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Trican Donates $5 million for cancer research by Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, December 14, 2011 (From left to right) President & CEO, Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, Saifa Koonar; Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Board Chair, Jim Truesdale; President, University of Calgary, Elizabeth Cannon; President & COO, Trican Well Service, Donald R. Luft; Oncology Patient, 8-year-old Ethan ...

Trican Donates $5 Million to Fight Childhood Cancer by Trican Well Service Ltd., December 14, 2011, Canada News Wire The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation received a generous gift of $5 milliontoday from Trican Well Service Ltd. in support of childhood cancer care at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, as well as research at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research ...

Fresh fracking furore by Donwald Pressly, December 14 2011, IOL Business Report Jonathan Deal of the Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG), said the finding – after a three-year study – that fracking was the likely source of contamination of groundwater near the town of Pavillion in Wyoming – should send “shock waves” through the oil and gas ...

Poisoning link threatens future of fracking, US study casts doubt on controversial shale gas extraction process by Tom Bawden, December 14, 2011, The Independent A study by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into hydraulic fracturing reported finding a host of chemicals in the groundwater around shale gas wells in Wyoming state. These included petroleum hydrocarbons such as ...

Ewart: EPA fracking report raises sticky issues by Stephen Ewart, December 14, 2011, Calgary Herald When Encana responded with a multi-point rebuttal that “strongly” disagreed with the EPA report – it stopped just short of calling the agency incompetent… If the EPA’s draft findings prove accurate, it will be a critical point in the fracking debate; the implications ...

Investors press natural-gas drillers to cut risks from fracking by Bloomberg in Legal issues, December 13, 2011, fuelfix.com Natural-gas producers must do more to reduce environmental harm from hydraulic fracturing and disclose U.S. drilling risks, according to groups representing investors with more than $130 billion in assets. “There have been numerous incidents of poorly constructed wells, equipment failures, degraded local ...

Hydrofracking sure to contaminate water by Paul Hetzler, environmental engineering technician with NYSDEC, December 13, 2011, Watertown Daily Times There’s no such thing as a perfect well seal. Occasionally sooner, often later, well seals can and do fail, period. No confining layer is completely competent; all geologic strata leak to some extent. The fact that a less-transmissive layer ...

Hydrofracking sure to contaminate water by Paul Hetzler, environmental engineering technician with NYSDEC, December 13, 2011, Watertown Daily Times There’s no such thing as a perfect well seal. Occasionally sooner, often later, well seals can and do fail, period. No confining layer is completely competent; all geologic strata leak to some extent. The fact that a less-transmissive layer ...

Black, Foamy Water Worries Fracking Neighbors by Rosanne Skirble, December 12, 2011, VOA News Initial tests of McIntyre’s well water showed unsafe levels of toluene, a volatile and toxic petrochemical that causes nausea and headaches. McEvoy’s well water had arsenic. … “I want my water back. … They took it from me and I want it back.”

Alberta woman tells tale of fracking woes by Shannon MacLeod, December 12, 2011. Times and Transcript “I believe this is so important that if a community asks for help, I go to give help and information. It’s to brainstorm and gather information that the communities need.”…The Canadian Council of Minister of the Environment held an important workshop in ...

Encana slams EPA water contamination report by Nathan Vanderklippe and Carrie Tait, December 12, 2011, The Globe and Mail Encana said Monday it “strongly disagrees” with the EPA findings, accusing the agency of basing its conclusions on “conjecture” that “only serve to trigger undue alarm.”

Federal panel calls for greater environmental concern in gas drilling December 12, 2011, Penn Energy

Fracking: a modern method to extract oil and gas – may be contaminating drinking supplies in Wyoming by Timothy Gardner, December 11, 2011, Christian Science Monitor EnCana Corp of Canada, which owns the natural gas field in Pavillion, Wyoming, slammed the report. “The synthetic chemicals could just as easily have come from contamination when the EPA did their ...

Everyone’s frothing about fracking by Michael MacDonald, December 11, 2011, The Chronicle Herald The newer process, they say, has a much bigger impact on the environment, especially when things go wrong. … Kevin Heffernan, vice-president of the Calgary-based Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources, says the energy industry is responding to public concerns. “That’s one of the things that ...

Everyone’s frothing about fracking by Michael MacDonald, December 11, 2011, The Chronicle Herald Industry says process is safe but the dangers are galvanizing communities.… While there have been news reports of contaminated wells, accidents and safety infractions in the United States, industry representatives say the relatively small number of high-profile cases are getting undue attention. The industry also ...

