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Frackers continue illegal use of toxic diesel fuels by Sue Sturgis, October 18, 2012, Institute for Southern Studies An environmental watchdog has discovered that natural gas drillers are continuing to use diesel fuels in fracking operations despite known health hazards — and in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The West Virginia-based group SkyTruthanalyzed a database ...

Large, lively crowd turns out for Supreme Court arguments on gas drilling laws by Timothy Puko, October 17, 2012, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Photo: Stephanie Strasburg | Tribune-Review     Michele Bertini, left, 63, of Middlesex Township and Diane Sipe, 65, of Jackson Township carry signs protesting PA Act 13 as they leave the state Supreme Court at the City ...

Alberta gets tough after screwing up oilsands protection by Don Braid, October 17, 2012, Calgary Herald Whenever something as big and expensive as a new provincewide, all-embracing environmental agency comes along, the wise sleuth looks for a power struggle. And it was evident Wednesday in the surprisingly forceful words of Dr. Howard Tennant, who will head ...

Alberta takes step toward improved environmental monitoring, but questions remain by Keith Gerein, October 17, 2012, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – The Alberta government is set to install a new guardian for its air, water, land and wildlife by creating an “arm’s length” organization to take control of environmental monitoring across the province. While critics warned there ...

Alberta’s new pollutant-monitoring agency to look beyond oil sands by Nathan Vanderklippe, October 17, 2012, The Globe and Mail The ugly scars left on the northern Alberta landscape by the oil sands have prompted calls from around the world for an independent body to gather data on the ecological damage wrought by the energy industry. But ...

The reports of Dr. LaPierre and Dr. Cleary concur: GNB’s work on the shale gas dossier is seriously deficient Press Release by Upriver Environment Watch, October 17, 2012 On Oct 15, 2012, two New Brunswick government sponsored reports relating to the shale gas industry were released to the public. The first was a report from Dr. ...

Report: Energy production threatens to strain nation’s water supply by Zack Colman, October 17, 2012, The Hill.com The federal government must better monitor the nation’s water supply as expanded domestic energy production threatens to further strain water resources, warns a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Tuesday. With an earlier Congressional Research Service study projecting the ...

Gas firm to pay for bulldozed Logan County cemetery by The Associated Press, October 17, 2012, The Charleston Gazette MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gas drillers who plowed through a cemetery for a historically black coal camp community in 2004 were ordered to pay $200,000 in punitive damages Wednesday, on top of the $700,000 in compensatory damages a ...

Hinkley residents choose PG&E buyout over water-purification system by Jim Steinberg, October 17, 2012, Redlands Daily Facts When given a choice between an in-home water-purification system and leaving a town made famous because of its toxic water, homeowners chose leaving by better than a two-to-one majority. On Wednesday – two days after the deadline for residents’ ...

Alberta government said it is creating a scientific agency to monitor the environmental impacts of tarsands production as the industry seeks to expand its markets into regions that are increasingly critical of the process by Jeffrey Jones, Reuters, October 17, 2012, Scientific American The Alberta government said on Wednesday it is creating a scientific agency to ...

New Brunswick chief health officer Dr. Cleary warns of ‘boomtown effect’ with shale gas by Kevin Bissett, Canadian Press, October 16, 2012, FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s infrastructure and legislation aren’t strong enough to ensure public health is protected should the shale gas industry be expanded, the province’s chief medical officer of health warns in a report ...

Cleary’s shale gas report avoids moratorium debate by CBC News, October 16, 2012 Dr. Eilish Cleary spoke with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, a day after she released a report outlining her concerns over the potential shale gas industry in New Brunswick. Cleary’s 82-page report recommends requiring a health impact assessment and monitoring the health of the ...

Phased-in shale gas could deter industry, lobby group says, Investors may move on if they can’t move quickly by CBC News, October 16, 2012 The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says a go-slow approach to shale gas development in New Brunswick could deter the industry in the province. A report released Monday by the provincial government ...

New Brunswick premier says reports will help decide future of shale gas industry by Kevin Bissett, 16 Oct 2012, Canadian Press Cleary spoke publicly Tuesday about her report, saying the 30 recommendations she makes are the result of looking at the industry “through a health lens.” She said decisions should not be clouded by the potential prosperity ...

