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FRACK WATER COMING TO LUZERNE COUNTY, PA

February 16, 2014
FRACK WATER COMING TO LUZERNE COUNTY, PA

We all need to take a moment and decide what is really important in our lives. Are we going to allow our children’s and grandchildren’s water supplies and environment to be damaged? NO! Are we going to let others control OUR futures? NO! Is it time we took on this task ourselves? Yes, it is time to take action! Luzerne County is about to be hit AGAIN by the negative effects of the natural gas industry. An application for a permit for a Frack Water Treatment Plant has been submitted to the County for Meeker Outlet Road (the old Harveys Lake Gun Club property), in Lake Township. As a result, three or important and irreplaceable water sources will be at risk. Frack water is known to contain toxic, carcinogenic chemicals, […]

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KNOW FRACK? Maybe!

November 6, 2013
KNOW FRACK? Maybe!

In following the Range Resources case involving water contamination of 8 families in Amwell Township, we learned: Range Resources Don’t Know Frack PA Department of Environmental Protection Don’t Know Frack Testing Labs Don’t Know Frack We’ve been subjected to the same tired excuse by the natural gas corporations of why they can’t tell us what’s in the fracking chemicals. It’s a trade secret. It’s proprietary information. Top and Bottom Secret. Hush Hush. Double super-dooper heavily guarded recipe. If they tell ya, they’ll have to kill you – but of course if they don’t tell you, it will kill you anyways. So who the frack knows what’s in the frack? After months of run around, excuses, and pleas for extension of time we find it’s the SUPPLIES who know what’s in […]

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MAKE FRACKERS FREAK

September 5, 2013
MAKE FRACKERS FREAK

The video “A Bunch Of Young Geniuses Just Made A Corrupt Corporation Freak Out Big Time. Time For Round Two.” Watch it, click the link above. It tell what one community is doing to fight back against energy corporations. It’s democracy in action. It’s happening NOW. A few people have expressed dismay the projected energy portfolio for the community as shown in the video includes natural gas. If this is your major objection to the video - you are missing two BIG POINTS. First, the community is showing that as a community they can buck the energy corporation control, and determine their own future. If they can do it, we can do it and apply it to our issues with the growing negative impact of natural gas industrialization. Open your […]

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Marcellus Wildcatter Bails

September 5, 2013
Marcellus Wildcatter Bails

Carrizo, who drilled a wildcat shale test well in Owego, New York - that leaked - is bailing out of the Marcellus/ Utica. Leaving behind leaking gas wells on both sides of the state line. Some of those shale wells that the frackers said “Never leak. Anywhere. Honest. Ever.” Except when they do, a lot, often, about everywhere. http://www.nofrackingway.us/2013/05/15/dog-bites-man-but-this-time-in-new-york/ Carrizo had an odd way of making a mess of things on both sides of the border. Kind of an Equal Opportunity Disaster waiting to happen: http://www.nofrackingway.us/2013/03/17/carrizo-oil-gas-blowout-spin/ So now they are trying to dump their New York acreage on some Greater Fool. “The Marcellus Shale divestiture primarily includes 2,850 net undeveloped acres in non-core areas of the play and is expected to close in the fourth quarter.” Carrizo Oil & Gas Sells Marcellus […]

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NATURAL GAS NOT A MINERAL IN PA

April 26, 2013

Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling settles hundreds of Marcellus gas leases | Washington (Platts) The state’s high court overruled an appeals court decision that called for more scientific testimony about the nature of the Marcellus Shale and upheld 131 years of the common understanding of Pennsylvania property law. The 6-0 decision in Butler v. Powers held that the so-called Dunham Rule, based on an 1882 case with the same name requiring a specific notion about oil (and by the years of court rulings, natural gas) on deeds transferring mineral rights. Without mention of oil or gas, the states courts have held, those rights stay with the party transferring mineral rights. The court also said that shale gas is different from coalbed methane gas and the owner of the shale does not […]

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FracFocus Out of Focus? Harvard Law Says YES!

April 25, 2013

Harvard Law’s Environmental Law Program issued FracFocus a big F as a compliance tool, according to the April 23, 2013 study. The study’s title says it all: LEGAL FRACTURES IN CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE LAWS – WHY THE VOLUNTARY CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE REGISTRY FRACFOCUS FAILS AS A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TOOL FracFocus has been touted by the energy industry and their supporters as being a effective means of reporting what chemicals are used in the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Related: FracUNfocusED FrackFocus and Fig Leaves Currently, 11 states rely on it and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed adopting FracFocus as a reporting method for companies fracking on federal and tribal lands. States requiring use of FracFocus include: Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, North Dakota, Texas, Ohio and […]

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PA Impact Fees – Fun House Mirrors

April 7, 2013

I came across two articles, both regarding the PA Impact fees, but with a different point. Like a fun house mirror, the reflection changes depending on the bend of the surface. The impact fee is adjusted based on market conditions, the age of each well and, as of 2013, the rate of inflation. It is not dependent on the volume of production. The first article touts $400m in Marcellus Shale Impact fees. Pennsylvania sees $400M in Marcellus Shale impact fees | Stacy Wescoe | LVB.com | April 5, 2013 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has reported that the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee for natural gas drilling, part of Act 13 signed into law in February 2012, has brought in more than $400 million. The second round of collections for 2012 was […]

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Act 13 – Krancer and the Frack Anywhere Zoning

March 23, 2013

A year ago, ACT 13 was officially signed into law by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett. Act 13 has been referred to as the Gift to the Gassers. One big gift in Act 13 is the removal of zoning power by local communities. (Also known as Frack Anywhere Zoning.) By the end of March 2012, 7 towns had filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit argued, in part, that Act 13 overturns a PA Supreme Court decision in 2009 in Huntley & Huntley, Inc. v. Borough Council of the Borough of Oakmont. The Huntley v. Oakmont decision made a distinction between “where versus how” when it comes to drilling. The court said the state’s interest in oil and gas development is primarily in the efficient production and utilization of natural resources, while the […]

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PA DEP Secretary Krancer – OUT

March 22, 2013

Breaking News: Governor Corbett Announces Departure of DEP Secretary Mike Krancer | Marketwatch| March 22, 2013 Harrisburg – 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. Krancer is returning to his old law firm Blank Rome LLP. Blank Rome LLP is listed as a member of the Marcellus Shale Coalition. With regards to natural gas, Blank Rome describes itself as: The attorneys and professionals of Blank Rome LLP and Blank Rome Government Relations LLC are uniquely positioned to counsel and represent shale oil and gas exploration, production, and mid-stream companies regarding all of their business needs. With offices in Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, DC, Blank Rome is strategically located […]

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Carrizo Oil & Gas Blowout Spin

March 17, 2013
Carrizo Oil & Gas Blowout Spin

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at approximately 6pm the Yarasavage 1H natural gas well began spewing its fracking cocktail. The drillers, Carrizo Oil & Gas were at stage 23 of fracking. Yarasavage 1H natural gas well is located approximately three miles northwest of Tunkhannock in Washington Township along Keiserville Road. (see maps at bottom) The news headlines have characterized the blowout as an “incident”, “faulty”, “spill” and “malfunction”. All very soft words convening a sense of something minor, and not much of concern. The fracking chemicals gushing from the well is described as “salty, chemically treated wastewater”. Three families were evacuated because officials were concerned that as the fluid in the well was released to the surface, gas would blow out behind it. Colleen Connolly, DEP Spokesperson stated that because […]

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