Fracking: a modern method to extract oil and gas – may be contaminating drinking supplies in Wyoming by Timothy Gardner, December 11, 2011, Christian Science Monitor The EPA said Wyoming was much more vulnerable than other areas to water contamination from fracking chemicals because drilling there often takes place much closer to the surface than in other states.

Fracking test results likely won’t change energy game, There’s too much at stake despite EPA report on water pollution by Gary Lamphier, December 10, 2011, Edmonton Journal

2011 Jessica Ernst at Memramcook with Florian Levesque New Brunswick December 10, 2011

Group Says: Fracking is not Healthy for Humans and Other Living Things December 9, 2011, Public News Service

US Study Casts Pall over BC’s Shale Gas Biz: Despite industry safety assurances, EPA finds hydraulic fracturing fluids in drinking water by Andrew Nikiforuk, December 9, 2011, TheTyee.ca After finding elevated levels of methane and diesel fuel in domestic Pavillion water wells in 2010, the EPA installed two deep groundwater monitoring wells to determine if the contamination was ...

How the EPA linked “fracking” to contaminated well water by Scott K. Johnson, December 9, 2011, Ars technica More importantly, several synthetic and unusual compounds were detected, including 2-butoxyethanol, isopropanol, and a few glycols—all of which are known to be used in fracking fluids. Another compound, tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), is a breakdown component of a couple different potential ...

WATCH:  NB Newsmaker December 9, 2011, CBC News Rachel Cave talks with Jessica the natural gas industry damaged her quality of life

Scientist in N.B. to tell hydro-fracking story December 9, 2011, CBC News “If they cannot get EnCana to heed the regulations and the laws in place to protect ground water in Alberta, you’re not going to have a chance of getting the companies to do that here,” Ernst said.

LISTEN: Fractured Future December 9, 2011 (posted December 12), CBC News Alberta Woman Says Water Contaminated by Fracking

Jessica Ernst at Upham New Brunswick December 9, 2011 

2011 12 FN Resolution 69-2011 Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing December 6, 7, and 8, 2011. Certified copy of a resolution adopted on the 8th day of December, 2011 in Ottawa, Ontario Most First Nations in Canada have not given their free, prior and informed consent to hydraulic fracturing on their territory. Most First Nations communities are not ...

Ban fracking, says Yukon NDP, Energy critic says method should not be used until found safe December 8, 2011, CBC News “In other jurisdictions, drinking water, water tables and whole watersheds have been contaminated with toxins and carcinogens. There have been, as yet, no public discussions or any efforts to honestly and accurately describe this non-conventional form of ...

EPA Releases Draft Findings of Pavillion, Wyoming Ground Water Investigation for Public Comment and Independent Scientific Review December 8, 2011, EPA EPA’s analysis of samples taken from the Agency’s deep monitoring wells in the aquifer indicates detection of synthetic chemicals, like glycols and alcohols consistent with gas production and hydraulic fracturing fluids, benzene concentrations well above Safe ...

EPA says fracking likely polluted Wyoming aquifer by Timothy Gardner, December 8, 2011, Reuters The agency said “the best explanation” for the pollution was that fluids from underground hydraulic fracturing migrated up from fracking operations and contaminated the aquifer. “The presence of these compounds is consistent with migration from areas of gas production,” it said. EnCana Corp of Canada, ...

Encana denies polluting Wyoming aquifer by Edward McAllister, December 8, 2011, Reuters

Fracking likely linked to groundwater pollution in U.S. December 8, 2011. CBC News

Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking by Abrahm Lustgarten and Nick Kusnetz, December 8, 2011, ProPublica In the 121-page draft report released today, EPA officials said that the contamination near the town of Pavillion, Wyo., had most likely seeped up from gas wells and contained at least 10 compounds known to be used in frack fluids. “The presence ...

Encana on defensive over groundwater fouled by fracking by Nathan Vanderklippe, December 8, 2011, The Globe and Mail Other types of synthetic organic compounds, like tert-butyl alcohol – which is not expected to be found naturally in groundwater – were also discovered. Sampling showed the elevated presence of gasoline, diesel, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. Some of those ...

EPA Pavillion report stokes fire over fracking by Dustin Bleizeffer, December 8, 2011, Wyofile Energy Report Yet the reason EPA is investigating polluted water in Pavillion is because area residents said they asked the same question of EnCana about its wells, and they were stonewalled. They complained they got pretty much the same treatment when they went to ...

Jessica Ernst at Tatamagouche Nova Scotia December 8, 2011

Legal fallout from nuclear bomb frack job reaches Colorado Supreme Court by David O. Williams, December 7, 2011, The Colorado Independent Even as state oil and gas regulators mull over new rules for the disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the Colorado Supreme Court is pondering whether citizen activist groups can intervene on matters like the ultimate ...

Burning Love by Elizabeth Kolbert, December 5, 2012, The New Yorker Nevertheless, as the Times recently reported, contamination with fracking fluid has occurred. (Details of contamination cases are difficult to get, because most of the records have been sealed in litigation.)…A recent study by researchers at Duke University showed that methane frequently leaks into drinking water near active ...

Jessica Ernst at Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton Nova Scotia December 4, 2011

Fracking safety concerns a festering issue by Stephen Ewart, December 3, 2011, Calgary Herald In response to a question Wednesday, Alberta Environment and Water Minister Diana McQueen said her staff were engaged in policy discussions with other government departments “before we move heavily into fracking.”…Is the province getting ahead of the issue or not? Is it developing a ...

Dr. Tony Ingraffea and Jessica Ernst at Truro Nova Scotia December 3, 2011

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa bans hydraulic fracturing on reservation by James MacPherson, December 2, 2011, Associated Press, Bismarck Tribune

LISTEN: Jessica Ernst & Jennifer West on CKDU’s Habitat 88.1 FM, December 2, 2011 Erica Butler interviewed Rose, AB resident Jessica Ernst and the Ecology Action Centre’s Jennifer West on her program Habitat regarding fracking and shale gas development in Nova Scotia.

Oh, Canada’s Become a Home for Record Fracking by Nicholas Kusnetz, December 28, 2011, ProPublica The government’s report concluded that the methane in her well might be occurring naturally because tests showed similar levels of gas in nearby wells. But the tests were conducted after Ernst noticed the changes in her water — she saw the results as ...

Dr. Tony Ingraffea and Jessica Ernst at Halifax Nova Scotia December 2, 2011

EnCana frac’d the blue icing by Jessica Ernst, Halifax, Nova Scotia December 2, 2011

A Rock and a Hard Place, The energy industry calls fracking a game changer by Chris Wood in December 2011 Issue, The Walrus EAST OF CALGARY, the snow-dusted prairie is the white of the December sky. Dropping into a coulee, the bare two-lane blacktop turns sharply right at the hamlet of Rosebud, and I follow a side ...

Drilling regulators pull double duty as industry promoters by Mike Soraghan, November 30, 2011, E&E Publishing The explosion nearly knocked Jim Eubanks off his feet and did knock his house partially off its foundation. Outside, flames were shooting up at an Encana Corp. well about a quarter-mile from his house. His neighbors in a community outside Silt, Colo., ...

New evidence shows Lobbyist Registrar missed the mark in his report on cozy relationship between government and energy industry: documents show CAPP called the shots on government plans for shale gas Alberta Federation of Labour Press Release, November 30, 2011 “The newly released documents show that CAPP took the lead in talks with the government to develop ...

Clash over local drilling by Sarah Junkin, November 30, 2011, p. 6, Cochrane Times “we found it patronizing and insulting to sit there listening to a lecture on how to maintain our water wells when they’re actually making toxic soup in our communities,” Pearsall-Pickup said, adding she didn’t understand why there wasn’t a question answer session afterwards. “Why ...

Fracking issue in spotlight once again by Derek Clouthier, November 30, 2011, Cochrane Eagle “We found the open house extremely disturbing,” said POWERS coordinator Patty Pickup, who emphasized the importance of a set of 40 questions her group submitted to several oil and gas companies nearly eight months ago. “It’s all about those 40 questions. We did (it) ...

EnCana donates towards new indoor playground in Dawson Creek by Matthew Baines, November 29, 2012, EnergenicCity.ca

Alleged gas-drilling contamination of Wyoming well water scraps EnCana sale by Abrahm Lustgarten, November 29, 2012, ProPublica The Canadian oil and gas company EnCana, which at one time held the record for the highest state fine for a gas-drilling spill case in Colorado, has been stymied in its attempt to sell a Wyoming gas field where hydraulic fracturing ...

Company backs out of deal to buy controversial Wyoming assets by Jim Magill, November 29, 2011, Platts.com Steven Pruett, president and chief financial officer of Midland, Texas-based Legacy Reserves, said Tuesday the company had reached an agreement with Encana to terminate an agreement for Legacy to buy the assets in Fremont County, Wyoming. … Pruett cited “the ongoing ...