Fracking water sent through Windsor treament plant, Wastewater from process contained naturally occurring radiation by CBC News, October 16, 2012 Questions are being raised about the disposal of fracking waste water in Windsor after millions of litres of water were put through the town’s sewage treatment plant. Don Beatty, Windsor’s Director of Public Works, told CBC ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is investigating two methane leaks in Sullivan County by Bob Downing, October 16, 2012, Ohio.com Although DEP has not yet determined the cause of either methane migration, an abandoned well from the 1950’s was discovered around a mile northwest of the Pleasant Valley Road problem area. DEP detected combustible gas at the ...

Abandoned Well May Have Caused Sullivan County Methane Leak by Scott Detrow, October 16, 2012, NPR State Impact Pennsylvania Last week, StateIm­pact Penn­syl­va­nia pub­lished a series on the dan­gers posed by the state’s esti­mated 200,000 aban­doned oil and gas wells. These unplugged holes cre­ate unob­structed path­ways for nat­ural gas to migrate to the sur­face, where it ...

Shell to tackle fracking concerns with education by Paul Garvey, October 16, 2012, The Australian THE man in charge of Royal Dutch Shell’s $US1.2 billion ($1.17bn) in annual research and development spending says it is education, rather than technical innovation, that can end the global controversy around fracking. Matthias Bichsel, a member of Shell’s executive committee and ...

Pennsylvania OKs Fracking, Fossil Fuel Extraction On College Campuses by SustainableBusiness.com News, October 15, 2012 Pennsylvania has taken its open-door policy for fracking to a new level – a new law allows fracking and other fossil-fuels extraction at state-owned colleges and universities. The law, the “Indigenous Mineral Resource Development Act”,  allows for “mining or removal of ...

Report details potential costs of fracking by Fred Omar Imbert, October 15, 2012, Business Journal Hydrofracking could cost New York state millions in areas like health care, property values, roads and infrastructure, and contamination, according to a report from Environment New York, an environmental advocacy organization. … In Pennsylvania, where hydrofracking is legal, one oil and ...

Potential health risks cited in report on shale gas industry New Brunswick’s chief medical health officer recommends ongoing monitoring by CBC News, October 15, 2012 New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health says the Alward government needs to take “targeted and strategic actions” to prevent and mitigate any negative health impacts associated with the development of ...

Gas explosion at Hutterite colony injures man (with video) by Calgary Herald, October 15, 2012 A 64-year-old man was flown to a Calgary hospital Monday morning after he was injured in a gas explosion at a Quonset hut in a Hutterite colony. STARS air ambulance was called to hospital in Lethbridge before 9:30 a.m. to transport ...

Ecuador Will Fight Not to Pay Occidental in Oil Dispute by Mercedes Alvaro, October 15, 2012, Dow Jones Newswires QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said over the weekend that his government will fight not to pay Occidental Petroleum Corp. compensation that was ordered by an international tribunal for canceling a contract in 2006. “We ...

Another Voice: Fracking spoiled farm’s hay fields by John Peters, October 15, 2012, The Buffalo News The oil and gas industry apparently believes its own propaganda – that modern drilling techniques are environmentally friendly. Maybe it’s time the true-believers at the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York stop by my small farm in the ...

Shale gas report rules out moratorium, The New Brunswick government must address the “very serious concerns” that people have by sympatico.ca, October 15, 2012 The provincial government hired Louis LaPierre, a professor emeritus in biology at the University of Moncton, to solicit the opinions of citizens over 116 proposed regulatory changes to the oil and gas industry. ...

Release of shale gas development reports by Government of New Brunswick, October 15, 2012 EDITOR’S NOTE: Two documents regarding shale gas development in New Brunswick will be released on Monday, Oct. 15.  The following is a schedule on the release of these documents. ●    10:30 a.m. – Louis LaPierre will deliver his report to Energy and Mines Minister Craig ...

Fracking Plans Spark Protest In South Africa by Davison Mudzingwa, October 14, 2012, The Real News, Cape Town The government of South Africa instituted a moratorium on shale gas exploration in 2011, following fierce criticism against the planned gas hydraulic fracturing. Five companies including petroleum giants Shell and Canadian based Falcon Oil and Gas Limited have ...

DEP alters policy on foul-water notifications by Don Hopey, October 14, 2012, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The state Department of Environmental Protection has a new review policy for water contamination cases related to Marcellus Shale gas well operations that lets department administrators in Harrisburg instead of field offices decide whether residential water users should receive letters notifying them ...

