NYPIRG Urges Cuomo to Reject dSGEIS Due to Conflicts of Interest
The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has sent a letter to New York State Governor Cuomo urging him to reject the Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement...
View ArticleOhio Shale Gas Still Not Creating Promised Jobs
The latest indication that industry job forecasts are greatly overstated By John Funk, The Plain Dealer, August 22, 2013 Related Stories: Ohio Oil and Gas Association touts 40,000 new Ohio jobs – The...
View ArticleJobs Impact of Shale Drilling Exaggerated by Industry
New report examining drilling-related employment across 6 states in the Marcellus and Utica Shale By Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative Six-state study finds jobs impact of shale drilling...
View ArticleMA Has Double the Jobs in Clean Energy That PA Has in Natural Gas
A majority of companies say taxes and cost of living are not a barrier to doing business in the state By Stephen Lacey, greentechmedia, September 19, 2013 Five years after signing one of the nation’s...
View ArticleGas patch jobs: not all they're cracked up to be
Theo Colburn, in High Country News, reports that the supposed employment benefits of natural gas development are not all they seem, with problems ranging from health risks that are not covered by OSHA...
View ArticleAnother City in CO Considers a Fracking Ban
The Sound of the Sixth Shoe Falling By Phillip Doe, CounterPunch, April 16, 2014 Rarely do you hear squeals of glee when people are told the oil boys are coming to town. Usually you get the other...
View ArticleThe Economic Benefits and Costs of Frac-Sand Mining
A report on Frac-Sand Mining in West Central Wisconsin prepared for Wisconsin Farmers Union, Wisconsin Towns Association and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Executive Summary A new...
View ArticleThe Shale Reckoning Comes to Oklahoma
An industry built on cheap debt and new technology pushed oil production to a 40-year high By Asjylyn Loder. Bloomberg Businessweek, March 10, 2016 In January 2012, I traveled to Oklahoma City for the...
View ArticleA Fracking-Driven Industrial Boom Renews Pollution Concerns in Pittsburgh
Once known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh is shedding its polluted past and embracing a rebirth built on health care, education, and technology. But the region’s surging fracking industry is attracting...
View ArticlePoll shows broad support for Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in PA
70% of those polled said they supported regulations to reduce CO2 pollution from power plants in PA By Richard W. Jones, Centre Daily Times, October 11, 2020 The bill to block PA from regulating carbon...
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