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Radioactive Wastewater

April 28, 2011

Industry & Regulators at War over Drilling Water By Brooke C. Wastewater disposal, recycling, and regulation are becoming increasingly hot topics in the natural gas drilling controversy. At the epicenter of the waste-water debate is Pennsylvania, which has been referred to as “the Saudi Arabia” of gas. Pennsylvania is currently home to roughly 71,000 active [...]

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The Future of Energy

April 27, 2011

Geothermal Energy to the Rescue While not a recent development, geothermal energy has been getting a lot of attention recently. Geothermal energy is derived from wells, which are built in regions with high tectonic activity which cause volcanoes, hot springs, and earthquakes. These wells tap into water under the earth’s crust, which is heated naturally, [...]

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Frack Flak

April 26, 2011

Most Recent News Pennsylvania is one of three states out of the 32which participate in gas drilling that does not have a tax placed on fracking. The state has introduced H.B. 33, which, if voted effective, will place a 6% tax on gas drilled from wells in the state, slightly less than that of West [...]

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Frak Flak

March 6, 2011

Most Recent News At least 3.6 million barrels of fracking waste were sent to treatment plants that empty into rivers during the 12 months ending June 30, according to Pennsylvania State records. That is enough to cover a square mile with more than eight and a half inches of brine. Out of the roughly 6 [...]

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Accidents

March 6, 2011

A Preview of What Might be Coming to Your Hometown $24,608 Diesel Fuel Spill…The DEP fined Talisman Energy USA Inc. $24,608 for a diesel fuel spill in Bradford Couny, Pa. The spill went off the well pad and into a neighboring farm field; however, it did not impact surface water or wetlands. http://www.wbng.com/news/state/PA-DEP-Fines-Talisman-Energy-for-Fuel-Spill-113014474.html Leaks Discovered [...]

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Beyond the Walls

March 5, 2011

An Inside Scoop on Outside News With Correspondent Billy J. Politics? The world? Students at the Family Foundation School sometimes lose track of the important developments in the outside world because the extent of their knowledge of current events is limited to the “big” stories they hear about in class. The Family Times will try [...]

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Food Industry Fights Against Drilling

February 10, 2011

Park Slope Food Co-op Refuses to Support Fracking By Billy J. Rooted in Brooklyn, the Park Slope Food Co-op, a wholesale consumer of quality agricultural products, declared plans not to purchase food from areas threatened by possible gas drilling pollution. In an open letter to the members of the New York State Senate, the State [...]

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Congressmen Respond and Cuomo Hires

February 9, 2011

Conflict with DRBC’s Draft of Regulations and NY’s DEC Gets New Director By Jack S. / Brooke C. The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) released a draft of regulations which is coming under fire. The DRBC’s purpose in publicly releasing these regulations is to protect the Delaware River Basin and the waters therein during the [...]

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Drilling with Diesel

February 8, 2011

Over 32 Million Gallons Injected across the Country By Brooke C. Energy companies have been pumping millions of gallons of diesel fuel into the ground, without authorization. The diesel fuel is contained in the more than 32 million gallons of fracking fluid that have been injected into the earth in the pursuit of oil and [...]

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Owego’s Opportunity

February 3, 2011

Inflection Offers Millions in Mysterious Deal By Nick M. Mayor Ed Arrington and the people of the Village of Owego are facing a pivotal decision with little time to consider the tradeoffs. Inflection Energy, a Denver-based natural gas company, has proposed a plan to buy 200,000 gallons of treated water a day for five cents [...]

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