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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Duke study finds radioactive hot spots in PA tributaries Levels below shale discharge 200 X above background

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Radioactive waste discharged into rivers from shale gas operations in Pennsylvania exceed regulatory thresholds and pose an environmental r...
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

NY’s fracking future hinges on opaque health review Process clouded by secrecy, group sues to open records.

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It was one year ago that state officials added a twist to the protracted controversy over whether and where to allow fracking in New York. ...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Will NY natural gas future break from problems of its past? DEC lacks funds to plug tens of thousands of leaky wells

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Discharge from this abandoned well killed an acre of vegetation in Oneida County The debate over natural gas development in New York has...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

New study: EPA on target with estimates of methane leaks PNAS offers latest contribution to controversial field

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(Updated Sept. 17 with statement from Cathles and link to Dot Earth post. Updated Sept. 18 with link and reference to Steve Horn’s report of...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Cabot demolishes home central to Dimock water dispute Methane problems persist in 9-square mile no-drilling zone

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The Sautner home became focus of the antifracking movement PHOTO JAMES PITARRESI  Cabot Oil & Gas executives may have ongoing probl...
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Friday, September 6, 2013

Home Rule adversaries welcome date with high court Ruling on towns’ role in fracking battle will be ‘definitive’

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Jurisdictional rights of local governments – an issue known as Home Rule -- will have monumental influence on where and if shale gas wells...
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Monday, August 26, 2013

Finite fossils, energy poverty, and other benchmarks

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I will be mostly off line through Labor Day as I attempt some vacation time in northern New York with family. Upon my return, I expect to f...