “consulting with Albertans” as a strategy to avoid taking action ...

Oil well near Fort Collins sprays fracking fluid by The Associated Press, February 12, 2013, Timescall.com FORT COLLINS — After nearly 30 hours, oil-laden fracking fluid has stopped spraying from an oil well east of Fort Collins. The well started spraying green-tinted fluid following a mechanical failure Monday morning…. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission spokesman ...

Hagan criticizes two state agencies over dumping cleanup by David Skolnick, February 13, 2013, vindy.com State Rep. Robert F. Hagan criticized two state agencies for failing to provide accurate information about a cleanup they are overseeing connected to the dumping of about 252,000 gallons of drilling waste into a city storm drain. Hagan, of Youngstown, D-58th, ...

Oil drilling concerns to be addressed says environment minister by CBC News, February 12, 2013 Quebec’s environment minister says the province will act soon to address concerns over how close to homes and waterways oil companies can drill. Speaking Monday in Quebec City, Yves-François Blanchet said in the next few weeks, the Parti Québécois government will lay ...

I drank fracking fluid, says Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper by Ben Wolfgang, February 12, 2013, The Washington Times Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper went to unusually great lengths to learn firsthand the strides the oil and gas industry has made to minimize environmental harm from fracking. The first-term Democrat and former Denver mayor told a Senate committee ...

Town bans talk of ‘fracking’ at meetings; sued over freedom of speech by Mary Esch, Associated Press, February 12, 2013, The Toronto Star ALBANY, N.Y. — Two environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against an upstate New York town, claiming it violated residents’ right to free speech by banning discussion of natural gas drilling ...

N.Y. May Issue Fracking Permits Without Final Regulations by Freeman Klopott, February 12, 2013, Bloomberg New York said it will begin issuing fracking permits before creating regulations if the state Health Department says the natural-gas drilling technique is safe. The decision announced today by Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens may enable the state to grant hydraulic-fracturing permits ...

BREAKING NEWS: HUGE VICTORY – FRACKING DELAYED IN NEW YORK Governor Cuomo Delays Fracking Decision, Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Shah says he needs more time to complete health review forcing the Department of Environmental Conservation to miss key deadline Press Release by Catskill MountainKeeper, February 12, 2013 In an incredible victory for Mountainkeeper and activists across ...

Environmental affects of fracking and coalseam gas unclear: CSIRO study by Science Network, Western Australia, February 12, 2012 Review author and CSIRO chief research scientist Dr Graeme Batley says there is very little understanding of the chemical concentrations or what happens to them over time. CSIRO scientists have highlighted concerns that chemicals produced by hydraulic fracturing ...

Is There a Regulator in the House?  Through the Fracking Rabbit Hole with Nova Scotia Environment by Ken Summers, February 12, 2012 , Halifax MediaCoop NOEL, Nova Scotia — At the moment, Nova Scotians have two aspects of the continuous fracking debate on the table. Firstly, there’s the locally focused issue guaranteed to gain increasing attention: ...

Bainbridge Ohio residents deal with contaminated water from drilling by Rus Mitchell, February 12, 2013, WKYC.com BAINBRIDGE — Richard Payne still remembers what it felt like when a gas explosion lifted his house off its foundation five years. “I thought it was an earthquake,” he says. Richard and his wife, Thelma, were asleep when the explosion ...

Fracking in Germany? Nein danke! by Mark Halper, February 12, 2013, Smart Planet Frack off. Germany’s environment minister Peter Altmaeir doesn’t want fracking. Germany may be looking for new sources of energy following its decision to abandon nuclear power, but it seems determined to avoid “fracking,” the controversial method for extracting natural gas that is booming ...

Fracking Concerns: Another Fracking “Accident” in Alberta by Florence Havill, Mountain View Gazette So, it has happened again – another fracking “accident” … Fracking involves injecting highly presssurized water and chemicals into the drill holes. What chemicals? That is a closely-guarded industry secret. But I can tell you that flow-back from contaminated wells has high concentrations of cadmium, benzene, arsenic, napthalene and radioactive radium. In ...

