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BP Spill, San Bruno Fire, Fracking…Time to Stop Blind Faith in Gas
… the Marcellus Shale region have long been sitting on pins and needles wondering what hydraulic fracking means to their water supply, for example, but that type of regional concern wouldn’t have gotten some of the more national press coverage it has recently received had it not been for BP.
Ditto the San Bruno gas fire. Sure, it would’ve made the headlines, but, as with other localized gas pipe explosions of years gone by, it would’ve been reported as a tragic explosion affecting a …
With Focus on BP, Don’t Lose Sight of Fracking Issues
… a little news story that you most likely missed. About another fossil fuel: natural gas. About Fracking. And, about cattle.
Yes, cattle.
First, some background. I’ve been posting about hydraulic fracturing (aka “fracking “) in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia and how not everyone is thrilled that they’re living on top of a veritable gold mine of natural gas. Most of those who oppose fracking are concerned about the possibility of …
BP Experience Should Have us Catching a Fracking Clue
We’ve posted before about fracking —the hotly debated method of extracting natural gas from the ground, aka “hydraulic fracturing”. It’s a topic that shows up almost daily in newspapers of towns situated in the area of the Marcellus Shale—places in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York—where new sources of natural gas have been discovered. And it’s being debated because some folks aren’t completely …
EPA Gets Fracking on Study
… in ways that threaten human health and the environment.”
Hydraulic fracturing, aka “fracking”, has become a hotly debated extraction method in states like New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia where there are shale formations—the Marcellus Formation stretches out through the Appalachian Basin. Over the last three years, the Marcellus Shale has become increasingly important as gas discoveries in the area point to a vastly undertapped energy source. Estimates put the …
Don’t Miss Movie Blows Lid off Tort Reform
… this summer’s sure-to-be cult favorite movie is…
More insidious than Big Oil and fracking …
More damning than the water movie “Flow” …
More frightening than genetically modified food…
And it’s going to make you think a lot more about tort reform and what it means to you and me. About caps on awards and about mandatory arbitration . About protecting your rights. And about what it’s been like for four individuals and their families to have tried to …
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