The New York State Petroleum Council (NYSPC), part of the American Petroleum Institute, is launching a free webinar series for the public–particularly residents of New York–tomorrow (Wednesday). Apparently the NYSPC has taken to heart the admonishment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo who recently lectured the NYSPC about getting more of the public on the pro-drilling bandwagon [...]
Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s been entirely too long since the Marcellus Shale drilling industry has had a serious allegation of water contamination leveled against it, so it’s time to manufacture a faux “controversy” and attempt to smear the industry. Thank God for the AP and Scranton Times-Tribune, who will readily comply and do just [...]
MDN has to confess this one is a head scratcher. Last week MDN received a media alert that the 77,000-member Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY) has taken up Gov. Cuomo’s challenge to educate lawmakers and the general public about shale gas drilling. The JLCNY will host a meeting in Albany for lawmakers, their [...]
In May 2012, the Dept. of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new list of rules for fracking on federal lands (see BLM Issues Proposed New Rule for Fracking Federal Lands for a copy of the original proposed rules). The proposal was a disaster and quickly pulled by the BLM for reconsideration. A year [...]
FracFocus, the online national hydraulic fracturing chemical registry launched in April of 2011, is about to get even better. Version 2.0 of FracFocus launching June 1 will include better search capabilities and improved data verification.
MDN told you a month ago that the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) had voted to sell water from its plentiful reservoirs and lakes to Antero Resources and Gulfport Energy for use in Utica Shale fracking operations (see Muskingum Watershed Votes to Sell 209M Gals of Water for Fracking). Of the 209 million gallons they [...]
What’s this: An anti-drilling idea MDN can endorse? Say it ain’t so! But it is…
A new study by Duke University researchers and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds “no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.” The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Applied Geochemistry (full copy embedded below), looked at samples from 127 water wells across the state. In those few cases where they found methane, it [...]
Huh. Talk about schizophrenia… A poll of Pennsylvania residents conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College last fall
It appears that once again the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making a play at regulating oil and gas drilling, an activity specifically left to
With the raising of three hands, DeWitt, NY (near Syracuse) stripped away the Constitutional rights of their landowning citizens on Monday night. Freedom in yet
On Monday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry made a rare appearance on the Texas House floor to honor the man most responsible for America becoming a net exporter of energy
A member of the Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, a staunchly anti-drilling organization, makes what may be to some a startling admission in a recent editorial:
A 16-page, $550 report from Moody’s Investors Service released on Monday says shale drilling in the U.S. is here to stay, gives America an ongoing advantage over
What impact has the self-appointed, self-regulated Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) had so far? You may recall MDN covered the launch of
Earlier this morning in London, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) made some starting statements and predictions about the abundance
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