Canada’s environmental protection idle by Paul Hanley, Februay 12, 2013, The Star Pheonix Are Idle No More and other green activists uninformed when they say Canada’s environmental protection standards are inadequate? Are they paranoid when they say massive resource developments threaten the well-being of future generations? Not according to Canada’s Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development, ...

The Bravest Man in Albany by Chip Northrup, February 12, 2013, Shaleshockmedia Turns out to be Dr. Nirav Shah. Imagine that. Who evidently would not be rail-roaded by the gas lobby, which makes him about the only person in the Cuomo Administration that has not been systematically bought-off, cowed, co-opted or otherwise compromised completely. For once someone in the administration ...

Protestors in court and on site by Jessica Tapp and Donna Harper, February 11, 2013, ABC North Coast NSW It was standing room only when anti coal seam gas protestors faced the Grafton local court today.

Western Newfoundland group calls for fracking moratorium by CBC News, February 11, 2013 A group in western Newfoundland has called for a moratorium on fracking in Newfoundland and Labrador. West Coast Citizens against Fracking said there are too many unknowns about the process.

Ohio EPA official: Lupo dumped drilling waste at least six times by Vindy.com, February 11, 2013 Ben W. Lupo, the owner of D&L Energy and Hardrock Excavating, admitted he ordered employees to dump drilling waste into a city storm drain at least five times prior to being caught Jan. 31, an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency official ...

AGL temporarily backs down from Sydney fracking plans by Alex Heber, February 11, 2013 AGL has temporarily withdrawn its plans to drill 66 coal seam gas wells in Western Sydney. On Friday the company said it had asked the Department of Planning and Infrastructure to suspend its assessment process, citing ”community concerns” as the main reason ...

More claims made for gas extraction damage by dutchnews, February 05, 2013 Householders in Groningen have made a further 200 claims for damages against natural gas extraction company NAM over the past week, news agency ANP reports. The new claims follow widespread publicity about the impact of gas extraction from massive underground reserves in the province ...

Energy minister lays out Alberta’s new oil strategy by Karen Kleiss, February 10, 2013, Edmonton Journal The role of government, he said, is to ensure that policies and regulations encourage innovation. … The province is also working to build the province’s reputation in Canada and abroad. “The other role for government is ensuring the political climate ...

Canada New Bills: Gay Marriage, Black Hockey Player Images Nixed, Report Shows by Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press, February 10, 2013, huffingtonpost.ca The reasons for early rejection are not clear in the heavily censored documents, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. The images that were finally approved for the reverses of ...

White paper reveals gas industry scared of global protests by Farida Iqbal, February 10, 2013, GreenLeft The shale gas industry-commissioned white pape, The Global Anti-Fracking Movement: What it Wants, How it Operates and What’s Next, makes for some very interesting reading. It was produced late last year by Control Risks, an “independent, global risk consultancy specialising ...

Why Can Corporate Interests Trump Sovereign Rights? by therealnews.com, February 10, 2013 JAY: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. In Canada, the Quebec government passed a law restricting, prohibiting the use of fracking for to get natural gas. Well, now a company that is based in Calgary, owned in the United States, is ...

Workplace Deaths Drop – But not in the Oil Industry by Yang Wang, Lise Olsen, February 10, 2013, KBTX.com Oil and gas field services and drilling workers were killed on the job in Texas more than those in any other profession, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of five years of fatal accidents investigated by the ...

Twilight of an energy boom: Alberta’s new fiscal challenge by Gordon Pitts and Nathan Vanderklippe, February 9, 2013, The Globe and Mail The forlorn shell symbolizes the hollowing out of Alberta’s hopes and dreams, as it confronts an energy market that has turned dramatically against it. It is a signal of how fast Alberta has fallen, ...

Alberta Energy Board Appealing by Kevin Martin, January 23, 2012, Lloydminster Meridian Booster

Fracking plans must go through government, says environment minister by CBC News, February 8, 2013 Shoal Point Energy is interested in doing exploratory fracking in three locations on Newfoundland’s west coast. Tom Hedderson, Newfoundland and Labrador’s environment minister, says any plans to use fracking in land-based oil exploration on Newfoundland’s west coast would have to go through ...

