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Fayette Marcellus Watch News
Updated 7/27/2014 Pa First Case of Forced Pooling
6/19/14 Retired Pa. health staffers say department muzzled them on fracking The PULSE, WHYY-FM
Two retirees from the Pennsylvania
Department of Health say its employees were silenced on the issue
of
Marcellus Shale drilling.
One veteran employee says she was instructed not to return phone calls from residents who expressed health concerns about natural gas development.
"We were absolutely not allowed to talk to them," said Tammi Stuck, who worked as a community health nurse in Fayette County for nearly 36 years.
One veteran employee says she was instructed not to return phone calls from residents who expressed health concerns about natural gas development.
"We were absolutely not allowed to talk to them," said Tammi Stuck, who worked as a community health nurse in Fayette County for nearly 36 years.
3/4/2013 Chevron Called Out for Callous Pizza Gesture
8/29/2013 Zoning board grants exception to gas company
The Fayette County Zoning Hearing
Board
gave Chevron a special exception for a fresh water storage
impoundment
that Atlas had already built in 2010. Jim Rosenberg and Kathryn
Hilton
were there to give testimony.
For Jim's prepared text look here.
For Jim's prepared text look here.
6/17/2013 Residents urge closer look at drilling permits Uniontown Herald-Standard
Fayette Marcellus Watch appears
before
the Fayette County Planning Commission
Read the Proposal for Enactment Fayette Marcellus Watch submitted to the Planning Commission and the Commissioners.
Read the Proposal for Enactment Fayette Marcellus Watch submitted to the Planning Commission and the Commissioners.
6/10/2013 Chevron Among Drillers Facing Gas Wells Nuisance Lawsuit Bloomberg
This is a national story about a
nuisance lawsuit filed by the Speer Law Firm on behalf of the
Headleys,
Bezjaks, and other Fayette County families. The Speer firm is
famous
for winning nuiscance lawsuits against large factory farms
(CAFOs).
County residents join to sue natural gas companies Uniontown Herald-Standard
County residents join to sue natural gas companies Uniontown Herald-Standard
3/29/2013 The Headleys appear on WTAE showing a visible emissions cloud from the well on their property.
Property owner's access blocked by gas company
Uniontown Herald-Standard
3/25/2013 EPA announces expert panel to review fracking study Reuters
3/22/2013 Krancer to resign as Pennsylvania DEP director Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Krancers resignation validates concerns about
DEP,
By state Rep. Jesse White Uniontown Herald-Standard
3/22/2013 Update: Williams Partners Addresses Cameron Gas Line Rupture The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
3/21/2013 New initiative sets standards for Marcellus Shale drilling in Pa. and Appalachian basin Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sierra Club Blasts 'Sustainable Shale' Center's
Partnership Between Industry And Environmental Groups
Huffington
Post
New Voluntary Standards Don't Make Fracking Safe Demos
The Center for Cesstainable Shale Development Fayette Marcellus Watch
New Voluntary Standards Don't Make Fracking Safe Demos
The Center for Cesstainable Shale Development Fayette Marcellus Watch
3/20/2013 Judge Debbie O'Dell-Seneca orders records unsealed in the Hallowich case (Washington County) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In an extremely significant ruling,
President Judge Debbie O'Dell-Seneca ordered the records unsealed
in
the settlement of a Washington County case between the Hallowich
family
and Range Resources, MarkWest, and Laurel Mountain Midstream,
ruling
that privacy rights accorded to persons by the Pennsylvania
Constitution do not apply to corporations. See also:
Secrecy Lifted in Fracking Case StateImpact Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Judge Orders Records Opened in Fracking Case Bloomberg
Judge Rules In Favor Of Journalists, Unseals Fracking Court Records Earthjustice
You can download Judge O'Dell-Seneca's ruling here
Drilling Companies Agree to Settle Fracking Contamination Case for $750,000 StateImpact Pennsylvania (includes the entire 971-page case record.)
Secrecy Lifted in Fracking Case StateImpact Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Judge Orders Records Opened in Fracking Case Bloomberg
Judge Rules In Favor Of Journalists, Unseals Fracking Court Records Earthjustice
You can download Judge O'Dell-Seneca's ruling here
Drilling Companies Agree to Settle Fracking Contamination Case for $750,000 StateImpact Pennsylvania (includes the entire 971-page case record.)
3/10/2013 Frack Water Liability Laundering Act UPDATED 3/17/2013
Senator Richard Kasunic has
introduced
a very disturbing bill giving the oil and gas industry way too
much
liability protection for reusing mine drainage water in hydraulic
fracturing operations.
3/7/2013 The Texas Eastern TEAM 2014 Project has moved from Pre-Filing to Filing under FERC. Here is the map:
