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by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire. The peer-reviewed study [... [...]
State Senator David Carlucci will be hosting a showing of Gasland, a documentary by filmmaker Josh Fox tonight at 7 pm at Warwick's Alfred Wisner Library. The film focuses on communities in the United States impacted by natural gas drilling and, s… [...]
Reposted from Yes! Magazine What started as one couple’s fight against gas drilling in their local park grew into a campaign to save more than 700,000 acres of Pennsylvania forest. When Jen Slotterback found a well pad stake in a local… [...]
by Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica When Chesapeake Energy lost control of a Marcellus Shale gas well in Pennsylvania on April 19, an emergency response team from Texas was called in to stop the leak. By the time the team arrived more than 13 hours later,… [...]
I just sent this letter to my representative in the House of Representatives. It will be interesting to see what sort of response I receive. Congresswoman Hayworth,On Saturday afternoon, you called our house to invite us to participate in a tele-… [...]
by John Sullivan, Special to ProPublica In the fall of 2001, inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were so concerned about possible corrosion at Ohio’s Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station [1] that they prepared an emergency order to shut i… [...]
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica One of the main advantages of natural gas is that it is supposed to be far cleaner than oil or coal. Right now Congress is even considering a T. Boone Pickens-inspired bill aimed at converting the nation's truck fl… [...]
by Cliff Weathers Researchers from New York's Cornell University released a shocking report yesterday that shows that the shale gas recovered through hydraulic fracturing operations is more devastating to the air than the burning of coal to crea… [...]
Three State Senators, including Sen. David Carlucci, will host a hearing on May 12 in Stony Point regarding the public's worries about Indian Point's nuclear reactors in light of the recent disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan… [...]
by Cliff Weathers There will be a special screening of the Academy Award winning documentary Gasland on Sunday, April 17 at the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Upper Nyack. The film focuses on communities in the United States impacted by natural gas… [...]
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Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire. The peer-reviewed study [... [...]