#PAGov: Tom Wolf’s Fracking Problems
I wrote a long-form article for The PHL Blog. It’s about Tom Wolf, Katie McGinty and Natural Gas Drilling. Go read it here… In response to Jim Burn’s unwillingness to step down to Katie McGinty’s […]
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John Hanger–Right off the Rack
The following captures a likely dialogue between myself, Wendy Lynne Lee, and Kevin Heatley, both of Shale Justice. The event is democratic gubernatorial candidate, John Hanger’s, visit to a Shale Justice sponsored meeting at Bloomsburg […]
Marcellus Shale Advocacy Group Receives $150,000 for ‘Independent Study’, While $3 Million Natural Gas Health Impact Study Rots in Committee
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 […]
From the Frontlines – Samantha Brown talks about the Children in Shale Country
Editor’s Note: The following video is from Jay Wilcox of Urban Disaster Records. In his latest video, Jay Wilcox features Samantha Brown an 18 year old resident of Beaver County. In the video, Samantha talks about how […]
VIDEO: Benzene Emissions Found at Barnett Shale Compressor Station
On January 12, Sharon Wilson, blogger and watchdog known as “Texas Sharon” in the fracktivist community, reported that benzene emissions were discovered at a Chesapeake Energy compressor station in Fort Worth, Texas. Last fall, Shale […]
The Industrialization of PASSHE: Where the Public Good, its Students, and its Faculty are Auctioned Off to the Extraction Profiteers (Or: Extortion by Extraction)
1. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 367 and Chancellor Cavanaugh’s Plan to Industrialize Higher Education Dory Hippauf’s “Welcome to PA Frack-U” offers an excellent profile of the Pennsylvania State Senate Bill 367: “an act providing for indigenous mineral […]