Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night in June when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where … [Read more…]
Split Estate; What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Imagine discovering that you don’t own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two hundred feet from your front door. Imagine having little recourse, other than accepting an unregulated industry in your backyard. Split Estate maps a tragedy … [Read more…]
Floridians Alarmed As Industry Signals Desire To ‘Frack’ and Drill Populated Areas Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder – www.greenmedinfo.com In what is shaping up to be a move as potentially disastrous for the Collier family name as the Collier county environment, a May 2013 drilling permit application by Dan A. Hughes company describes their intent to drill a 13,900 foot … [Read more…]
Join the Global Frackdown September 22nd 2012 Fracking for oil and gas poses a direct and immediate threat to our drinking water, our health and our communities. But the oil and gas industry is ramping up its PR machine to try and convince the public and decision makers that fracking is safe. It’s time to … [Read more…]
America’s Clean Water Under Siege by U.S. House of Representatives- By Liz Judge – Earthjustice June 1, 2012 the U.S. House of Representatives voted against Clean Water Act protections for streams, lakes, and rivers across the United States. The House majority voted to keep a Dirty Water Rider in the House’s Energy and Water Appropriations … [Read more…]
Unless you’ve been living, well, in a well, you know that bottled water is OUT for a number of reasons (BPA in the plastic, too much plastic as it is, fossil fuels burned in transport, to name three). Fracking, fluoride, chlorine and toxic pollutants make our tap water a frightful slurry most lips find no … [Read more…]
Environmental Working Group By Dusty Horwitt and Alex Formuzis A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research team has linked oil and natural gas drilling operations to a series of recent earthquakes from Alabama to the Northern Rockies. According to the study led by USGS geophysicist William Ellsworth, the spike in earthquakes since 2001 near oil and … [Read more…]
An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK’s Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. From toxic chemicals in drinking water to unregulated interstate dumping of potentially radioactive waste that experts fear can contaminate water supplies in major population centers including New York City, are the … [Read more…]
(CNN)— In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics. Three months later, they — and the rest of the town — are still wondering why. Doctors have diagnosed most of them with conversion disorder, saying that stress is … [Read more…]
Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Gasland” was taken into custody by Capitol Hill police yesterday morning, along with his crew, after Republicans objected to their presence, according to Democratic sources present at the hearing. The meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment had been taking place in room 2318 of the … [Read more…]
EWG News release Human Carcinogen Found in Drinking Water Near Gas Drilling Ops CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs 510-444-0973 x305, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 20, 2012 Washington, D.C. — The federal Environmental Protection Agency’s detection of arsenic, a known human carcinogen, barium and other contaminants in the well water of homes near natural gas drilling … [Read more…]
Top Five Environmental Events of 2011 This year certainly had its big eco-news events. From natural disasters that led to one of the worst nuclear meltdowns on record to an unprecedented assault on environmental protections and regulations in Congress, 2011 felt like we took 10 steps backward on the protection of human health and the … [Read more…]
TRIPLE DIVIDE is a new documentary film that lights the shadows about America’s quest for energy, where Paradise Found meets the visible hand of natural gas development. Potter County, Pa. (focus of the film) is home to a geological phenomenon called the Triple Divide, one of five widely-recognized in the United States where water drains … [Read more…]
The fossil fuel industry has left out a few details in their informational video about the process of drilling for natural gas. Comedian Julianna Forlano fills in the gaps in this special edition of The Ironic News Report. Related: Gasland – A Documentary Film by Josh Fox Hydraulic Fracturing – What it’s about and why … [Read more…]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution. The draft finding could have significant implications while states try to determine how … [Read more…]
By Mark Schlosberg Join thousands of Americans across the country who are calling on President Obama to tell him enough is enough – it’s time to ban fracking now. Photo by Pete Souza. There are countless reasons fracking for natural gas and oil is a bad idea, and it’s about time President Obama heard the … [Read more…]
Tell EPA to Clean Up Natural Gas Drilling! Every year, the oil and gas industry drills and fracks more than 25,000 wells across the country. While you are reading this, the oil and gas industry is taking advantage of loopholes that allow them to pollute with little regard to surrounding communities. We must change this. … [Read more…]
Readers Digest, that is! This is a photo of David Green and longtime Multi-Pure Master Builder Ron Kafker, sharing a copy of the August 2011 Readers Digest. The lead article is called “How Safe is Our Water?” It focuses on the contamination from fracking, perchlorate, rainwater runoff, and pharmaceuticals in the water. You might ask, … [Read more…]
Speak out and demand an equal public voice on fracking! We all know how democracy works. Every citizen gets an equal voice when it comes to important decisions facing our country. But it seems like the Department of Energy is forgetting the rules — favoring the oil and gas industry’s position on fracking and limiting … [Read more…]
In northeastern Pa., residents are paid for natural gas leases on their land. But the operation on Sherry Vargson’s farm contaminated her water well with methane.