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NEB to ask producers to use FracFocus website, Only one company authorized to frack wells in federal territory so far by Dan Healing, November 27, 2013, Calgary Herald The National Energy Board is jumping on the FracFocus.ca bandwagon and will soon be asking companies who drill under its jurisdiction to post online their hydraulic fracturing plans. ...

Water shortages may make fracking impractical, industry says, Quantities required for the fracking process may make it problematic in areas of the UK where resources are scarce by Fiona Harvey, November 27, 2013, The Guardian Fracking may be impractical in parts of the UK due to the scarcity of local water supplies, and in other areas will ...

Fracking moratorium recommendation applauded by CBC News, November 28, 2013 An anti-fracking group on P.E.I. is pleased and surprised a legislative committee report is recommending a moratorium on high volume hydraulic fracking. The committee is also recommending a moratorium on off-shore oil and gas exploration and drilling in P.E.I. waters. The final decision for both rests ...

Buyout packages allegedly silence Albertans struck with industry-related cancer by Krystle Alarcon, November 5, 2013, Vancouver Observer Locals living close to oil and gas projects in what is known as Alberta’s Industrial Heartland are not surprised that a recent study found that chemicals in the air cause blood-related cancers. “There’s many people that have been diagnosed ...

Cabot buys second polluted residential property in Dimock 12-acre parcel on Carter Road flanked by faulty gas wells by Tom Wilber, November 22, 2013, Shale Gas Review Cabot Oil & Gas has closed a deal for a second residential property affected by chronic methane pollution in the heart of its prolific gas operations in Susquehanna County, ...

BAKKEN SHALE: As oil production sets in, pollution starts to migrate — scientists by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, November 22, 2013, E&E News When oil is produced, brine or produced water rich in salts and toxic metals also comes out of the ground. The oil companies injected the wastes back underground to a depth of between 800 and ...

Cinema Eye Honors Announces Josh Fox As Recipient Of Hell Yeah Prize For Gasland Films Press Release by Ray Pride, November 24, 2013, Cinema Eye In “Gasland,” Fox discovered tap water so contaminated it could be set on fire right out of the tap, chronically ill residents with similar symptoms in drilling areas across the country, and huge ...

“Sickened” by Harper government spying by Len Laycock, November 21, 2013, Vancouver Observer I am sickened by this report on the NEB coordinating with CSIS to spy on oil pipeline opponents. We see clearly that the government is actively against the citizens it is supposed to serve. When democratic rights–including the right to organize, to express opinion, ...

Layoffs begin at Encana by Michael Franklin, November 22, 2013, CTV Calgary Encana released a statement on Friday morning that the layoffs are a difficult part of that transition. … “These job reductions are impacting every part of our company. We are not providing specific details of how these reductions are impacting any single area. ….it ...

Calgary’s Andrew Nikiforuk humbled by $20,000 Writer’s Trust award by Eric Volmers, November 20, 2013, Calgary Herald Calgary writer Andrew Nikiforuk received the prestigious $20,000 Matt Cohen Award on Wednesday evening in Toronto from the Writer’s Trust of Canada, recognizing the journalist’s 20 years of environmental writing. Nikiforuk, who has written books such as the Governor ...

Canada dead last in OECD ranking for environmental protection by Paul Waldie, November 18, 2013, The Globe and Mail The Washington-based Center for Global Development assesses 27 wealthy nations annually on their commitment to seven areas that impact the world’s poor. Canada came 13th in this year’s survey, which will be released Monday. Denmark led the ...

Town of Edson, Alberta, sells treated wastewater for hydraulic fracking by Ed Moore, November 12, 2013, Edson Leader It isn’t a new practice but the Town of Edson is selling wastewater from the sewage lagoons to Shell Canada and other companies for the purposes of hydraulic fracking. Town public works officials initiated a pilot project in ...

North Dakota’s Salty Fracked Wells Drink More Water to Keep Oil Flowing by Patrick J. Kiger, November 11, 2013, National Geographic It’s well known that water has been key to the shale oil and gas rush in the United States. But in one center of the hydraulic fracturing boom—North Dakota—authorities are finding that the initial blast ...

