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Response to Professor Anthony Ingraffea’s “Gangplank to a Warm Future.”

July 30, 2013 1

In his excellent 7.28.13, New York Times Op-Ed, Gangplank to a Warm Future – NYTimes.com, Cornell Profesoor Anthony Ingraffea argued that MANY concerned about climate change, including President Obama, have embraced hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. In […]

Marcellus Shale Advocacy Group Receives $150,000 for ‘Independent Study’, While $3 Million Natural Gas Health Impact Study Rots in Committee

July 17, 2013 2

Pennsylvania Republicans are once again playing politics, pitting the welfare of Commonwealth residents against the natural gas industry. Here’s a hint: it’s buried deep inside the 2013-2014 fiscal code (SB 591) – Page 35 lines […]

Letter to Sandra Steingraber: Your Lake Seneca is My Loyalsock Creek

April 24, 2013 9

4.24.13 Dear Sandra, I hope my letter finds you, and finds you well. I have followed and, where I could, photographed and documented the defense of Lake Seneca against those whom I have called the […]

Not a good night for the Extreme Extraction Profiteers: Presentation and Debate at University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, 4.10.13

April 12, 2013 19

Beaver Run reservoir is the source of drinking water for 150,000 people. CNX/Consol has as many as twelve fracked well pads on the hills the surround Beaver Run. Reported in 2011 by Truthout: “But […]

Invitation from The Center for Rural Pennsylvania to Bloomsburg University to Join the Ranks of Frack-U

March 24, 2013 2

Posted to Bloomsburg University faculty as if it were simply one more grant opportunity, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania–effectively an agent of Governor Corbett’s mission to sell off Pennsylvania to the natural gas extraction industries–offers […]

BREAKING NEWS: Environmental Felon Michael Krancer Stepping Down from PA Dept. of Environmental Protection

March 22, 2013 1

Press Release from the Governor’s Office: Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer will step down April 15 to return home to Montgomery County to practice law. “Secretary Krancer […]

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners: A “New” Rumpelstiltskin Tries to Cash in on the Last Gasp of Industrialized Extraction

March 16, 2013 6

1. The Magical Thinking of Richard Kinder-Stiltskin: Resources versus Reserves If ever an extraction corporation epitomized the spirit of 16th century philosopher Francis Bacon, it is surely Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMEP). But this isn’t merely […]

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