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What’s Changed in Federal Fracking Regulations?

by The Investigative Newswire on May 14, 2012 · comment

$The new federal rules for fracking do not apply to wells on private property, such as the one next to Jim Harkins home in Potter County, Pa. photo: J.B.Pribanic$

40 Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regs Cover Only A Sliver of Land by Lena Groeger Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to [...]

Pennsylvania Violations: With Every New Oil & Gas Well Drilled There Are No Guarantees

by Melissa Troutman on March 14, 2012 · comment

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Oil and Gas Reporting Website, oil and gas operators in the state have amassed 20,942 violations in the past decade, 3,393 of them issued for Marcellus Shale oil and gas wells. From [...]

EPA Speaks Out: Tells New York to Regulate Natural Gas Development Carefully

by The Investigative Newswire on January 16, 2012 · comment

North Central Pa. route before it hits the New York border where Marcellus Shale gas is currently being extracted, and a wastewater site is in the works that would treat water in Pa. but put New York watersheds at risk for contamination. photo: Melissa A. Troutman

EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules by Joaquin Sapien for ProPublica New York’s emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, [...]

Shoveling Water: Predrill Tests

by Melissa Troutman on December 19, 2011 · 7 Comments

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This story was updated on January 4, 2012. What if a predrill water well test conducted during the biggest boom for natural gas became meaningless? At least one predrill test in Pennsylvania has been deemed insufficient by natural [...]

Drinking Dimock: A Glass Full of Gas Water

by Melissa Troutman on December 5, 2011 · 5 Comments

If the case of groundwater contamination by natural gas drilling in Dimock, Pennsylvania sets precedent for how the state deals with damaged private water wells, they may not require that the party responsible for the contamination restore your water permanently, [...]

Shale Oil Boom Ignites Economic Revival Alongside Natural Gas: Critics Argue Oil or Water?

by The Investigative Newswire on November 21, 2011 · comment

OIL SHALE. IT IS THE KEROGEN IN THIS ROCK WHICH WHEN HEATED TO 900 F., YIELDS OIL. photo: Hiser, David (Wikimedia Commons)

by energyNOW One of America’s biggest energy challenges is foreign oil dependency. The U.S. imports about half the oil it uses, putting the nation’s energy security at risk and costing hundreds of billions of dollars per year. New [...]

Fracking Chemical Found in Wyoming Water: The EPA Rules Out Agriculture

by The Investigative Newswire on November 10, 2011 · comment

$A hydraulic fracturing fluid containment pond at a Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling operation on State Game Lands 59 in Potter County. Pennsylvania General Energy has multiple well pads, ponds, and a gas refining and metering facility and has incurred multiple violations, including failure to report deficient well casings and leaking chemical tanks. © Joshua B. Pribanic$

EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer by Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a [...]