Alberta worked with industry on fracking PR strategy by Charles Rusnell, November 29, 2011, CBC News Officials from the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the arm’s length regulator of the oil and gas industry in Alberta, also attended the meetings. Minutes from a June 9, 2011 meeting reveal the government approved of this collaborative plan. … But although they ...

Buyer nixes deal for controversial Wyoming natural gas assets by Jeremy Fugleberg, November 28, 2011, Star-Tribune In a terse news release issued Wednesday, Legacy Reserves LP of Midland, Texas, said it will not buy the natural gas assets in the Pavillion area owned by Calgary, Alberta-based Encana Corp. … The company had a chance to “really appreciate” an ...

Bakken Watch sees a flip side to fracking by Lauren Donovan, November 27, 2011, Bismark Tribune Kitko said the state was wrong to allocate $1 million to legally fend off a move by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to regulate fracking under the Safe Drinking Water Act. “We think this is a tremendous waste of money. We’re appalled ...

Helms says EPA could halt fracking in oil patch by Lauren Donovan, November 27, 2011, Bismarck Tribune Diesel or some distillate gets used only when it’s very cold and other oils would freeze or when there’s no available alternative. “If you didn’t have cold in North Dakota, probably no one would use diesel,”

EnCana donates $200 to transition home for women and children in Dawson Creek by Matthew Baines, November 25, 2011, EnergeticCity.ca Local employees with the Calgary-based oil and gas producer raised $200 through an internal fundraising campaign, and the company matched that amount for a total contribution of $400

‘Frack hell is imminent’ November 25, 2011 by Caroline Zentner, Lethbridge Herald “I have learned that in Alberta you are to toe the line whether you’re an oil patch consultant or a citizen.”… “I have learned painfully that I trust no politician in this province, I trust no regulator staff at the ERCB and I trust nobody at ...

Jessica Ernst at the University of Lethbridge Alberta November 24, 2011

Battle For Wetzel County: Short Documentary Chronicles Impacts of Fracking In West Virginia by Brendan Demelle, November 21, 2011, Desmogblog One man fights back tears as he shows a photo of a fracking tanker truck dumping contaminated post-drilling wastewater on a road that schoolchildren walk on every day. “This industry is out of control in the state of ...

Shale gas will be ‘revolutionary’ in Alberta, ERCB head says, Regulators retool for a coming wave of unconventional gas development by Jeff Lewis, November 21, 2011, Alberta Oil Magazine Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) is quietly preparing for the arrival of large-scale shale gas development in the province, moving quickly to craft regulations specifically tailored to the ...

Fracking and Quaking: They’re Linked And scientists, the military, and frackers themselves have known it for years by Andrew Nikiforuk, November 18, 2011, TheTyee.ca “We should also investigate with increased rigorous objectivity, all areas at risk in which seismicity may be induced through current activity of oil and gas production, enhanced oil recovery by water injection and in ...

Another Blow To Dirty Energy: Fracking Nixed In The Delaware River Basin by Laurel Whitney, November 18, 2011, Desmogblog After Delaware announced they would vote no at Monday’s meeting, as predicted, the meeting was soon cancelled. Ideally citizens would have liked to see fracking legitimately outlawed, but for now, it’s a temporary victory that will keep gas fracking ...

Company buys 23,000 acres of land in Ontario for fracking operations by Brent Patterson, November 18, 2011, Canadians.org In March 2010, the Toronto Star reported that Calgary-based Mooncor Oil & Gas Corp. has been buying land rights in southwestern Ontario for fracking operations. The newspaper article noted that Mooncor intends to drill for shale gas in the Kettle ...

EPA fracking findings in Wyoming relevant in Colorado disclosure debate; Garfield County resident cites parallels between two EnCana cases by David O. Williams, November 17, 2011, The Colorado Independent EnCana in 2004 was hit with a $378,000 fine for failing to properly cement and later fracking a natural gas well near Bracken’s property that ultimately leaked thermogenic and ...

Huntingdon, shale gas and its spreading tentacles by lesamisdurichelieu, November 17, 2011 The impacts of shale gas in Quebec just multiplied, and that means that a lot more people should get worried. You thought it had nothing to do with you? Don’t be so sure!

BC gives gas industry violators gentle treatment by Chris Wood, November 17, 2011, TheTyee.ca How closely does British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission police the province’s thousands of natural gas production, collection and distribution sites? Let’s put it this way: you should be so lucky with traffic tickets. The Commission’s annual report claims that the 6,474 inspections it ...

