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Hurricane Sandy is headed towards the East Coast. The New York Governor’s office is making preparations for emergency management. The Crisis Response team at Google Maps has an excellent storm tracker that provides information on the current location, projected path and other advisories along the path of Hurricane Sandy. The eye of the storm will pass [...]

This list is in no way exhaustive. Rather, it attempts to provide a set of primary references that offer key pieces of information in building a clear understanding of the gas drilling issue. Thus, it is subjective in its completeness. Annotations attempt to identify unique or defining characteristics of each entry. References to popular press [...]

Private water well owners are responsible for their own water quality.  Even in the absence of shale?gas drilling, well owners are strongly encouraged to evaluate their water on a regular basis in order to ensure that basic water quality standards are being met.  Information on general testing that applies to all private water supplies can be found [...]

Comments on draft sGEIS for Marcellus Shale These comments are limited to addressing mitigating the impacts of drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale on the water resources of New York State. The comments are organized under three major topics of concern: 1) Mitigating cumulative impacts 2) Minimizing environmental risk 3) Monitoring activities and impacts

Water Resources and Natural Gas Production from the Marcellus Shale by Daniel J. Soeder and William M. Kappel

How much of the water used in horizontal hydrofracing is recovered? If the frac job is done correctly, most, if not all, the volume of water used in hydrofracing is returned, but its composition changes over time as saline formation water begins to mix in with the frac water and is recovered with it. The [...]

While possible adverse impacts to water quality are often associated with Natural Gas extraction, impacts to air quality are many times overlooked. Few people dispute that air pollution occurs from the use of diesel-powered drilling rigs, pick-up trucks, tractor-trailers, and earth moving equipment, in addition to the particulate matter dispersed from dust, natural gas flaring, [...]

While the national newspapers are penning breathless stories on the demise of the natural gas drilling industry, energy firms with drilling programs in the Marcellus Shale are planning to dramatically expand their drilling operations in 2009, especially in Pennsylvania, according to an analysis of publicly released investor statements and local newspaper interviews with gas company [...]