Moratorium on coal seam gas extraction in Sydney’s drinking water zone by Melinda James and Sue Daniel, November 13, 2013, ABC News Last month the Opposition introduced legislation that would permanently ban all CSG activity in the special areas in a bid to pressure the government to do the same. Until now the government has said ...

Talisman frackwater pit leaked for months, kept from public by Damien Gillis and Will Koop, Common Sense Canadian, November 18, 2013 That said, the above aerial image of the pits, taken on March 28, conflicts with Mr. Glover’s statement that the company began emptying the pond back in January after the sensors detected a leak in ...

Judge rejects Elsipogtog injunction application to stop SWN seismic testing by The Canadian Press, November 18, 2013, Global News Toronto Court rules today on injunction to stop shale gas tests, Elsipogtog First Nation cites risk of violence, lack of consultation as reasons to suspend licences by CBC News, November 18, 2013 Arguments were made in court on Friday before Justice ...

The Impact of Oil and Gas Extraction on Infant Health in Colorado Presentation by Ph.D. Candidate Elaine Hill, November 22, 2013, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University The immediate outcomes of interest are infant health at birth measures (birth weight, gestation length, low birth weight and premature birth). To define exposure, I utilize detailed ...

Union adds voice to call for moratorium on fracking, Unifor says it has concerns about worker safety and long-term sustainability by CBC News, November 18, 2013 Atlantic director Lana Payne says her union represents more than 20,000 workers in the energy sector and has been discussing and developing a national energy strategy which led to the decision about fracking. “The ...

Alberta’s massive toxic coal mine spill heading to N.W.T. by CBC News, November 17, 2013 The Northwest Territories’ Environment Minister, Michael Miltenberger, says toxins from a massive coal mine spill in Alberta are making their way north. On Oct. 31, Sherritt International’s Obed Mountain coal mine spilled about 1 billion litres of contaminated water into the ...

Canada’s Largest Private Sector Union Calls For Fracking Moratorium, Unifor worried about ‘frightening’ pollution, worker safety, First Nations rights by Andrew Nikiforuk, November 16, 2013, TheTyee.ca Canada’s largest private sector union has called for a national moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a brute force technology that has opened up shale formations for mining across North America and ...

Minister of Energy and Resources, Simon Bridges, misrepresents interim New Zealand fracking report by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment by Pauline Doyle, November 16, 2013, Gisborne Herald In his November 9 opinion piece, Simon Bridges made bald claims regarding the oil and gas industry’s “safety and environmental record” in New Zealand. Furthermore, he has misrepresented the Parliamentary Commissioner ...

Preliminary study in Carroll with limited testing over insufficient time span; Assistant Professor of Geology claims fracking has no impact on water quality by Jon Baker, November 15, 2013, TimesReporter.com Amy Townsend-Small, assistant professor of geology at the University of Cincinnati, shared findings from the study with members of Carroll Concerned Citizens on Thursday evening. Carroll ...

Producers Sue New Mexico County Over Drilling Ban by Jim Magill, November 15, 2013, Platts An industry trade group and three landowners filed suit in federal court this week against a northern New Mexico County, challenging its right to ban all oil and gas drilling. … The suit asks the court to declare the county ordinance ...

Oil drilling wastes, long buried under Canada’s permafrost, leak into the environment by Henry Gass, November 15, 2013, E&E News For decades, companies exploring for oil and gas in the Arctic’s remote southern reaches have disposed of their drilling waste in the cheapest and most convenient way possible: by digging massive pits to hold the waste and ...

Fracking the Hawkwoods near Calgary, dead cows and…RADIATION? by Damien Gillis, November 8, 2013, Commonsensecanadian.ca Dead spots, dead cows Howard describes their experience to program host David Kattenberg of the Green Planet Monitor – including 1-2 acres of dead patches on their farm, which tests reveal contain alarming levels of radioactivity. (Listen to the full program here – ...