Florida Fracking threat to environment by Our Stance, October 14, 2012, Central Florida Future Last week, the South Florida publication the News-Press reported on rumors that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is now being considered as a viable drilling option in the Sunshine State. Ed Pollister, owner of Century Oil Company, told the News-Press that fracking is ...

Thousands march against coal seam gas by Samantha Turnbull, October 13 2012, ABC North Coast NSW Organisers of a rally and concert today say about 4000 people marched through the streets of Murwillumbah in opposition to coal seam gas. A similar rally in Lismore earlier this year attracted more than 7000 people. However, Lock the Gate ...

Company withdraws request for fracking in Yukon, Yukoners want public debate on whether practice should be allowed in territory by CBC News, October 11, 2012 An Alberta-based gas company has withdrawn its proposal for fracking at its Eagle Plains, Yukon, exploration site. Northern Cross did so after the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board requested more ...

Federal clean-up won’t get it all, Need another $40 billion to remove contamination by Suzy Thompson, October 11, 2012, Fast Forward Weekly On October 3, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced the federal government was launching the second phase of its 15-year plan to clean up nearly 22,000 contaminated sites across the country. Kent admitted at a ...

Don’t sell the water, Risks involved in creating an Alberta market by Suzy Thompson, October 11, 2012, Fast Forward Weekly Water Matters, an Alberta-based non-governmental research and advocacy group, released its final report in a three-part series studying water issues in the province. Moving Waters examined options for Alberta to achieve the provincial government’s Water For ...

Dairy Farmer in Bradford County tells her story of Contamination after gas drilling by Carol French, October 11, 2012, dearsusquehanna.blogspot.ca We and 50% of the county decided to lease our land for an average $5- $85/per acre. It would take two more years before the gas companies would convince another 10% to lease their land at ...

EPA fracking investigation in Wyoming revisited after objections, Validity of initial water sampling results confirmed by Scott K. Johnson, October 11, 2012, Arstechnica In December of last year, Ars reported on a major EPA study in Pavillion, Wyoming that concluded hydraulic fracking operations there had contaminated the groundwater aquifer. While there wasn’t a clear link to contamination detected ...

Fracking area water again shows pollutants, EPA says by Mark Drajem, October 11, 2012, Bloomberg News in Tulsa World The latest round of test results on water in Pavillion, Wyo., show pollutants “consistent” with those from last year that were used to link water problems in that town to hydraulic fracturing, the Environmental Protection Agency said ...

Wyoming Water Tests in Line With EPA Finding on Fracking by Mark Drajem, October 11, 2012, Bloomberg News in Business week The latest test results on water near Pavillion, Wyoming, show pollutants “consistent” with findings used last year to link tainted water there to hydraulic fracturing, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. The EPA yesterday issued its ...

State geologist questions fracking firm’s data by Barry O’Halloran, October 11, 2012, Irish Times THE QUALITY of the data used by exploration group Tamboran Resources to determine the natural gas reserves in the Lough Allen region was “questionable”, a Government expert has claimed. Tamboran announced in January that tests indicated that an area split between Leitrim ...

Industry-Funded Study Finds Fracking Safe for Los Angeles by Jim Efstathiou Jr., October 11, 2012, Bloomberg News Fracking for oil in Los Angeles County poses no threat to the environment and doesn’t add to the risk of earthquakes, according to a report funded by the owner of one of the largest urban oil fields in the ...

Collectively Photographing Fracking by Jesse Newman, October 11, 2012, The New York Times Photo #10 by Scott Goldsmith:  Lighting water on fire due to the natural gas bubbling up from a natural spring. The gas showed up in the spring after David Headley’s property was fracked in Smightfield. Headly owns horses and discovered the bubbles when ...

The Latest Science from Europe Safe Fracking is a Fairy Tale by Amy Mall, October 11, 2012, Ecowatch There are a few new reports from Europe on fracking that provide a lot of valuable information: A joint report from Germany’s Federal Environment Agency and Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety was released ...

Fracking Companies Using ‘Psychological Warfare’ Tactics To Silence Critics? by Steve Horn, via DeSmogBlog, October 11, 2012, Think Progress Roughly a year ago today in Houston, the shale gas industry was caught red-handed discussing its use of military tactics and personnel on U.S. soil to intimidate and divide communities in order to continue its fracking bonanza. In ...