Fracking gets its day in court by Christian Pollard, February 6, 2013, Feb-8-2013 Issue The Halifax Commoner  A David versus Goliath court case about contaminated aquifers at Jessica Ernst’s Alberta home is under way, essentially putting the controversial practice of hydraulic fracking on trial. The case will have ramifications for the natural gas industry and environmental law ...

Groups Urge EPA to Resume Legal Action in Fracking Water Contamination Case by Earthworks, February 7, 2013, Ecowatch Conservation and citizen groups from Texas and around the country today sent a letter calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator Ron Curry to resume legal action against Range Resources for polluting the drinking water ...

WV-DEP Issues Consent Order: M3-Gathering Fined $38K For Five (5) Drilling Mud Incidents by Duane Nichols, February 8, 2013, frackcheckwv The WV Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) and M3 Appalachian have proposed a settlement of Administrative Consent Order No. 7746 which resolves violation(s) of the WV Water Pollution Control Act which occurred in Harrison, Marion and ...

RFF: Experts generally agree on shale gas development risks by Nick Snow, Oil and Gas Journal, February 8, 2013 Experts from the oil and gas industry, government, academia, and environmental and other non-government organizations agree on key risks of shale gas development activity, a research group said. Resources for the Future on Feb. 7 issued a ...

Ohio revokes permits of two firms tied to illegal Youngstown dumping by Bob Downing, February 7, 2013 The state of Ohio is permanently revoking the operating permits of two Youngstown companies in connection with the illegal dumping of drilling wastes into a storm sewer that drains to the Mahoning River. The announcement came this afternoon from ...

Bouchard exits as head of Quebec’s oil and gas association by Bertrand Marotte, February 7, 2013, The Globe and Mail Former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard is stepping down as head of the Quebec Oil and Gas Association as uncertainty continues over the future of shale-gas development in the province. Mr. Bouchard was appointed two years ago ...

Oil and gas industry seeks 2 billion-dollar tax break to lure LNG plants by Gordon Hamilton, February 7, 2013, Vancouver Sun The Canadian oil and gas industry is asking Ottawa for subsidies that could be worth $2 billion in tax savings to encourage the development of liquefied natural gas plants in British Columbia. Giving the industry ...

Fracking wastewater dumped down Youngstown storm drain by Lori Monsewicz, February 7, 2013, CantonRep.com Documents obtained by a newspaper show employees of a northeast Ohio company were directed to dump up to 20,000 gallons of gas drilling wastewater down a storm drain. The Vindicator reports that two state regulatory agencies are conducting an investigation into how ...

Cantabria becomes first region in Spain to ban fracking, PP premier submits bill to prohibit controversial gas-extraction technique by Lola Hierro, January 30, 3013, El Pais “Those scavengers are bleeding the Earth.” That is how Manuel López describes his battle against energy companies involved in fracking in Cantabria. … López, an environmental technician from Santander, has joined forces with ...

Religious Leaders Call for Divine Intervention in Fracking Debate by Jordyn Taylor, February 6, 2013, Politicke Christian leaders, like Episcopalian minister Catherine Skopic, also echoed the rabbi’s fears that fracking could destroy the “thriving Eden” that God created. “Fracking has been proven to be destructive to creation, as shown by scientific data and experienced by all those in the 34 ...

Documentary tackles controversy over fracking for gas, Regina-based documentary maker investigates effect of fracking on the air, our water and our health by Raveena Aulakh, February 6, 2013, Toronto Star What does it do to the air? Is too much water being used? What are the health effects on people living around the wells? “No one ...

Frackers Admit Frack Can Go 2,000 + Feet ! by Chip Northrup, February 5, 2013, Shaleshock Media Frackers are generally circumspect, to put it mildly, as to how far a frack can actually travel. Unless they are pinned down on it – which is what happened recently to Dominion Transmission, who admitted to 2,000 feet in a setback ...

Gros Morne official cites fracking concerns by CBC News, February 6, 2013 A Parks Canada official says staff at Gros Morne National Park are concerned about a fracking proposal in nearby Sally’s Cove. Peter Deering, resource manager for Parks Canada in western Newfoundland and Labrador, said officials have questions about how the fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, ...

Councilman Horak proposes ordinance to ban fracking, bypassing ballot by the Coloradan, February 5, 2013 City Council’s swing vote on a proposed hydraulic fracturing ban in Fort Collins picked a side on Tuesday. City Councilman Gerry Horak proposed an ordinance to enact a ban on the practice known as fracking through City Council action that would bypass a ...

Spring contaminated after fracking in Mountain View County, Alberta landowner wants answers by Dan Singleton, February 5, 2013, Front Page Mountain View Gazette Huhn said prior to the fracking operation he had been in contact with the company and requested water testing be conducted before and after the fracking operation. Company officials told him that such testing was not necessary and ...

WATCH Environmental commissioner Scott Vaughan warns of health risks by CP Video,  February 05, 2013 Environment Commissioner Says Growth Leaving Canada Exposed To Disaster by Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press, Feruary 5, 2013, Huffington Post Hydraulic Fracturing in Canada, The hydraulic fracturing process from the report by Canada’s Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan, tabled in the House of Commons, February 5, 2013 5.72 ...

The new oil sheik of Quebec by Sophie Cousineau, February 5, 2013, The Globe and Mail On the Radio-Canada talk show, Ms. Ouellet talked about the revenues that could be extracted from Quebec’s oil reserves. The Gaspé region could generate $35-billion, she said. The Anticosti Island? Between $200-billion and $300-billion. The Old Harry offshore deposit in ...

Showdown looms over B.C.’s gas exports by Nathan van der Klippe, February 5, 2013, The Globe and Mail  Billions of litres of water a year. Thousands of expensive wells. New roads. Many hectares of trees felled and land cleared. Camps to house thousands of workers. At the same time, the West Coast export of Canadian natural gas ...

NY comptroller: Cabot to reduce fracking risk by Associated Press, February 5, 2013 The trustee of New York’s $150.1 billion pension fund has reached an agreement with Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. to disclose what it’s doing to reduce risks of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says Tuesday that Cabot has agreed to ...

Ed Rendell Intervened For Oil Company to Stop EPA Contamination Case Against Range Resources by Steve Horn, February 5, 2013, Desmogblog.com A breaking investigation by EnergyWire appears to connect the dots between shadowy lobbying efforts by shale gas fracking company Range Resources, and the Obama EPA’s decision to shut down its high-profile lawsuit against Range for allegedly contaminating groundwater in Weatherford, TX. At ...

Fracking, old wells have local farmer worried by Eric Poole, February 5, 2013, TimesOnline “That buys the tractor of your dreams,” she said. “It buys the brush hog of your dreams. But how much is it worth if you have toxic water?”

Oil, banking, mining top three lobbying issues in 2012: lobbying registry, Canada’s natural resources is expected to be worth $600-billion over the next decade by Bea Vongdouangchanh, February 4, 2013, Hill Times The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers was the busiest lobby group in 2012, meeting 217 times with designated public office holders from ministers and ...

Elected Officials Raise Concerns About Fracking Costs by Kelsie Smith, February 4, 2013, 13WHAM Rochester, N.Y. – Next week is the deadline for the state to make a decision about hydrofracking, but hundreds of elected officials are asking Governor Cuomo for more time. “I’m a strong advocate in creating jobs, employment, and economic opportunities,” said Rochester ...

Reprise du procès de Jessica Ernst Par JoJo Amie du Richelieu Lundi 4 février 2013, Les Hebdos Régionaux Québecor Média Demain, vendredi le 18 janvier 2013, le procès de Jessica Ernst franchit une autre étape à la cour de Calgary. Cette cause pourrait créer un précédent judiciaire au Canada: Jessica accuse une gazière d’avoir contaminé son puits d’eau potable, et ...

