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First criminal case against a Marcellus Shale firm opens
2013-12-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: A former state environmental inspector indicated Wednesday that there was evidence of previous, unreported spills on a Marcellus Shale gas drilling site where he discovered toxic wastewater gushing onto the ground in 2010. Jeremy Daniel, 32, an inspector for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at the time, said he found puddles of wastewater, sand, and a "defined area of dead vegetation" flowing from several steel wastewater storage tanks on a Lycoming County well site operated...
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Portions of Shale Drilling Law Unconstitutional
2013-12-19 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Gazette: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional major provisions of the state's Marcellus Shale drilling law, Act 13, including one that allowed gas companies to drill anywhere, overriding local zoning laws. The court's decision, on a 4-2 vote, also sent back to Commonwealth Court challenges by townships and individuals to the Act 13 provisions that would have prevented doctors from telling patients about health impacts related to shale gas development. Voting in the majority...
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North American Shale To Exceed Most OPEC Nations Output In 2015
2013-12-18 15:45:00| OGI
Crude output from shale will increase globally by the end of 2040, led by explorers in the U.S., Canada and Russia.
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Shale well depletion raises questions about oil boom
2013-12-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: The stubborn rock that the energy industry breached to unleash a nationwide oil and gas rush remains a worthy foe, as producers must turn their drills ever faster to keep the boom`s lifeblood flowing. Engineers have long known that shale, the source rock that fed North American sandstone reservoirs for millennia, could never muster the natural pressure producers need to extract oil and gas. Its molecules are too tightly packed: Shale is about 1,000 times denser than brick, and so far, only hydraulic...
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VIDEO: UK 'stepping up' search for shale gas
2013-12-17 21:55:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Energy Minister Michael Fallon has told the BBC that the government is stepping up the search for shale gas.
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