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NY Assembly Passes Two Year Fracking Moratorium, Senate Expected to Follow
Posted by EcoWatch: Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog on March 7th, 2013
EcoWatch: In a roll call vote of 95-40, the New York State Assembly has passed a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing or fracking, the toxic horizontal drilling process through which oil and gas is procured that`s found within shale rock basins across the country and the world.
The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed off by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would close the state`s doors to the oil and gas industry`s desire to begin operating in New York`s portion of the Marcellus Shale basin until...
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Fracking on College Campuses Increases Nationwide
Posted by EcoWatch: Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog on November 26th, 2012
EcoWatch: The oil and gas industry plans to frack on college campuses in Pennsylvania, just as it currently does in close proximity to K-12 schools nationwide.
But as National Public Radio (NPR) demonstrated in a recent report, that`s just the tip of the iceberg.
"More than a dozen schools in states as varied as Texas, Montana, Ohio and West Virginia are already tapping natural resources on college campuses," the report explains. "The University of Southern Indiana recently started pumping oil."
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Second U.S. Tar Sands Mine Approved in Utah
Posted by EcoWatch: Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog on November 21st, 2012
EcoWatch: A group of about 10 people hiked to Delicate Arch in Utah on July 17 as part of an international protest to stop tar sands developments across the globe. On Oct. 24, the Utah Water Quality Board approved the first tar sands mine on U.S. soil, handing a permit to U.S. Oil Sands.
MCW Enterprises Ltd., a Canada-based corporation, announced on Nov. 19 that it has received all necessary permits to streamline tar sands extraction at its Asphalt Ridge plant located in Vernal, Utah starting in December....
United States: UB President Shuts Down Controversial Shale Institute
Posted by EcoWatch: Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog on November 19th, 2012
EcoWatch: Today, SUNY Buffalo closed the doors of its Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), what we at DeSmog have described as an epicenter for "frackademia" and a public relations front for the oil and gas industry to promote hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") under the guise of scientific legitimacy that a university offers.
A letter from SUNY Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi said that the nail in the coffin for SRSI was what we coined its "shill gas study," the first paper published by SRSI....