Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-03-16/environment/fracking-report-finds-unacceptable-risks/a61838-1 March 16, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The compendium of research papers and investigative reports says regulations cannot make fracking safe. (anita_starzycka/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The fifth Fracking Health … Continued
Posted at https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-oil-fields-in-texas-are-heaving-sinking-and-opening-up-like-mouths-wink-sinkholes-geohazard 4,000 square miles of geohazard. PETER DOCKRILL 22 MAR 2018 It began with sinkholes. Two of them, gaping mouths to nowhere opening up as if to swallow the town of Wink, Texas. As they expanded, there were … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is proposing to withdraw critical clean air standards that protect vulnerable communities from oil and gas pollution. Withdrawing these protections would sell out the health and well-being … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Extreme lawmakers in Harrisburg are pushing a package of five bills in the House that would gut public health and safety protections while advancing the interests of industrial polluters. The bills are designed to … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): A new analysis by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) finds methane emissions from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas sites may be more than five times higher than what companies report to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): This week, a package of bills (HB209, HB1237, HB1792, HB1959, and HB1960) crafted under the guise of “regulatory reform” is likely to be voted on in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. These bills will irreparably harm the … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This month, the Trump administration gave oil companies the chance to identify spots they’d like to drill in the Beaufort Sea – a region predominantly off-limits to development. This request is another massive step … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/4/13/1753602/-Huge-area-of-Texas-oil-patch-is-heaving-and-sinking Apr 13, 2018 1:06pm EDT by Pakalolo “Our analysis looked at just this 4000-square-mile area. We’re fairly certain that when we look further, and we are, that we’ll find there’s ground movement even beyond that. This region … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; Psalm 98:7-8 Most celebrations … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): The 2018 Earth Day Sunday resource is ready for download at http://www.creationjustice.org/place.html. Each year before Earth Day, Creation Justice Ministries offers materials to equip faith communities to protect, restore, and more rightly share God’s creation. … Continued