Fracking: There Is No Objective Role by Anna-Lise Castle, October 10, 2012, The Cornell Daily Sun On Sept. 24, President Skorton and Glenn Altschuler, Vice President of University Relations co-authored Forbes article entitled, “Fracking: A Role for Universities.” In this piece, the authors insist that hydraulic fracturing has swept the nation and globe, and is imminent ...

Ecuador Seeks Annulment of International Court Ruling in Occidental Case by Mercedes Alvaro, October 10, 2012, Dow Jones Newswires QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador has officially requested the annulment of an international court ruling that ordered it to pay $1.77 billion, plus pre- and post-award interest, to Occidental Petroleum Corp. “The request for the annulment was filed ...

Phase V Documents, Pavillion Wyoming, Summary of Methods & Results (including Section A and B) released by the EPA October 10, 2012 Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming: Phase V Sampling Event Summary of Methods and Results (PDF) (14 pp, 203 K). Groundwater Sampling Results at Locations near Pavillion, Wyoming: Pavillion Phase V (April 2012) Groundwater Quality ...

Dozens of illegal waste dumpers arraigned in Jim Wells County by Corpus Christi Caller-Times Mark Collette, October 10, 2012 A trucker wipes a spill from the back of his trailer in March. He was cited for disposal of oil field waste in a public road. New enforcement efforts are reducing waste hauling violations in Jim Wells ...

EPA: Pavillion, Wyo., Natural-Gas Site Tests ‘Consistent’ With Earlier Data by Dow Jones Newswires, October 10, 2012, Fox Business New tests of water surrounding natural-gas drilling sites near Pavillion, Wyo., have turned up results that are “generally consistent” with earlier finds showing a link between contamination and hydraulic fracturing, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. ...

Inglewood Oil Field fracking study finds no harm from the method, Year long study, conducted by firms chosen by the oil field owner and L.A. County, was meant to address fears about potential groundwater contamination, air pollution and increased seismic activity by Ruben Vives, October 10, 2012, Los Angeles Times For months, water wells on the ...

Groups want oil and gas moratorium by Chris Hayes, October 10, 2012, Cape Breton Post SYDNEY — Foes of oil and gas development in the Gulf of St. Lawrence plan to raise their concerns today in Sydney, where the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board will hold a public session. Like the groups Save Our Seas ...

Perilous Pathways: How Drilling Near An Abandoned Well Produced a Methane Geyser by Scott Detrow, October 9, 2012, NPR State Impact  Methane is an odor­less, col­or­less gas that exists nat­u­rally below the sur­face. It isn’t poi­so­nous, but it’s dan­ger­ous. When enough methane gath­ers in an enclosed space — a base­ment or a water well, for instance ...

Spying activities on Anti-Fracking Groups in Poland Impede Open Debate about the Risks of Shale Gas by Food and Water Watch, October 9, 2012, North Central PA.com Brussels – Recent media reports from Poland show that heavy-handed tactics such as spying and undercover operations are being used there against groups and individuals who question shale gas ...

Regulators Handcuffed In Fracking Oversight, GAO Says by Keith Goldberg, October 9, 2012, law360 Federal and state regulators are handcuffed in their attempts to gauge potential environmental and health risks from hydraulic fracturing by regulatory loopholes, as well as by insufficient information and resources, a government watchdog report said Tuesday. Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Teen has stomach removed after bar serves nitrogen cocktail by Reuters, October 8, 2012 LONDON — British surgeons removed a teenager’s stomach to save her life after she drank a cocktail made with liquid nitrogen during a night out with friends, police said. The 18-year-old woman, named by newspapers as Gaby Scanlon, complained of breathlessness and ...

Lady Gaga Supports Yoko Ono’s Anti-fracking Drive by Contactmusic, October 9, 2012 Lady Gaga has thrown her support behind Yoko Ono’s efforts to stop controversial drilling techniques in the natural gas industry and urged her fans to sign a petition to end fracking in her native New York state. John Lennon’s widow and her son Sean ...

Water equals life. Who is Jessica Ernst? by Jacquie Vigneux, October 9, 2012, Whitehorse Star Il faut bannir la fracturation hydraulique by Jacqueline Vigneaux, 10 October, 2012, Page 4, L’aurore boréale Vol. 29, No. 19

Drillers suspicious of EPA’s new frack notification by Mike Soraghan, October 9, 2012, E&E News Oil and gas companies will soon have to start telling U.S. EPA before they “frack” wells, a development that has caught many in the industry off-guard and rekindled some drillers’ most potent fears about federal intrusion. The notification requirement is a ...