Divine intervention? Pope opposes fracking by John Upton, November 13, 2013, Grist The worldwide leader of the Catholic Church, none other than the motherfracking pope himself, has come out in opposition to the worldwide scourge of hydraulic fracturing. OK, so Pope Francis didn’t exactly make a policy statement or a speech denouncing fracking. But hints have ...

Canadian Geographic accused of spreading oil and gas ‘propaganda’ in schools by MetroNews, November 12, 2013 Hundreds of Vancouver students, parents and teachers have signed an angry open letter to Canadian Geographic complaining that the magazine has been sending a giant energy industry-sponsored educational map and materials to local schools. So far nine Vancouver schools have requested ...

Relief for brewers, concern for Exxon? New German government would keep fracking ban by Claudia Assis, November 8, 2013, Market Watch Germany’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats, in coalition talks to form a new government, would keep a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a presumed relief for German brewers and more headache for Exxon Mobil Corp. German beer makers have ...

Fracking Boom Gives Banks Mortgage Headaches by Andy Peters, November 12, 2013, American Banker At least three institutions — Tompkins Financial (TMP) in Ithaca, N.Y., Spain’s Santander Bank and State Employees’ Credit Union in Raleigh, N.C. — are refusing to make mortgages on land where oil or gas rights have been sold to an energy company. ...

Questerre Energy tries to reverse public opinion on hydraulic fracturing in Quebec, CEO Michael Binnion’s work may have only just begun by Lewis Kelly, November 12, 2013, Alberta Oil The Business of Energy Michael Binnion, the CEO, president and co-founder of Questerre Energy Corp., is in a tough spot as he tries to convince Quebeckers of the ...

Garfield County commissioners, public hear water study today by John Stroud, November 11, 2013, Post Independent Results of a nearly nine-year-long study to help determine the potential impacts of natural gas development on groundwater south of Silt will be presented to Garfield County commissioners and the public on Tuesday. The three-phase study has been in the ...

French coalbed gas drilling presents risks even without fracking: land agencies by Robin Sayles, edited by Alisdair Bowles, November 11, 2013, Platts France’s national geological and environment agencies have published a joint study outlining several significant risks of coalbed gas exploration without using hydraulic fracturing, and called for access to exploration sites to examine specific dangers. ...

Not ‘folding the tents’ by Frank Gale, November 06, 2013, The Western Star While Graham Oliver says it’s great government has decided to put a hold on drilling involving hydraulic fracturing until a review is completed, there are no plans for “folding the tents.” As the person responsible for conducting a total of 25 fracking awareness ...

Penn West plunges, New CEO puts joint ventures on the block to promote producer focus by Dan Healing, November 6, 2013, Calgary Herald Stock in Penn West Petroleum Ltd. plunged as much as $2 per share or 17 per cent to $9.63 on Wednesday after it announced sweeping changes that will reduce short-term production levels. … ...

Fracking companies try to calm public fears with new code of conduct by Amanda Stephenson, October 30, 2013, Calgary Herald Eleven companies that perform hydraulic fracturing in Canada have signed onto a new code of conduct aimed at alleviating public fears about the practice. The code — which outlines standard practices for technical and environmental performance, ...

Emergency Advisory: Mi’kmaq say, “We are still here, and SWN will not be allowed to frack.” Sacred Fire blockade to begin at noon on Nov. 4 Press Release by the Elsipogtog community and people of the Mi’kmaq nation The Elsipogtog community and the people of the Mi’kmaq nation are responding to SWN’s stated intention to resume shale ...

Energy-poor Spain establishes friendly fracking rules by Mining.com, November 1, 2013 The Spanish government has altered national rules for fracking in a bid to support economic growth in one of Europe’s most energy-poor nations. Spain imports about 99% of its oil and gas needs, and high energy costs have been a major obstacle to recovery after ...

Leak shuts fracking-water storage pond; Talisman says environmental risks are low by Wendy STueck, October 30, 2013, The Globe and Mail A Talisman Energy storage pond for water used in the hydraulic fracturing process has been taken out of service after inspectors detected a leak. Routine inspections uncovered problems in July with the double liner at ...

