Do you know an extraordinary individual working to confront the harms of fossil fuels and injustice in their community? We’ve extended the deadline to nominate environmental advocates and community activists for the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship until November 4, 2022. FracTracker Alliance created the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship to celebrate individuals… Read more
Looking to Build Website Traffic (Sponsor) Get a Step Up on Your Competition for a Job or a Career – Step 1: Learn, Step 2: Learn More, and Step 3: Experience and Learn More. Visit Us: http://online-training-courses.info/ Next Thursday, May 17, the Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens or UDRBC will be holding an event in… Read more
The U.S. Department of Transportation offers the public access to their National Pipeline Mapping System via a free online, interactive map and an iPhone app. It displays general information for pipelines carrying gas and hazardous liquids, liquefied natural gas plants, and breakout tanks within a county-wide zone. [amazon_link asins=’1507635796′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’webdespro-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’27ce6143-c4de-11e7-bc84-558f4cd9c907′] While the… Read more
“The centralized waste treatment plant owned and operated by Patriot Water Treatment LLC and the city of Warren’s publicly-owned wastewater treatment plant in Trumbull County (Ohio) were sued by the FreshWater Accountability Project (www.FWAP.org) for significant and ongoing violations of the Clean Water Act. Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services (www.fairshake-els.org) brought the lawsuit on behalf… Read more
ATLANTA (7/2014)—Some homes in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill counties of Pennsylvania have elevated levels of radon gas in indoor air and radium in soils, according to a health consultation released today by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Researchers were unable to determine if a cluster of cases of Polycythemia Vera (PV)… Read more
Wilkes University is hosting a panel discussion entitled “Gas Pipelines in Northeastern PA: Challenges and Solutions” on Thursday, 19 March between 7:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M. The session will be held in Stark Learning Center, Room 101. The event is free. The purpose of the session will be to offer the public a balanced perspective… Read more
The Keystone Clean Water Team would like to this opportunity to thank our current sponsors and supporters who aided in creating our first set of PSAs. It has been a great year. The first set of public service announcements can be found on the Organizations YouTube Site. The Videos are as follows:… Read more
Welcome to Pennsylvania and Welcome to Managing Your Own Small Water Company In Pennsylvania, there are generally no specific construction standards for private wells and there is only some general guidance with respect to well placement and construction. Further, private well water is not regulated by the EPA or PADEP and therefore it is up… Read more
New Courses related to natural gas development, fracturing, oil production and much more. Crude Oil Origins – In this course we will discuss the formation of oil and review the theories of its origin. You will get comprehensive information about oil reservoirs including their structure, oil accumulation, as well as distribution, migration and transformation of reservoir… Read more
The word fracking – First, I personally and professionally dislike the word for a number of reasons. First it is jargon and second it is industry slang. The word lends itself to redefinition and misuse. Definitions – We are defining slang terms? 1) frack·ing, noun \ˈfra-kiŋ\ the injection of fluid into shale beds at high pressure in order… Read more