Bureaucrat Dismisses Public’s Comments As ‘Stupid’ by Ben Hall, October 8, 2012, News Channel 5 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Public comments called “stupid” and dismissed as jokes. That’s what a NewsChannel 5 investigation found in emails from one state agency that’s supposed to keep the public safe. Those emails, from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, reveal ...

Energy Industry Targets Upcoming Matt Damon Film ‘Promised Land’ by Georg Szalai, October 8, 2012, Hollywood Reporter “We’ve been surprised at the emergence of what looks like a concerted campaign targeting the film even before anyone’s seen it,” says Focus Features CEO James Schamus. Focus Features’ Matt Damon film Promised Land is only coming to theaters ...

‘Frackman’ protestor hikes to challenge shale gas by Vicky Ellis, Ocboter 8, 2012, energylivenews Gayzer Tarjanyi, 51, from St Annes, Lancashire will be asking everyone he meets along the way to sign a petition calling for a moratorium on fracking in the UK. A founder member of anti-fracking group, Frack Free Fylde, Frackman plans to walk ...

Environment minister knew about shutdown of NWT water monitoring stations, documents show by Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press, October 8, 2012 Prime Minister Stephen Harper sharply rebuked Environment Canada bureaucrats last year for overstepping their authority, but internal documents suggest they were just doing their jobs. Mr. Harper’s annual Arctic tour in August 2011 was embarrassed ...

Harper rebuked officials for doing their job, documents suggest, Decision to close water-monitoring stations in North wasn’t a surprise by The Canadian Press, October 8, 2012, CBC News Prime Minister Stephen Harper sharply rebuked Environment Canada bureaucrats last year for overstepping their authority, but internal documents suggest they were just doing their jobs. Harper’s annual Arctic tour ...

European Shale: Will The Last Energy Commissioner Standing Turn Out The Lights? by Matthew Hulbert, October 8, 2012, Natural Gas Europe The iron law of politics is if you have nothing sensible to say, it’s best not to say anything. European Energy Commissioner, Günther Oettinger has never been particularly good at that, but managed to come ...

Health officer speaks out on shale gas report, Chief medical officer of health speaks out on shale gas report after first suggesting it would be kept confidential by CBC News, October 6, 2012 New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health says she’ll continue to play a role in the debate about shale gas. Dr. Eilish Cleary ...

Sinkhole explosive methane officially life threatening, residents not told by Deborah Dupre, October 6, 2012, examiner Officials advised the Assumption Parish President on Thursday that Bayou Corne sinkhole area has high levels of methane in nearby water wells, posing risks to health, fire and explosion and that residents need to heed the mandatory evacuation order. That ...

Fear of Fracking Germany Balks on Natural Gas Bonanza by Christian Wüst, October 5, 2012, Der Spiegel (Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan; article originally appeared in German in issue 40/2012 (October 1, 2012) The most recent well that was drilled into the natural gas field there is called “Bötersen Z11.” The site, located next ...

Lawsuit challenges frackers’ waste disposal practices in Arkansas by Max Brantley, October 5, 2012, Arkansas TImes An amended class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Little rock against Southwestern Energy, XTO andChesapeake Energy over the wells they’ve drilled to dispose of waste material by injecting it underground. The suit is brought on behalf of ...

Concerns raised over contents of shale gas report by CTV Atlantic with files from Nick Moore, October 5, 2012 After a week of uncertainty, New Brunswick residents have learned they will get to see the chief medical officer’s full report into shale gas development and human health. However, after a week of flip-flopping over whether to ...

Jumping to conclusions on shale gas, Martine Ouellet, Quebec’s new environment minister, jumped the gun on her dismissal of shale gas exploitation in the province by Montreal Gazette, October 5, 2012 It is true that shale-gas extraction represents a serious potential environmental hazard. It is done by a process called fracking that involves laterally drilling up to ...

Property owners sue over gas drilling waste wells by the Associated Press, October 5, 2012 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group of residents in Independence and Faulkner counties are suing three natural gas drilling companies, claiming that waste fluids are improperly being pumped underneath land the companies don’t own or lease. … Houston-based Southwestern Energy Co. ...

Chesapeake Appalachia pleads guilty to clean water act violations by WTRF,  October 5, 2012 According to a release The Clean Water Act, also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, prohibits the discharge of any pollutant from a point source into the waters of the United States without a permit. … Chesapeake is now facing ...