Water Buffalo Stays Put, For Now by Binghamton Homepage, November 1, 2013 A Franklin Forks family still has its gas industry provided water buffalo. Originally, WPX Energy was planning to remove its large 1,100 gallon plastic jug that had been supplying water to the Hadlick home along Route 29 for the past year and a half. WPX says ...

New Zealand milk dumped as toxic oil and gas drilling mud taints 14 Fonterra tankers by Isobel Ewing and Laird Harper, October 31, 2013, Marlborough Express Fourteen tankers were contaminated with the mud on Friday before the error was caught, including six which had gone on to pick up raw milk. The Taranaki Daily News understands the mud ...

Major earthquake could cause $75B in damage, study by Insurance Bureau of Canada warns by CBC News, October 29, 2013 Canada is unprepared for a major earthquake that would cause between $60 billion and $75 billion in damage, a new study warns. The report, commissioned by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, says a major earthquake would ...

Fracking company sues protesters by Kris Sims, QMI Agency, October 29th, 2013, Sun News The company trying to explore for shale gas near Rexton, N.B., is suing Native anti-fracking protesters because it alleges they held its security workers captive, threatened them and destroyed an expensive piece of drilling equipment. In its statement of claim dated Oct. ...

Alberta lays out plan to grow tourism industry by Amanda Stephenson, October 29, 2013, Calgary Herald The provincial government unveiled a plan Tuesday aimed at growing Alberta’s tourism industry by 32 per cent by 2020 — a plan that calls for more development of tourist attractions in parks and on Crown land. The new Alberta Tourism Framework, ...

Alberta hopes to have environmental monitoring panel running by early 2014 by Bob Weber, Canadian Press, October 29, 2013, Calgary Herald The pressure is on for the Alberta government to get its long-promised environmental monitoring panel running, says one of the government’s advisers on the project. “I hope that act gets passed in the next two ...

Fracking company, Norse Energy, files states highest court against town level bans by Scott Waldman, October 28, 2013 Attorneys filed briefs with the state’s highest court on Monday in a case that will determine whether or not municipalities can ban hydrofracking within their borders. The town of Dryden, near Ithaca, banned fracking within its borders in 2011, ...

Water-quality study underway in Hudson’s Hope to provide data on effects of fracking by Elaine Anselmi, October 27, 2013, Dawson Creek Daily News A study of water wells in an area of Hudson’s Hope is establishing baseline data on groundwater as hydraulic fracturing moves in next door. Heavy criticism surrounds the fracking process — but the ...

PA Doctor’s Act 13 Lawsuit Tossed Out, Judge Says No “Standing” by Law360, October 28, 2013, Marcellus Drilling News U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo dismissed the lawsuit after concluding that damages alleged by Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez — including infringement of his First Amendment rights by preventing him from sharing information about the contents of fracking ...

 Alberta Premier Redford needs more flood money from federal government by Darcy Henton, October 28, 2013, Calgary Herald Alberta believes Ottawa needs to pony up more than $2.6 billion for flood damages in the southern part of the province, Premier Alison Redford said Monday. Redford told reporters after a speech to the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce ...

Data lacking on gas drilling waste disposal by Ken Ward Jr., October 22, 2013, The Charleston Gazette A 2011 law has provided new information about what natural gas companies are doing with the huge amounts of waste generated by West Virginia’s drilling boom, but major data gaps remain, a legislative committee heard Tuesday. Evan Hansen, president ...

Romanian farmers choose subsistence over shale gas, Chevron says its activities are safe, wants dialogue by Luiza Ilie, October 27, 2013, Reuters The small hilly town of Pungesti in eastern Romania could be sitting on vast reserves of shale gas and U.S. energy major Chevron wants to find it. But the people of Pungesti want nothing ...

Strictly Business: Schuyler County Farm Bureau rejects fracking by G. Jeffrey Aaron, October 26, 2013, Star Gazette under Business More than 150 municipalities in New York have passed a ban or moratorium on gas drilling or fracking, according to FracTracker. Earlier this month, Schuyler County’s Farm Bureau joined the fold. Ed Gates, a dairy farmer who ...

