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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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Lebanon, NY gas well explodes, injuring two workers
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/lebanon_gas_well_explodes_inju.html by Aaron Gifford Thursday March 19, 2009, 3:39 PM LEBANON, NY – Two people were injured Wednesday after a natural gas well explosion on Soule Road in the town of Lebanon, the second such incident in the area this year, authorities said. The well, owned by Nornew Inc., was reported ablaze at around 5 […]
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Why are we using this stuff anyway?: Rash of fatal residential gas explosions across New England
So, the natural gas industry wants to increase demand, eh? Here are a few reasons we need to reduce it: this winter’s rash of natural gas explosions in New England suburbs, and the lives lost: 1. One dead in house explosionhttp://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=One+dead+in+house+explosion&articleId=b0836fb5-ce5c-4986-aa7b-168dc60b083e 2. Gas leak forces evacuations in Keenehttp://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Gas+leak+forces+evacuations+in+Keene&articleId=31ffaf73-a619-4cee-83e5-8afedc73b28f 3. Woman killed in gas explosion in Somerset http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090220/NEWS/902200349 Before explosion, gas […]