$50 million lawsuit pitting gas company, Town of Avon enters court today by Ben Beagle, February 4, 2013, Livingston County News The lawsuit pitting a natural gas drilling company against the Town of Avon and state Department of Environmental Conservation arrives today in Livingston County Court. Lenape Resources, which is based in Alexander, Genesee County, is ...

Fracking Ban Doesn’t Go far Enough for Environmentalists, Proposal calls for moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, opponents argue for permanent solution by Tom Johnson, February 4, 2013, NJSpotlight In the previous legislative session, lawmakers approved a bill that would permanently ban the practice, primarily based on fears that it could contaminate the drinking water of millions of ...

Ithacans Step Up Fracking Protests by Kritika Oberoi, February 4, 2013, The Cornell Daily Sun While New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has yet to decide whether to allow hydraulic fracturing, members of the Ithaca and Cornell communities have put their feet down — gathering on Sunday at the Commons to participate in an anti-fracking ...

Legal loophole keeps fracturing mixes murky by Jennifer Hiller, February 3, 2013, Fuelfix It’s been a year since the Texas oil and gas industry had to start disclosing the mix of water and chemicals it uses for hydraulic fracturing. But thanks to a loophole in state law that allows companies to withhold trade secrets, it’s still ...

Letter: Experience tells of fracking’s ills by Judith Brink, February 2, 2013, Times Union In response to the editorial, “Drill deeper, New York,” Jan. 15, I would like to suggest personal experience trumps scientific studies, particularly when the studies are commissioned by the entity known to be hurting us and refusing to be transparent (in the ...

Quebec Liberal leadership hopefuls back fracking by Kevin Dougherty, February 2, 2013, The Montreal Gazette Raymond Bachand, Philippe Couillard and Pierre Moreau held the final of five largely cordial candidates debates here on Saturday, with Bachand noting all three took the unanimous position that Quebec should develop its oil and gas resources, even if that means ...

Scientist calls University of Calgary energy centre a failure by CBC News, January 28, 2013 The former director of an interdisciplinary research group of an energy research centre at the University of Calgary is calling the centre a failure. Climate scientist David Keith says the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy is critically important, but ...

Is fracking worth the risk for area residents? by William R. Anderson, February 2, 2013, Bucyrus Telegraph Forum Have you ever been conned, lied to by omission or trapped by false representation: be it property, services, a used car, fracking? I’m sure something in at least one of these categories has left you with no recourse, ...

Fermanagh meeting hears of ‘fracking health risk’ by The Impartial Reporter, February 1, 2013 A health impact assessment is vital when coming to a decision on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). That was the main message from the Chief Medical Officer of Health for New Brunswick, Canada, Dr. Eilish Cleary, who spokethis week at a public meeting in the ...

German upper house passes resolution to tighten fracking rules by Reuters, February 1, 2013, The Globe and Mail Germany’s upper house of parliament passed a resolution on Friday urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to tighten the rules for controversial modern drilling techniques, or fracking, for unconventional gas. The resolution piles the pressure on the government to ...

‘Just the Beginning’: US Drought Kills Hundreds of Thousands of Trees by Lauren McCauley, February 1, 2013, Common Dreams The historic drought of 2012, which continues to ravage over half of the contiguous US, has a new legacy: the death of hundreds of thousands of trees across the Midwest. “This is just beginning,” said Purdue University ...

Canadian mining races to the bottom by Rob Wipond, February 2013, Focus Online Though the Banro lawsuit continues, an out-of-court settlement was reached with Barrick that Noir Canada would be withdrawn from print. “It was a way for Écosociété and for ourselves to continue the fight in another forum than the legal one,” says Deneault on ...

Enbridge Kalamazoo oil spill victim holds community meeting spellbound by Mike Chisholm, January 31, 2013, Vancouver Observer Michelle BarlondSmith had a blunt assessment of her experience with the 2010 Enbridge oil spill on the Kalamazoo River.  “You get to say goodbye to a lot of friends.” Speaking to a standing room crowd at Vancouver’s Mt. Pleasant’s ...

