NY Congressman Calls Fox Fracking Arrest "Censorship"

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Saturday February 04, 2012 · 11:24 AM PST

2012/02/04 · 11:24

Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY21), a member of the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, called the recent arrest of Gasland director Josh Fox, "censorship based on viewpoint," and noted that many other individuals have been allowed to film the committee's proceedings without credentials.

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Monday September 12, 2011 · 8:25 PM PDT

2011/09/12 · 20:25

The shale gas industry has had its collective ass kicked, and kicked hard, by Gasland and others opposed to hydraulic fracturing and needs to redefine its core messages to defuse a burgeoning negative public perception of the controversial drilling technique, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) said today at a shale gas conference for industry execs and insiders.

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Friday September 09, 2011 · 8:21 AM PDT

2011/09/09 · 08:21

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will probably give preliminary approval today to a massive new natural gas pipeline that would run between New Jersey and New York City.

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Wednesday August 24, 2011 · 12:13 PM PDT

2011/08/24 · 12:13

This was a particularly destructive week with respect to natural gas leaks and natural gas explosions, from five injured workers in Illinois, to another death in Minneapolis, natural gas mishaps cut a swath of destruction in communities across the country.

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Tuesday July 19, 2011 · 10:42 AM PDT

2011/07/19 · 10:42

Natural gas leaks and explosions occur with astonishing regularity all over the United States, often with tragic consequences. The environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing aside, there are very real questions about the integrity of our country's natural gas infrastructure and its ability to handle the current load, let alone the extra burden presented by shale gas. Here’s a round-up of the events that drew media coverage over the last week or so.

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Monday June 27, 2011 · 12:10 PM PDT

2011/06/27 · 12:10

On Sunday, the New York Times published a story questioning natural gas industry claims about the nature and viability of shale gas formations across the country. That afternoon, Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, who heads up one of the nation's largest shale gas drilling companies, blasted the NYT story, calling it misleading and all but accusing anyone who questions the value of shale gas deposits of sedition.

But publicly available documents published by the federal Energy Information Administration clearly show that the NYT was right, in devastating detail.

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Monday June 20, 2011 · 10:15 AM PDT

2011/06/20 · 10:15

Central New York Oil & Gas stores is a wholly owned subsidiary of Inergy, an energy company currently involved in expanding their pipeline capacity in the Marcellus Shale play so they can move more fracked methane to market. CNYO&G stores natural gas for, among other companies, ConEd and KeySpan.

Recently, the federal Pipeline Safety and Hazardous Materials Administration cited CNYO&G for a handful of pipeline safety violations.

CNYO&G says there's nothing to be worried about, but with America's natural gas infrastructure crumbling, there are serious questions about whether or not the decaying system can handle the current load, let alone the increased burden coming out of the nation's fracking fields.

CPUC Says San Bruno Explosion Result of "Multiple Weaknesses" in PG&E Management

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Thursday June 09, 2011 · 12:05 PM PDT

2011/06/09 · 12:05

The California Public Utilities Commission has issued its final report on the massive natural gas explosion that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes in San Bruno, CA, last September, concluding that the tragedy was the result of multiple failings among the management at Pacific Gas & Electric.

The report concludes that the pipeline rupture was “a consequence of multiple weaknesses in PG&E’s management and oversight of the safety of its gas transmission system,” and that the CPUC “did not have the resources to monitor PG&E’s performance in pipeline integrity management adequately or the organizational focus that would have elevated concerns about PG&E’s performance in a meaningful way,” according to a press release from the California Public Utilities Commission.

Read the entire report, or the executive summary, here.

Texas Fracking Bill: A Good First Step ... or Maybe Not

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Tuesday June 07, 2011 · 11:02 AM PDT

2011/06/07 · 11:02

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has on his desk a bill that would ostensibly require natural gas driller to disclose the contents of the fracking fluid that they inject deep underground to break up shale formations and free the natural gas trapped therein.

But a growing number of environmental advocates are saying that the bill will actually do more harm than good.

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Monday June 06, 2011 · 12:18 PM PDT

2011/06/06 · 12:18

It's no secret that our country's natural gas infrastructure is, to put it charitably, overburdened -- just ask folks in San Bruno, CA., or Philadelphia, PA., or Minneapolis, MN., or any one of dozens of places around the country where natural gas leaks and explosions lie at the heart of potentially tragic incidents that occur with disturbing regularity throughout our nation.

Here's a round-up of the incidents that made the headlines this week: http://www.naturalgaswatch.org. Taken together, these incidents make a compelling case that natural gas companies need to do some serious maintenance and upgrading if this country is really going to make natural gas the centerpiece of energy policy in the years to come.

NYU Students Drop Some Fracking Knowledge

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Friday May 27, 2011 · 11:37 AM PDT

2011/05/27 · 11:37

A team of students at New York University, in collaboration with ProPublica, have produced a video that provides a clear, concise explanation of fracking and the related controversies using animation and pop music to get the facts across.

Check it out at: http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/...

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Tuesday April 12, 2011 · 11:55 AM PDT

2011/04/12 · 11:55

Fueled by Academic Studies and an Oscar-nominated Film, Democracy For America Comes Out Against “Fracking” for Natural Gas

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