Dryden Fracking Ban to be Tried in New York Court of Appeals by Gretchen Reeves, October 26, 2013, Houghton Star A recent amendment to zoning legislation in the town of Dryden, NY has propelled the town of 15,000 up to New York State’s highest court and to the forefront of the anti-fracking cause. Despite being banned ...

Pipeline Drilling Mud Enters Creek by Fred Connors, October 27, 2013, The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register An infiltration of more than 6,000 gallons of “drilling mud” into a Valley Grove home Thursday appears to be part of a larger natural gas pipeline problem, as the fluid also seeped into nearby Little Wheeling Creek twice last week. West ...

Province to spend $9.2 million on mental health support for flood victims, no support for victims of water, land and air pollution from hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas by Jason van Rassel, October 25, 2013, Calgary Herald The amount, which is part of a $50 million package previously announced by the province, will be split among ...

National chief throws support behind Mi’kmaq Warrior Society shale gas protest by Canadian Press, October 24, 2013, Calgary Herald The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has met with the council of the Elsipogtog First Nation near Rexton, N.B., where there is an ongoing protest against shale gas exploration. Shawn Atleo issued a statement ...

Carcinogens emitted from Canada’s main fossil fuel hub, study says, U.S. researchers say they found a high incidence of blood cancers among men in Alberta’s ‘Industrial Heartland.’ by Neela Banerjee, October 25, 2013, LA Times WASHINGTON — A new study has detected air pollutants, including carcinogens, in areas downwind of Canada’s main fossil fuel hub in ...

Small fortune is lost when oil giant’s well collides with family business by Gayathri Vaidyanathan, October 24, 2013, E&E News Naomi Parker and her ex-husband, the proprietors of Parko Oil LLC, own 10 oil wells in the San Juan Basin of Sandoval County, N.M. It may seem an unusual retirement investment, but with the price of oil ...

“We should probably stop fracking there right now,” Cold Lake bitumen leak has likely contaminated groundwater, report says by Sheila Pratt, October 23, 2013, Edmonton Journal Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) workers cleaning up the bitumen emulsion on this marsh after it seeped up through a fissure under the water at their Primrose oilsand projects north of Cold Lake, ...

Warning: There are fracking bombs in Parker County by TXSHARON, October 23, 2013, Blue Daze President Obama knows about this. The EPA knows about this. The Texas Railroad Commission knows about this. Scientists know about this. Range Resources knows about this. No one is doing anything about this.  Battleground Dimock property sold, deed bars owners from building home there by Laura Legere, ...

LISTEN: Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst October 23, 2013, CFAX 1070 Ian and Jessica chat about: The Mi’kmaq blockade in New Brunswick and other communities around the world standing firm against hydraulic fracturing; Inappropriate extreme police response to legal expression of constitutional rights; Hawaii’s recent unanimous vote to ban hydraulic fracturing; The Constitutional Court upholding France banning and criminalizing hydraulic ...

WATCH: Final Vote to Ban Fracking on Hawaii Island by Occupy Hawaii, October 17, 2013 October 16, 2013 The Hawaii County Council discusses and votes to pass Bill 129 which bans hydraulic fracturing on Hawaii Island. This was the 2nd and final reading by the Council. The bill now goes to the Mayor’s desk for signature, then it ...

Alberta Landowners the Campbells Dispute Energy Regulator over Polluted Well, Couple says ‘glaring’ data on industry-caused water contamination is ignored by Andrew Nikiforuk, October 18, 2013, TheTyee.ca

LISTEN: Anna Marie Tremonti interviews Jessica Ernst and her lead lawyer Murray Klippenstein on The Current October 22, 2013, CBC Radio With more on immunity for energy regulators, we were joined by Richard Dixon. He’s the Executive Director of the Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment, at the University of Alberta. Richard Dixon was in ...

