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5 natural gas drilling workers hospitalized after exposure to acid in well site accident
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=59425 Five Natural Gas Workers Hospitalized After Exposure to Acid NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV – According to WTRF-TV, as of May 20, five men were under observation in Wetzel County Hospital after being exposed to what Chesapeake Energy called “battery acid.” The station reported “Chesapeake Energy says there was no fire at the well site, just ‘an […]
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Encana, why’d you bother lining that pit at all?
May 14, 2009 – Encana buries frack pit waste onsite – right over a drinking water source. Colorado regulators are asleep at the switch. New York’s DEC inspectors are required to visit well sites just 3 times: before work begins, when the surface casing is cemented, and after the site is “reclaimed.” You thinking what I’m […]
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Natural gas leak & explosion at shopping mall: ……… flash fire & shrapnel wound 9
http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=46&id=63728FORESTVILLE, Md. – Five firefighters and one gas company employee were burned in an apparent natural gas explosion at a shopping center in Forestville. Some were seriously burned, but they have not said if any of the injuries were life threatening. All six have been transported to the Washington Hospital Center’s burn unit. As many as […]
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DEP: Schreiner Oil & Gas Co responsible for contamination of at least 7 water supplies in McKean County, PA
N E W S R E L E A S E COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIADept. of Environmental ProtectionNorthwest Regional Office230 Chestnut St.Meadville, PA 16335 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE5/4/2009 CONTACT:Freda TarbellPhone: (814) 332-6816 DEP IDENTIFIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR BRADFORD TOWNSHIP GAS MIGRATION/WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS MEADVILLE – The Department of Environmental Protection has determined that Schreiner Oil […]
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19 head of cattle dead from chemical exposure in …… field next to Chesapeake / Schlumberger frack job
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090429/NEWS01/904290368/1060 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090430/NEWS01/90430061/0/NEWS Click on links for complete story and photo galleries DEQ: ‘Nobody is owning up to it’ By Vickie Welborn • [email protected] • April 29, 2009 Photo Galleries Cow Death Investigation Cow Death Investigation II SPRING RIDGE – An unidentified substance that apparently flowed from a natural gas drilling site into a pasture is is being […]
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Bainbridge, Ohio: feckless regulators can do nothing about reckless drillers
http://www.cleveland.com/sunnews/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/123988722216420.xml&coll=4 BAINBRIDGE, Ohio – More than 100 people crammed into an overflowing meeting room at the Federated Church Tuesday to hear what the state was going to do about problems created by oil and gas well drillers. Sean Logan, the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s director, had few answers to calm fears. He failed to […]
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‘Burdocks and oil’: How gas companies infiltrate and manipulate leaseholders & communities
The Daily Review, a Towanda, Pennsylvania newspaper, printed a truly regrettable editorial in their April 12 edition. It was titled, astonishingly, “Give gas firms a decent chance to do right thing.” I didn’t know such naivete was still possible. And I can’t say I can remember ever seeing such smarmy pathos in an editorial. The […]
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November 2008: Gas line explosion in Oklahoma destroyed 3 homes, injured 2
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=9349075&nav=menu682_2 Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion SKYNEWS 9 HD Surveys Damage From Gas Line Explosion Gas line explodes in Grady County The explosion and fire near Alex closed down State Highway 19. Associated Press ALEX, Okla. (AP) — Two people were hospitalized after natural gas pipeline operated by Enogex exploded early Friday morning in Grady County. Three […]
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Natural gas industry lies, tactics, & abuses: more from the mayor of DISH, TX
http://txsharon.blogspot.com/2009/04/bluff.htmlSaturday, 4/11/09 Calvin Tillman, mayor of DISH, Texas, writes: Known as a “strategic lawsuit against public participation,” a SLAPP suit is meant to intimidate, exhaust and silence critics. Widely considered an affront to the First Amendment, 26 states and one U.S. territory have adopted some kind of statutory protection against SLAPP suits. Courts in two other states also adopted […]
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Manhattan Community Board 2 Resolution: “Ban hydraulic fracturing in natural gas drilling statewide”
Community Board No. 2, Manhattan, Resolution Environment, Public Health, and Public Safety CommitteeMarch 18, 2009PUBLIC HEARING Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and New York State Governor David Paterson to PROHIBIT DRILLING FOR NATURAL GAS WITHIN NEW YORK STATE. Whereas, Natural gas exploration and production […]