Situation Normal All Fracked Up by Eliza Griswold, November 17, 2011, New York Times (current title The Fracturing of Pennsylvania) About a year before Haney’s dog died, in the summer of 2009, she began to notice that sometimes her water was black and that it seemed to be eating away at her faucets, washing machine, hot-water heater and dishwasher. When ...

EnCana, chuckwagon driver present cheques for Dawson Creek food bank November 16, 2011, p. 26,dawsoncreek.ca The monetary total includes a contribution from EnCana, which agreed to match cash donations dollar-for-dollar, and $2 per pound of food, up to a total of $10,000.

Frac Tech has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit by Jaime Adame, November 16, 2011, Reporter News Frac Tech Services provides hydraulic fracturing services to gas-well drilling sites, using pressurized rigs to shoot so-called “fracking fluid” into casings deep underground in efforts to fracture rock formations and free natural gas. According to the statement, the woman, ...

No More Drilling in the Dark: Exposing the hazards of natural gas production and protecting America’s drinking water and wildlife habitats by Mékell Mikell, November 16, 2011, National Wildlife Federation While many potential impacts remain unknown, there have been documented cases of pollution and impacts on habitats that raise serious concerns. Fracking chemicals and methane have contaminated underground ...

Family’s lawsuit claims gas driller lied about property value by Don Hopey, November 15, 2011, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Hallowich family, which settled its lawsuit alleging that Marcellus Shale drilling damaged the family’s health and property value, has filed another suit claiming Range Resources has violated the confidential settlement agreement by falsely stating it paid $550,000 for ...

BC reviewing oil and gas industry health risks by Andrew MacLeod, November 15, 2011, TheTyee.ca

Gas Industry Geologists – Not Doctors – Decide If Water Is “Safe” in Alberta Fracking Contamination Cases by Carol Linnit, November 15, 2011, Desmogblog

RFF to study shale-gas development by Marty Niland, November 14, 2011, Energy Now! University of Alberta Professor Karlis Muehlenbachs presented evidence that drilling activity can cause “seeps,” including documented cases of poor well construction allowing gas to migrate to the surface.

Identifying the Sources of Fugitive Methane Associated with Shale Gas Development, updated January 2012 with new data by Karlis Muehlenbachs, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Original presented on November 14, 2011 at Managing the risks of shale gas: Identifying a pathway toward responsible development held at Resources For the Future, ...

Puny fines, scant enforcement leave drilling violators with little to fear by Mike Soraghan, November 14, 2011, E&E News Oil and gas drillers who pollute groundwater, spill toxic chemicals or break other rules have little to fear from the inspectors and agencies regulating the surge in American petroleum production. A Greenwire review of enforcement data from the largest ...

Federal environmental and health agencies collect data from Dimock families by Laura Legere, November 14, 2011, The Times Tribune Three representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry visited Thursday with families around Carter Road, an area of Susquehanna County where state regulators have linked increased methane in water supplies to ...

RFF to study shale-gas development by Marty Niland, November 14, 2011, Energy Now! University of Texas at Austin professor Mukul Sharma gave an overview, concluding that the benefits of development outweigh its risks. He dismissed concerns that the process causes large earthquakes, contaminates groundwater or leads to methane in home water supplies. Sharma attributed well publicized cases of ...

Sour water replaces fresh in Peace River shale gas extraction by Justine Hunter, November 13, 2011, Globe and Mail “We don’t know the hydrological and geological implications of drawing the saline aquifer down. We may be creating a different kind of problem.”

Est. 1885: Old Rail Depot New Home for Gas Worker by Darcie Loreno, November 13, 2011. WKBN.27 “It helps our economy. It just destroys everything else.”

Busted! Fracking Chemical Found in Wyoming Water Supply by Tina Casey, November 13, 2011, Cleantechnica.com As an aside, according to Abrahm the Pavillion gas wells at the center of the residents’ problems are currently owned by the Canadian company EnCana, which continues to deny responsibility.

Busted! Fracking Chemical Found in Wyoming Water Supply by Tina Casey, November 13, 2011, Cleantechnica.com As an aside, according to Abrahm the Pavillion gas wells at the center of the residents’ problems are currently owned by the Canadian company EnCana, which continues to deny responsibility….