Data lacking on gas drilling waste disposal by Ken Ward Jr., October 22, 2013, The Charleston Gazette A 2011 law has provided new information about what natural gas companies are doing with the huge amounts of waste generated by West Virginia’s drilling boom, but major data gaps remain, a legislative committee heard Tuesday. Evan Hansen, president ...

Alberta upholding ban of aboriginal groups at oilsands hearing, Decision comes depite urging of Appeal Court judge to loosen restrictions on who can attend by The Canadian Press, October 20, 2013, CBC News N.B. Premier firm on shale-gas pledge as anti-fracking protesters cheer injunction’s end by Jane Taber, October 21, 2013, The Globe and Mail Just days after a ...

Mi’kmaq Warrior risks losing leg after being shot by RCMP rubber slug in Thursday’s cop attack. Internal bleeding went untended for two days due to shock by Miles Howe, October 20, 2013 Elsipogtog, New Brunswick – It has taken three days, but sadly there is now the potential of a very serious injury arising from last Thursday’s ...

Alberta won’t review excluding bands from oilsands hearings by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press October 20, 2013, Edmonton Journal The Alberta government says it won’t reconsider recent decisions to bar two aboriginal groups from voicing concerns about oilsands developments on or near their traditional territories. That refusal comes despite urgings from a Queen’s Bench judge to ...

MUST READ: Transcript: Results of ethics complaint against AP reporter Kevin Begos by TXSHARON, OCTOBER 19, 2013, Blue Daze Some Landowners harmed by fracking n Pa. change their tone, let themselves get bought by Associated Press, October 6, 2013, Vindy.com Now some critics are doing what was once unthinkable: working with the industry. Some are even signing lucrative gas ...

Heavy-handed response to the Elsipogtog blockade in New Brunswick by Peter Raaymakers, October 18, 2013, Ottawa Citizen Perhaps it can be seen as an extension of the Canadian “pioneer” spirit mentioned by Governor General David Johnston in the most recent speech from the throne. That spirit, according to the current government, pushed settlers to build “an ...

WATCH: West side landowner protests oil drilling in Lethbridge by Teri Fikowski, October 17, 2013, Global News   Potential future oil and gas development within Lethbridge city limits has become a contentious issue among residents. Jenny Skinner is among those concerned and protesting oil exploration on her property. She owns 160 acres of farm land in southwest Lethbridge and says ...

Front Page: Steps taken in Rosebud CBM lawsuit by Pat Kolafa, October 17, 2013, Drumheller Mail A suit filed by Rosebud landowner Jessica Ernst alleging water contamination, will go ahead, but without the Energy Resource Conservation Board (ERCB). Ernst filed a $33 million suit against Encana, Alberta Environment and the ERCB. The claims are for damaging ...

This Is Your Brain on Toxins by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 16, 2013, The New York Times “Lead helps to guard your health.” That was the marketing line that the former National Lead Company used decades ago to sell lead-based household paints. Yet we now know that lead was poisoning millions of children and permanently damaging their ...

Wyoming high court to hear fracking chemical disclosure suit by Mead Gruver, Associated Press, October 17, 2013, Seatle.pi The Wyoming Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Nov. 20 over whether the public has the right to obtain lists of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing or if those ingredients are corporate trade secrets that may ...

Harper’s war on science continues with a vengeance, If Stephen Harper agenda succeeds, the result is a diminished Canada, afraid of open-ended questions and speculative science by Raffi Anderian, October 13, 2013, The Toronto Star This week, after another tumultuous summer of scandal and the third prorogation of his tenure as prime minister, Stephen Harper will ...

Who watches the watch dog by Linde Turner, October 17, 2013, Strathmore Standard Who watches the Watch dog by Linde Turner, October 15, 2013, Cochrane Times

Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst, Alberta Environmental Consultant (1:30 pm to 2:00 pm) October 9, 2013, CFAX 1070 Radio Ian Jessop interviews Jessica about her trip to Newfoundland and Justice Wittmann’s ruling granting the Alberta Energy Regulator complete  immunity from lawsuits, even for violating the constitutional rights of Canadians.