Common interests by Dennis LeNeveu, Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 31, 2013 A15 In Calgary, on Jan.19, a hearing was held on the lawsuit by Jessica Ernst against Encana and the Alberta Gas and Oil Regulator for the contamination of her well water from coal bed methane extraction. What has this to ...

Check the source by Brian Mason, January 22, 2013, Globe and Mail Gwyn Morgan (Time To Fight Back Against Hollywood’s Misinformation – Report on Business, Jan. 21) appears to have trouble differentiating between a thriller and a documentary. If it is any consolation to Mr. Morgan, I am about as likely to think I’m getting the ...

Le fracking doit être interdit, les impacts pas seulement atténués dit le Sinn Féin French Translation of Sinn Féin statement by Friends of the Richelieu January 31, 2013 Fracking must be banned, not mitigated against – Sinn Féin January 29, 2013, Fermanagh South Tyrone Sinn Féin Sinn Féin’s spokespersons on Energy in the Oireachtas, Michael Colreavy TD (Sligo/North Leitrim) & in the Assembly ...

Range denies intentionally providing inaccurate water testing results by Linda Metz, January 29, 2013, Observer Reporter Range Resources denied Tuesday it intentionally provided inaccurate water testing results to three Amwell Township families who attribute their health problems to drilling activity near their homes. Washington County President Judge Debbie O’Dell Seneca heard preliminary objections in the 182-page ...

Anti-fracking group not backing down by Graeme Raubenheimer, January 30, 2013 CAPE TOWN – The Treasure Karoo Action Group on Wednesday said it is fully prepared to take government to court if fracking goes ahead. … “If (Environmental Affairs) Minister (Susan) Shabangu does issue licences, we have a 30-day period to fully consider what is in ...

Ontario will review fracking rules, Rules for fracking—a controversial technique used to extract oil and gas—will be reviewed by the Ontario government by John Spears, January 30, 2013, The Toronto Star In a letter to an environmental group that asked for the probe, the province’s ministries of natural resources and the environment have agreed that “the ...

Cenovus donates $1.5 million to Lakeland College Press Release by Cenovus Energy Inc. January 30, 2013 The contribution will go towards the construction of a Petroleum Centre at the Lloydminster campus plus the creation of new scholarships for students. To date, this is the largest private donation made to the Centennial Campaign. In appreciation of Cenovus’s ...

Wheatland pushes fracking resolution by Pat Kolafa,  January 30, 2013, Front Page The Drumheller Mail Wheatland County Council is hoping to pressure the government into taking more care in protecting the environment when exploring and developing natural resources. The County is aiming to introduce a resolution to the Alberta Association of Municipal District and Counties (AAMD&C) asking steps ...

Is fracking responsible for the flooding of an Upper Egyptian village? by Steven Viney, January 29, 2013, Egypt Independent The village of Fares, located about 75km north of the city of Aswan near Kom Ombo, is currently being destroyed by severe flooding of contaminated water caused by controversial oil drilling practices performed over the past four ...

Projects like Haldimand 4 will probably be banned translation January 30, 2013 by Amie du Richelieu of Gaspé obligerait Québec à trancher by Paul Journet in La Presse hard copy, January 25 2013, Business Section, Page 4. Quebec – Projects like Petrolia’s Haldimand 4 well, at about 350 meters from the nearest home in Gaspé, could soon be banned. ...

Faith leaders join the fight against fracking by Robert White, January 29, 2013 In New York, the attention of many faith leaders and communities is focused on the imminent danger to our land, air, water and health posed by hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” We join with other concerned citizens — doctors, business owners, farmers, chefs, artists, mothers and ...

DEP pulls permit, to allow comment, Firm seeks to use fracking material on roads, sidewalks by Don Hopey, January 29, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The state Department of Environmental Protection has rescinded a Marcellus Shale wastewater treatment permit that would have allowed a New Jersey company to spread chemically contaminated salts on roadways, sidewalks and fields statewide. ...

More Fracking Means More Liability by Antoinette Martin, January 28, 2013, GlobeSt.com In the wake of several multi-million dollar settlements over pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing, including two in this state, a New York legal specialist has published an article called “Fracking Know-How” for property owners and insurers. LeClairRyan partner Michael J. Case writes in this month’s ...