EPA Finds Fracking Compound in Wyoming Aquifer, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds fracking compounds in environmental monitoring wells by Abrahm Lustgarten and ProPublica, November 10, 2011, Scientific American

Fracking for Support: Natural Gas Industry Pumps Cash into Congress, New report details 10-year spending campaign by fracking interests to avoid regulation Press Release by Common Cause, November 10, 1011 Natural gas interests have spent more than $747 million during a 10-year campaign – stunningly successful so far – to avoid government regulation of hydraulic “fracking,”… according to a ...

Energy Dept. Panel Warns of Environmental Toll of Current Gas Drilling Practices by Nicholas Kusnetz, November 10, 2011, ProPublica The report also concludes that joint federal and state efforts to ensure water quality are “not working smoothly” and urges the EPA to move unilaterally to improve oversight as it carries out a study on potential effects of hydraulic ...

Gas industry health effects to undergo B.C. study November 10, 2011, CBC News The B.C. government will study any health risks posed by the province’s booming gas industry. Glenda Wager spent hours in a toxic gas cloud after a major leak in 2009. She says she’s still recovering…. Wilma Avery says her lungs were damaged when one company ...

EPA Finds Fracking Compound in Wyoming Aquifer by Abrahm Lustgarten and ProPublica, November 10, 2011, Scientific American

Gas Fracking Industry Using Military Psychological Warfare Tactics and Personnel In U.S. Communities by Brendan Demelle, November 9, 2011, Desmogblog Is Range the only industry player deploying veterans with PSYOPs experience, and using these propaganda techniques in U.S. communities? The company’s leadership role in the Marcellus Shale fracking industry suggests that this practice is likely more widespread. … ...

Next Frontier in Natural Gas Wars: Psy Ops by Kate Sheppard, November 9, 2011, Mother Jones Here’s the direct quote from Range Resources communications director Matt Pitzarella, from a from session titled “Designing a Media Relations Strategy To Overcome Concerns Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing”: “We have several former psy ops folks that work for us at Range because they’re ...

EPA Pavillion Pavillion Groundwater Investigation 2010-2011 Sampling Summary Summary of Results and Next Steps November 9, 2011, EPA EPA released the latest data from Pavillion-area domestic and monitoring wells at a public meeting on November 9, 2011. We are sharing this data with the community, Encana, the state, tribes and federal partners as part of an ongoing ...

Encana donates $1.5 Million  to create Institute for Sustainability and the Environment at Mount Royal University News Release by Mount Royal University, November 9, 2011 “The knowledge students will gain from the use of this equipment in a learning environment, as well as during undergraduate research projects, will also provide them with unique opportunities to translate ...

EPA Pavillion Pavillion Groundwater Investigation 2010-2011 Sampling Summary of Results and Next Steps November 9, 2011, EPA

EPA to announce new water well sampling data at meeting in Pavillion on Wednesday by Mead Gruver, November 8, 2011. Associated Press Doug Hock, an Encana spokesman, said Tuesday that Encana did not plan to send a representative to the EPA meeting.

Statement from the A.G. Schneiderman regarding the feds’ proposed fracking regulations November 8, 2011, NY Office of Attorney General “By issuing these modified draft regulations, the federal government continues to ignore New Yorkers’ concerns about the impact fracking may have on our environment, health and homes. Though modified, these regulations still lack the benefit of a full ...

Oil Executive: Military-Style ‘Psy Ops’ Experience Applied by Eamon Javers, November 8, 2011, CNBC It was a gathering of professionals to discuss “media and stakeholder relations” in the hydraulic fracturing industry — companies using the often-controversial oil and gas extraction technique known as “fracking.” But things took an unexpected twist. CNBC has obtained audiotapes of the event, on ...

Midnight Pennsylvania Explosion Rocks Bedford County; Residents Evacuated When Compressor Station Explodes by Iris Marie Bloom, November 8, 2011, Protecting Our Waters Compressor stations are scary. They emit benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, and other toxic chemicals at an alarming rate. They emit volatile organic chemicals and fine particulate matter which creates ground-level ozone, harming human health and animal health.

EPA to announce new water well sampling data at meeting in Pavillion on Wednesday by Mead Gruver, November 8, 2011. Associated Press Doug Hock, an Encana spokesman, said Tuesday that Encana did not plan to send a representative to the EPA meeting.

Eagle Valley woman urges action on traffic concerns by John Gleeson, November 8, 2011, Mountain View Gazette An Eagle Valley woman is calling for Mountain View County and oil and gas companies to take prompt action to remedy ongoing traffic concerns in the area. Kim Mildenstein presented a list of requests and a litany of concerns ...