Natural world needs protection by Colette Belanger, Sundre, October 15, 2013, Mountain View Gazette Is the vulnerable population at risk? by Kimberly Mildenstein, Mountain View County, October 15, 2013, Mountain View Gazette

The Courts: Jessica Ernst and the Honourable Neil Wittmann, Chief Justice, Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta  by Robin Mathews, October 15, 2013, The Straight Goods The present “Jessica Ernst Case” in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta is – in my estimation – in the process of creating an historic, huge, and dangerous miscarriage of justice. In ...

What Lies Beneath: An Investigation into Hydraulic Fracturing: Alberta landowners fracking fumes damages to health 4:56 Min. by Jessica Stone, October 11, 2013, CCTV America CCTV Insight presents What Lies Beneath (21 clips), a week long series where we investigate the Natural Gas revolution in the United States spearheaded by a highly controversial technology known as “Hydraulic Fracturing.” Dr. ...

Romania anti-fracking protesters block Chevron test drilling by AFP, October 14, 2013, google.com Pungesti — Hundreds of Romanian villagers opposed to fracking blocked Monday a convoy of vehicles intending to start test drilling for US energy giant Chevron. Around 400 inhabitants of the eastern village of Pungesti, including many children and women, rallied on a nearby ...

NO THANKS NO GIVING: MI’KMAQ CALL FOR ACTIONS OCT 18T by reclaim turtle island, October 12, 2013 Honourable Warrior of the Mi’kmaq, Suzane Patles: “even the corporate monster is envious of what we have because we have all the love and support….” Warrior Society Call to Support Elsipogtog Seizure of Fracking Equipment NO THANKS NO GIVING: MI’KMAQ CALL FOR ACTIONS OCT ...

Europe Votes to Tighten Rules on Drilling Method by James Kanter, October 9, 2013, The New York Times European Union lawmakers voted narrowly on Wednesday to force energy companies to carry out in-depth environmental audits before they deploy a technique known as fracking to recover natural gas from shale rock. The rules were narrowly approved by the ...

Crosbie column sounded like a sales pitch by Reed Weir, Port au Port, October 12, 2013, The Telegram John Crosbie’s Oct. 5 column, “West coast hoping for its own oil boom,” is sad on so many levels. Obviously Crosbie has been sorely taken advantage of. That would be the kindest explanation. I live on the west ...

Fracking in Manitoba by Dennis LeNeveu, Fall 2013, Manitoba EcoNetwork Journal References 1 Fox, J.N. and Nicolas, M.P.B., Oil in Manitoba: Exploration, production, reserves and revenues presented at AEPGM Professional Development Seminar, Winnipeg Manitoba, December 5, 2012 2 Welch, M.A. Fracking on the Rise in Manitoba, Winnipeg Free Press, July 2, 2013 3 The U. S. Energy policy Research ...

The Judgement Gaz de houille – Jessica Ernst va en appel Translation of Andrew Nikiforuk’s article below by Amie du Richelieu (with note: It’s Thanksgiving, after all…), October 13, 2013 Alberta Energy Regulator Given Immunity in Landmark Fracking Suit, ‘I have no choice but to appeal’, says plaintiff Jessica Ernst, who alleges industry polluted her water by Andrew Nikiforuk, October 9, 2013, TheTyee.ca Ernst, who ...

Frackez-vous: French court passes ultimate fracking ban by Common Sense Canadian, October 12, 2013 Read this story from Climate Progress on the fracking ban upheld by France’s constitutional court – perhaps the strongest yet in the world. France’s ban on fracking was finally completed Friday, as its constitutional court upheld a 2011 law prohibiting the practice and canceling ...

24 Salem Residents File Lawsuit Against Antero Resources and Hall Drilling LLC by Kim Freda, October 11, 2013, wboy.com More than 20 Salem residents have filed a lawsuit in Harrison County Circuit Court against Antero Resources Corporation, Antero Resources Bluestone, and Hall Drilling LLC, citing that oil and gas operations near their homes have negatively impacted ...