Colden faces suit over hydrofracking that isn’t by Phil Fairbanks, October 5, 2012, Buffalo News Like dozens of municipalities across the state, the Town of Colden adopted a moratorium against hydraulic fracturing this year. Now the town finds itself the target of one of the first legal challenges to those moratoriums, but with a caveat. Unlike ...

Expansion is no good by Rick McGowan, Burnaby Municipal Greens, October 5, 2012, Burnaby Now At a time when we ought to be working toward reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, we are seeing the largest expansion of oil and gas exploitation in history. There is a worldwide push by industry and governments to plunder Canada’s ...

Is fracking behind contamination in Wyoming groundwater? Questions about whether hydraulic ‘fracking’ is to blame remain as the US EPA prepares for peer review by Jeff Tollefson, October 4, 2012, Nature Natural gas extraction via hydraulic fracturing has been linked to contamination in groundwater. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sparked a firestorm in December last ...

Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources A California Perspective by Frederick T. Stanin, Fall 2012, Groundwater Association of California HydroVisions Vol 21, No. 3 The keynote speaker, California Assemblyman Robert Wieckowski, is the author of AB 591, a bill aimed to require disclosure of chemicals used by oil and gas producers engaged in hydraulic fracturing. Why a ...

Pennsylvania High Court to Hear Arguments on Local Control of Gas Drilling by Jon Hurdle, October 4, 2012, AolEnergy Ongoing conflict between Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry and its opponents will reach a new focus on October 17 when the state’s Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over whether state law can pre-empt local regulations over ...

Full shale gas health report to be released by CBC News, October 4, 2012 The full shale gas health report written by the province’s chief medical officer of health will be made public on Oct. 15, Environment Minister Bruce Fitch announced on Thursday. Earlier this week, the Alward government would not commit to releasing the report by ...

Continued Concern on Carter Road by Adam Chick, October 4, 2012, WBNG It’s been nearly four years since some Dimock Township residents sued Cabot Oil and Gas over water contamination. Although federal and state agencies now say there is nothing to worry about it’s not enough to erase concerns from at least one Carter Road ...

Is the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology overflowing with oil money? by Séamus Smyth October 4, 2012, The Weal (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) Has the oil and energy money being pumped into the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) begun to determine which programs prosper and or flounder on campus? Keith MacPhail, CEO of Bonavista ...

NB: Shadow continues to loom over shale gas report, When asked repeatedly whether the government would release the recommendations or the report in full, New Brunswick’s health minister was unclear byKevin Bissett, The Canadian Press, October 4, 2012 , Daily Business Buzz, Oil and Gas News New Brunswick’s health minister declined to say Wednesday whether the ...

Natural gas producers restricting fresh water use by David Pryce, October 4, 2012, Vancouver Sun Water is essential to the recovery of natural gas from conventional and unconventional sources, such as shale rock. It is needed to drill and complete a well. Once that is done and the well starts producing for the next 20 to ...

Parts of shale gas health report will now be released, Government officials still won’t say how much or when by CBC News, October 3, 2012 The Alward government now says it will release at least parts of a report by the province’s chief medical officer of health on the potential health impacts of the shale gas ...

The Entire Oil And Gas Industry Is Watching A Tiny Town In Wyoming by Rob Wile, October 3, 2012, Business Insider Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new USGS test results were consistent with its December tests that fracking likely contaminated groundwater there. Duke University Professor Rob Jackson has studied the effects of fracking in ...

Fracking backwash frustrates oilman by Michael MacDonald, October 3, 2012, The Canadian Press

CAUS holds second meeting to address fracking by Derek Clouthier, October 3, 2012, Cochrane Eagle The local coalition Cochrane Area Under Siege (CAUS) held a second open house to address their concerns over hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Lochend area. The meeting, which saw approximately 20 people attend, touched upon several issues CAUS believes poses a ...

Penn State Faculty Snub of Fracking Study Ends Research by Jim Efstathiou Jr., October 3, 2012, Bloomberg A natural-gas driller’s group has canceled a Pennsylvania State University study of hydraulic fracturing after some faculty members balked at the project that had drawn criticism for being slanted toward industry. The Marcellus Shale Coalition, which paid more than ...

Marcellus suits claim pay abuses by Brian Bowling, October 3, 2012, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Companies tapping the Marcellus shale for natural gas regularly advertise good-paying jobs in Pennsylvania, but three federal lawsuits and a state investigation suggest some of those jobs pay less than they should. The lawsuits claim two companies, one that provides security at ...

