Augusta first county in Va. to ban fracking
VERONA - The Augusta County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday night to prohibit fracking in the county in a move to keep clean water flowing in the area. Augusta is the first county in the commonwealth to pass a zoning ordinance that completely prohibits fracking...
Chesco homes hit with water problems near Sunoco pipeline construction site
Around a dozen Chester County households experienced cloudy water or loss of supply from their private wells this week, forcing some families from their homes near a location where Sunoco Pipeline is conducting horizontal directional drilling about 150 feet below...
Wellman: FERC shows its true colors
The draft environmental impact statement on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is massive -- over 2,300 pages. Reviewing it is a daunting task. But in their one and a half page treatment of the “No Action Alternative” required by law, FERC’s bottom line is clear: the...
Indigenous Leaders Launch New Campaign To Defund All Four Proposed Tar Sands Pipelines
Cannon Ball, ND – Today, a coalition of grassroots Indigenous groups from across Turtle Island joins the 121 First Nations and Tribes united by the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion, to launch a new, integrated divestment campaign against the banks funding...
Baseline Testing: a compilation of resources
July 16, 2019 Update: Please see the wrap up of the FoB baseline studies. 2018 Friends of Buckingham Baseline Testing Project of well water, surface water, air, health – Final Report Baseline Testing for Well Water February 28, 2019 Update: The ACP currently has a...
Oklahoma’s drinking water is at risk from fracking, new report finds
In some parts of the country, people are urged to pray for rain. In Oklahoma, the governor once told people to pray for oil prices. But as oil and gas fracking continue to spread throughout the state, Oklahomans’ concern might be more about the industry’s impact on...
Maryland House overwhelmingly approves bill to ban fracking
The bill passed the state House with a veto-proof majority. A bill to ban fracking in the state of Maryland sailed through the state House of Delegates on Friday with a 97–40 majority vote. The bill will now go to the state Senate. A companion bill was introduced...
Health Professionals Urge Halt to Attacks on Clean-Air Protections
PITTSBURGH – Forty-thousand doctors, nurses and public-health professionals have asked the oil and gas industry to stop opposing policies to reduce methane emissions. In an open letter to the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry lobbying group, the health advocates...
Fracking Caused 6,648 Spills in Four States Alone, Duke Study Finds
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has long been tied to environmental risks such as spills. The frequency of spills, however, has long been murky since states do not release standardized data. Estimates from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) vary wildly....
Virginia agency says it will not exempt information on fracking fluid from disclosure
Legislation that would have shielded specific concentrations of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing from public disclosure was rejected in a Senate committee this month, a vote that drew cheers from environmental groups. “The dangers of fracking proved simply too...