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Exxon Launches Sale of Shale Gas Properties in Texas
Reuters - Tue Nov 16, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas - Exxon Mobil on Monday launched a sale of its oil and gas properties in the first major US shale field, a spokesperson confirmed, as part of a portfolio reshuffling to focus on more lucrative assets. More»

$Photo: Blackpool is hit by fourth earthquake in six days amid fracking row as residents report being woken by their houses shaking$ Blackpool is hit by fourth earthquake in six days amid fracking row as residents report being woken by their houses shaking
Daily Mail - Mon Aug 26, 2019
An earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale has struck in Blackpool in what is the largest tremor to strike the region in recent days. More»

Elected officials to discuss multiple cases of rare cancer in the Canon-McMillan School District
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Sat Apr 6, 2019
News of multiple student cancers in the Canon-McMillan School District has led a Washington County legislator to schedule an April 24 meeting for local elected officials to get information and determine if action is necessary. More»

Oklahoma Earthquakes: Oil Industry Took State from Seismic Dead Zone to Hotspot in a Decade
Newsweek - Thu Feb 1, 2018
"There are better ways we can be doing things," says Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist portrayed in the Oscar-winning 2000 film, who has become one of the latest people to draw attention to the frequent man-made earthquakes plaguing the US state of Oklahoma. More»

Pennsylvania confirms first fracking-related earthquakes
The Allegheny Front - Sat Feb 18, 2017
Pennsylvania officials say they've confirmed the state's first fracking-related earthquakes took place last year in Lawrence County, northwest of Pittsburgh. More»

Govt. Scientists Admit They Deceived the Public About Fracking's Impact on Drinking Water
AlterNet - Tue Jan 12, 2016
Five years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was commissioned by Congress to undertake a study on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water. More»

'Urgent Attention' Needed On Spike In Earthquakes Possibly Related To Oil And Gas Activity
Raw Story - Mon Sep 28, 2015
A coalition of US states warned on Monday that a spike in earthquakes potentially tied to oil and gas activity in places not typically prone to them needs urgent attention from regulators and others to protect public safety. More»

Chemical-Related Hospital Admissions In West Virginia Have Doubled Since Water Deemed Safe
Think Progress - Sun Jan 19, 2014
It took nearly five days after a major chemical spill in West Virginia for residents to receive the go-ahead to start using their water again. More»

Fracking is transforming our energy economy-but it's also causing earthquakes
MSNBC - Sun Dec 9, 2012
In just the past few years a revolution in carbon extraction technology has radically transformed our energy economy. More»

Doctors fight "gag orders" over fracking chemicals
American Medical News - Sun Aug 26, 2012
When several unrelated patients visited McMurray, Pennsylvania-based plastic surgeon Amy Par, MD, she initially was unsure what to make of the bleeding, oozing legions covering their faces. More»

For Pennsylvania's Doctors, a Gag Order on Fracking Chemicals
The Atlantic - Mon Mar 26, 2012
Under a new law, doctors in Pennsylvania can access information about chemicals used in natural gas extraction -- but they won't be able to share it with their patients. More»

Audit: Fracking pipes are completely unregulated
Associated Press - Mon Mar 26, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight to make sure they are running safely. More»

English earthquakes blamed on shale 'fracking'
Associated Press - Tue Nov 1, 2011
LONDON - The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May. More»

New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Additional Cancer Cases
AlterNet - Tue Jul 26, 2011
Among the 1.2 million American citizens living in mountaintop removal mining counties in central Appalachia, an additional 60,000 cases of cancer are directly linked to the federally sanctioned strip-mining practice. More»

New drilling method opens vast oil fields in US
Associated Press - Wed Feb 9, 2011
A new drilling technique is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in the western United States, helping reverse a two-decade decline in domestic production of crude. More»

Actor Mark Ruffalo placed on terror watch list for supporting a documentary about gas drilling
The Daily Mail - Sun Nov 28, 2010
Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo has been placed on a terror watch list by US officials after organizing screenings for a new documentary about natural gas drilling. More»

Couple worries 'firewater' could cause house to explode
KDVR-TV - Mon May 24, 2010
FORT LUPTON, Colorado - They say they are living with a ticking time bomb: Karen Androvich and her husband have so much methane gas in their water their house could explode. More»

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