Shale gas opponents demand release of health study and public consultations by Tracy Glynn, October 3, 2012,  New Brunswick Media Coop Shale gas opponents want the government of New Brunswick to release the Chief Medical Officer’s health study on shale gas after it was revealed on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd that the government would not be releasing ...

Shale gas report by health officer may remain secret, Dr. Eilish Cleary looked at potential health impacts of the shale gas industry by CBC News, October 3, 2012 The Alward government will not say whether it will release a report by the province’s chief medical officer of health on the potential health impacts of the shale ...

Judge defends sentence for waste dumper by Observer Reporter, October 3, 2012 WAYNESBURG – Greene County Judge Farley Toothman, in an opinion filed Friday to support his sentencing of Robert Allan Shipman, claims the sentence of probation complies with the law and is within the court’s discretion. The opinion was prepared in response to a notice of ...

New Study Supports Water Contamination Due to Fracking, U.S. Geological Survey Verifies EPA Findings in Pavillion, WY Press Release by Sierra Club and Earthworks, October 3, 2012 An independent analysis of new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water monitoring data verifies a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into whether hydraulic fracturing contaminated the Wind River aquifer ...

N.S. deadline to clean up fracking waste site impossible to meet: company by Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press, October 2, 2012, CTV News Atlantic The head of an oil and gas exploration firm says the company can’t meet a deadline to clean up holding ponds in Nova Scotia filled with contaminated water from hydraulic fracturing. Peter ...

The University of Colorado Boulder gets $12M grant to study natural gas development, impacts by Cathy Proctor, October 2, 2012, Denver Business Journal The University of Colorado Boulder has landed a five-year, $12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study ways to maximize the benefits of natural gas development while minimizing negative impacts on ...

Judge overturns Binghamton gas drilling moratorium, Judge: Binghamton didn’t meet rules for moratorium by Steve Reilly, October 2, 2012, pressconnects In an order signed Tuesday, state Supreme Court Justice Ferris D. Lebous said the local ordinance signed into law by Binghamton Mayor Matthew T. Ryan last December “fails to meet the criteria for a properly enacted ...

Radioactivity worries hold up treatment of fracking wastewater by Michael Gorman, October 2, 2012, The Chronicle Herald Atlantic Industrial Services has 4.5 million litres of waste water from a hydraulic fracturing operation it wants to treat at its Debert facility. The water would then be transferred into the Municipality of the County of Colchester’s sewage treatment ...

Oil and gas business tax information requested by council by Dan Singleton, October 2, 2012, Mountain View County Mountain View County councillors have passed a motion instructing administration to bring forward updated information on the county’s proposed oil and gas business tax. During last week’s regularly scheduled council meeting, Coun. Paddy Munro, who chaired last week’s ...

Cabot’s Methodology Links Tainted Water Wells to Gas Fracking by Mark Drajem and Jim Efstat, October 2, 2012, Bloomberg Methane in two Pennsylvania water wells has a chemical fingerprint that links it to natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing, evidence that such drilling can pollute drinking water. The data, collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are significant ...

440+ Elected Officials to Gov. Cuomo: Fracking Review Still Inadequate by ecowatch, October 2, 2012 Today, Elected Officials to Protect New York—representing more than 440 local elected officials from 52 counties across New York State—released a letter spearheaded by Southern Tier elected officials detailing serious concerns they have about fracking. They noted the review of frackingis ...

Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says by Eli MacKinnon, October 2, 2012, Life’s Little Mysteries Three unusual earthquakes that shook a suburb west of Dallas over the weekend appear to be connected to the past disposal of wastewater from local hydraulic fracturing operations, a geophysicist who has studied earthquakes in the region says. Preliminary ...

Wyoming Gov. Mead: Wait for analysis of Pavillion data by Adam Voge, Octobert 2, 2012, Star-Tribune The state may have to examine its hydraulic fracturing rules if testing in the Pavillion area shows the oil and gas production technique contaminated groundwater there, Gov. Matt Mead said Tuesday. State officials are awaiting an in-depth analysis of data ...

Louis W. Allstadt – From Supporter to Skeptic on New York State Fracking, DEC Not Up To The Job – Oil & Gas Industry Influences Regulators by Peter Mantius, on October 1st, 2012, Natural Resources News Service COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Former Mobil Oil Corp. executive Louis W. Allstadt did not start out as an anti-fracking activist. ...