The environmental risks of fracking in Eagle Plains by Peter Ion, October 11, 2013, The Whitehorse Star

DEP OKs drill cuttings as fill in city by Kent Jackson, October 11, 2013, Standard Speaker Hazleton Creek Properties received approval to accept drill cuttings from one site – Clean Earth of Williamsport, department Spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said. Previously, drill cuttings have been disposed in Pennsylvania landfills with liners, and it was unclear Thursday if Hazleton ...

Jefferson Co. dairy farmer wins in court by Kristy Foster Seachrist, October 3, 2013, Farm and Dairy STEUBENVILLE, Ohio  — A federal court ruled in favor of a Jefferson County dairy farmer and terminated his oil and gas lease. U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of David E. ...

Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Present Conservative Government Led By Stephen Harper. Part Five. Capitalist Fascism or Democratic Socialism by Robin Mathews, October 10, 2013 At the present, in Canada, it’s fascism, Conservative government style. Built on a mountain of lies. The first lie ...

Montana Towns Struggle With Oil Boom Cost as Dollars Flee by Jennifer Oldham, October 10, 2013, Bloomberg Business The prairie community straddles the state line with North Dakota and needs a new water tank, improvements to its sewage treatment plant and curbs and gutters. The price tag: $14.4 million — five times the city’s $2.7 million ...

Federal government prepares $24-million oilsands advertising blitz by Alex Boutilier with a file from Jason Fekete, Post Media News, October 10, 2013, Calgary Herald The federal Conservatives hope to counter “intense and sustained public relations campaigns” against Alberta’s oilsands with a $24-million international advertising blitz. The two-year ad campaign will target political and business leaders, as ...

Superior Court quashes Midwest Energy’s appeal in Hallowich case by Barbara Miller, October 9, 2013, Observer Reporter State Superior Court dismissed MarkWest Energy’s appeal of a Washington County Court decision that unsealed a previously secret settlement between Marcellus Shale firms and the Hallowich family, former residents of Mt. Pleasant Township who moved from their home and ...

Fracking firm was barred from using chemical, Balcombe meeting told, Environment Agency blocked use of antimony trioxide but allowed use of oxirane despite protesters’ concerns by Fiona Harvey and Adam Vaughan, October 10, 2013, The Guardian The UK’s fracking pioneer Cuadrilla was prevented by the Environment Agency from using a hazardous chemical at its drilling site ...

Ontario Environment Commissioner Gord Miller says government dismantling environmental protections by Canadian Press, October 10, 2013, Ottawa Citizen Ontario’s environmental watchdog says the Liberal government is deliberately dismantling environmental protections, and warns the changes could have “disastrous results.” Environment Commissioner Gord Miller says protections for species at risk “have been gutted” while major industrial activities can proceed ...

U.S. Shale-Oil Boom May Not Last as Fracking Wells Lack Staying Power by Asjylyn Loder, October 10, 2013, Bloomberg Businessweek Peter Voser says he regrets Shell’s huge bet on US shale by Guy Chazan, October 6, 2013, Financial Times Peter Voser said the failure of Royal Dutch Shell’s huge bet on US shale was a big regret of ...

Europe Votes to Tighten Rules on Drilling Method by James Kanter, October 9, 2013, The New York Times European Union lawmakers voted narrowly on Wednesday to force energy companies to carry out in-depth environmental audits before they deploy a technique known as fracking to recover natural gas from shale rock. The rules were narrowly approved by ...

Canadian spies met with energy firms, documents reveal, Government agency that allegedly spied on Brazil had secret meetings with energy companies by Martin Lukacs and Tim Groves, October 9, 201, The Guardian The Canadian government agency that allegedly hacked into the Brazilian mining and energy ministry has participated in secret meetings in Ottawa where Canadian security agencies ...

Recent fact-finding mission to Bakken oil field paid little attention to environmental concerns by CBC News, October 09, 2013 “The message we got from industry was ‘there are no impacts we are doing it better every day’,” Weledeh MLA Bob Bromley said. “There’s some 800 waste water pits which contain fracking chemicals many of those ...