Pig, protesters demonstrate against fracking in North Beaver by Nancy Lowry, January 28, 2013, New Castle News NEW CASTLE — A protest to draw attention to fracking practices of Shell Oil ended yesterday without arrests. Wearing signs proclaiming “Fracking Threatens Food” and “Protect Farms for our Future,” four protesters locked arms and chained themselves to a nine-foot ...

Special report: Livestock falling ill in fracking regions, raising concerns about food by Elizabeth Royte, January 28, 2013, The Ecologist In the midst of the US domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying. While scientists have yet to isolate cause and effect, many suspect chemicals ...

Local Authorities in Ireland say NO to fracking by Good Energies Alliance Ireland January 28, 2013 Based on freely available evidence of local experts, and evidence of the damage to health and environment occurring where fracking has taken place (US, Canada), democratically elected representatives of Local Councils in Counties Clare, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Fermanagh and Donegal have ...

Senior medic gives Fermanagh talk on fracking impact by BBC News Northern Ireland, January 28, 2013 A medical expert from Canada has warned about the impact of shale gas exploration on people’s health in County Fermanagh. Dr Eilish Cleary, chief medical officer of New Brunswick, addressed several hundred people in Enniskillen on Monday evening. The issue ...

Fracking taps a mile-deep danger by Rachel Morgan, January 28, 2013, Timesonline Judy Armstrong Stiles had no idea what she was signing away when she and her husband Carl agreed to let Chesapeake Energy operate natural gas wells on their Bradford County land. That was three years ago. For Carl, it was a lifetime. Soon after the ...

Study finds that more than half of ozone-forming pollutants in Erie come from drilling activity by John Aguilar, Janaury 16, 2013, Boulder Daily Camera Emissions from oil and natural gas operations account for more than half of the pollutants — such as propane and butane — that contribute to ozone formation in Erie, according to a ...

Poland stumbles as shale gas industry fails to take off by Dimiter Kenarov, January 27, 2013, The Sacramento Bee In 2011, the U.S. Energy Information Administration published an enormous figure – 5.3 trillion cubic meters of gas – in estimating the natural gas reserves in Poland, which generated the initial burst of political and investment enthusiasm. ...

Long wait for fracking report by Stewart Shields, December 28, 2012, Edmonton Journal Re: “Fracking leak tainted groundwater: report,” the Journal, Dec. 21. Why are we only now, during the holiday season, learning about a fracking accident that happened some 15 months ago at a well site near Grande Prairie? This is a perfect example of the stupidity ...

Griffiths Energy fined $10.35-million in bribery case; Calgary CEO says company ‘blew the whistle’ on themselves by Daryl Slade, January 25, 2013, Calgary Herald Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker said in accepting a joint submission by Griffiths lawyer Kristine Robidoux and Crown prosecutor Bob Sigurdson that bribing of a foreign official by a Canadian company is ...

SNC-Lavalin paid $160-million in Libyan bribes, RCMP says by Christopher Curtis, January 25, 2013, The Montreal Gazette Former SNC-Lavalin executive Riahd Ben Aissa had a “friendly” relationship with Saadi Gadhafi, offering him and other Libyan officials $160 million in bribes to secure lucrative contracts for the Montreal-based engineering firm, an RCMP search warrant alleges. The RCMP ...

Grass Mesa HOA still locked in dispute with Encana by John Colson, January 18, 2013, Glenwood Springs Post Independent RIFLE, Colo. — The Grass Mesa Homeowners Association wants Encana Oil and Gas (USA) to pay $3 million to fix 10 miles of dirt roads through the subdivision, which the company uses for its natural gas drilling ...

Canadian Fracking review flawed, relies on industry information Press Release by Council of Canadians, January 25, 2013 The Council of Canadians recently obtained a copy of Environment Canada’s work plan on shale gas development under an access to information request. The heavily redacted documents, “Activities Related to Shale Gas Development” and “Shale Gas Action Plan,” outline ...