What: Discussion of the 2018 edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking which updates the rapidly expanding evidence indicating harm to health from fracking and methane infrastructure. Who: All are welcome. … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/02/23/tremendous-victory-taxpayers-public-health-and-planet-federal-court-rejects-trump Published on Friday, February 23, 2018 by Common Dreams The late Thursday ruling “once again sends a message to this administration that it will not get away with illegal handouts to industry” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer … Continued
Posted: 15 Feb 2018 08:13 AM PST at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2018/02/edf-report-pa-oil-gas-methane-emissions.html Methane emissions from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas sites may be 522,400 tons a year rather than the 112,100 tons oil and gas companies report to the Department of Environmental Protection, according … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Trump administration is trying to delay, weaken and repeal the critical Methane Pollution Rule. This life-saving rule would reduce methane pollution – a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide – from … Continued
On “Take a Deep Breath,” Fracking in Pennsylvania and grassroots efforts to put a halt to any new drilling are discussed in this case for a MORALtorium on fracking by panel members Karen Feridun, founder of Berks Gas Truth; The … Continued
From Pennsylvanians Against Fracking (https://paagainstfracking.org/): The Pennsylvania legislature has been guilty of over-reach and pandering to gas industry interests in the past (Act 13 comes to mind), but the current amendments to House Bills 542 (Tax Code), 453 (Fiscal Code), … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/july/drillers-are-right-%E2%80%93-pa-needs-tax-rate-gas-other-states-it%E2%80%99s-time-severance-tax Jul 21, 2017 09:06 pm | Stephen Herzenberg In its recent letter to Speaker Mike Turzai, the Marcellus Shale Coalition points (in paragraph three) to the effective tax rate (ETR) on production as a key indicator of … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-07-25/environment/groups-seek-permanent-delaware-watershed-drilling-ban/a58678-1 July 25, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A moratorium has prevented drilling for natural gas in the Delaware River watershed since 2010. (Tomwsulcer/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmental groups … Continued
While there is a de facto moratorium on fracking in the Delaware River Watershed, we can’t afford the environmental destruction that fracking would bring to the Delaware River Basin were the moratorium to be lifted. Because of cleanup efforts and … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-05-01/environment/message-to-gov-wolf-stop-methane-leaks/a57497-1 May 1, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Existing oil and gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania leaks 1,300 tons of air pollutants every year. (Jeremy Buckingham/Flickr) PHILADELPHIA – It’s time to … Continued