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What’s wrong with this picture?
A November 4th press release from the PA DEP reveals that while “numerous” people in Dimock have been without good water for, oh, a year, give or take, it takes an agreement process with DEP to force Cabot Oil & Gas to address residents’ need for “replacement” water. It takes an agreement process with DEP […]
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Thursday a.m. pipeline explosion, Texas
The Associated Press reports: Gas line explodes in Panhandle Nov. 5, 2009, 9:29AM Flames blazed more than 400 feet high above a natural gas line explosion that rocked Bushland, Texas about 1 a.m. today. BUSHLAND — A natural gas pipeline exploded in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, shaking homes, melting window blinds and shooting flames […]
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If Pickens gets his way…
Entry at Energy-Facts.org: Our steadily increasing dependence on gas is worrisome — especially since gas supply is projected to decline through 2020. [2] Fool Me Twice Despite this supply decrease we continue to build out an ever more extensive natural gas infrastructure– verifying Santayana’s warning that: “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to […]
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Would shale gas reduce coal use? No, say the numbers
A CommonDreams.org piece published November 4th and titled Unnatural Gas: The Inflated Promise of a Not-So-Clean Fuel concludes: Meanwhile, in competing with Big Coal for the affections of Congress, the newly formed America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) launched an $80 million advertising and lobbying campaign earlier this year to promote its “clean, abundant, American, reliable, and versatile” product. As […]
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“My babies are gone” – gas pipelines kill again
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091031/NEWS01/91031008 Two teens killed in gas pipeline explosion Two teenagers died in an early morning explosion at a gas pipeline in Carnes. Wade White, 18, and Devon Byrd, 16, died at site of the explosion, which happened around 4 a.m. today near White’s home on Phillip White Road. Byrd was a sophomore at Forrest County […]
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Vibro-acoustic disease: Living with compressor stations in Texas
Published at http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/?p=4264 September 26, 2009 Dear Dr. Pierpont, I would like to thank you for making time to read this. Also, for your excellent work on WTS. It is so similar to VAD Vibroacoustic Disease caused by low frequency noise. Initially identified in the aeronautical field, by military pilots and aircrew. I am sure you […]
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Shameless
From the desk of T. Boone Pickens Army: What a couple of weeks it’s been and I have lots to report and something very important to ask. There’s a new Natural Gas Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives which is headed by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK). The more than […]
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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 […]