Rural road program aims to keep dirty runoff out of streams amid drilling boom
citizensvoice.com/news/rural-road-program-aims-to-keep-dirty-runoff-out-of-streams-amid-drilling-boom-1.1408078 By Laura Legere (staff writer) Published: November 25, 2012 DIMOCK TWP. – Everywhere Tim Ziegler travels dirt tracks and gravel roads in rural Pennsylvania, he sees an insidious threat of pollution beneath his tires. Sediment is the largest pollutant by volume in the commonwealth’s streams, degrading water quality, smothering natural vegetation and destroying fish… Read more
Symbol of PA gas drilling opposition succumbs to offer of money
www.mcall.com/news/local/carpenter/mc-pc-marcellus-gas-drilling-opposition-20121124,0,5968177.column Paul Carpenter November 24, 2012 You have to give Denise Dennis some credit. She did not come cheap. The price tag she put on her virtue is about the same as the amount Gov. Tom Corbett took to sell his soul — or Pennsylvania’s soul, that is — to the gas drilling robber barons… Read more
Conservation groups debate gas drilling ties
www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-gas-drilling-conservation-money-20121123,0,4417994.story Conservation groups considering accepting donations from drilling industry. By Kevin Begos, Of The Associated Press 9:02 p.m. EST, November 23, 2012 PITTSBURGH — As a natural gas drilling boom sweeps Pennsylvania and other states, conservation groups are debating whether it makes sense to work with the industry to minimize impacts to the environment —… Read more
Gas discharge noise startles neighbors – again
citizensvoice.com/news/gas-discharge-noise-startles-neighbors-again-1.1407649 By Robert L. Baker (Staff Writer) Published: November 24, 2012 MONROE TWP. – Elizabeth Ide said her husband, Mark, rousted her out of bed around 3 a.m. Friday, but not to go after post-Thanksgiving sales. There was a loud noise that apparently came from a nearby gas dehydration facility, and it went on and… Read more
Webinar to analyze options for establishing the value of shale gas
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Web-based seminar, “Analyzing the Options for Monetizing the Shale Gas Resource,” will be presented by Penn State Extension at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. The one-hour webinar will examine the growing supply and varying demand for natural gas produced from deep shale formations in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. Uday Turaga, founder… Read more
Rep. White calls on state, federal authorities to investigate DEP
Breaking: PA Rep. Jesse White Challenges DEP Over Deceptive Marcellus Shale Water Testing Practices by Iris Marie Bloom November 2, 2012 protectingourwaters.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/breaking-pa-rep-jesse-white-challenges-dep-over-deceptive-marcellus-shale-water-testing-practices/ An explosive press release issued yesterday by Pennsylvania State Representative Jesse White alleges formally, based on a deposition by a high-ranking PA DEP official, what many residents of “shale country” in Pennsylvania have… Read more
Fracking risks reduce value of properties
New economic study: Fracking risks reduce value of properties dependent on groundwater switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/new_economic_study_fracking_ri.html November 1, 2012 Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. There is a new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)* working paper, from researchers at Resources for the Future and Duke University, on the effect that proximity to a shale gas well… Read more
Emerging water topics focus of upcoming webinar series
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — The effects of Marcellus Shale natural-gas drilling and other emerging water-resources issues will be covered during monthly Web-based seminars produced by Penn State Extension starting this fall. Topics over the next 12 months will include water testing, septic systems, groundwater quality, water education, West Nile virus and managing ponds and lakes.… Read more
Cabot’s Methodology Links Tainted Water Wells to Gas Fracking
www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-02/cabot-s-methodology-links-tainted-water-wells-to-gas-fracking By Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou Jr. on October 02, 2012 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 because the composition of… Read more
Research looks at hydrology, soil constraints to shale-gas development
live.psu.edu/story/61270#nw69 Thursday, September 13, 2012 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Across the Appalachian Plateau in Pennsylvania, 50 to 70 percent of shale-gas pads are being developed on slopes that could be prone to erosion and sedimentation problems, according to researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. The potential for erosion problems is substantial because of… Read more
