Thousands Protest Outside Shale Drilling Conference In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Center city Philadelphia is the gathering place this week for bigwigs in the Marcellus Shale industry, and it’s a conference that’s not without controversy. . An estimated 2,000...
View ArticleCorbett’s Fracking ‘Impact Fees’ Fall Short, Says Pennsylvania Environmental...
BRISTOL, Pa. (CBS) – Environmentalists who oppose Marcellus Shale drilling are not too keen on Governor Tom Corbett’s announcement today proposing “impact fees” on drillers (see related story)....
View ArticleGeologist: Fracking Can Cause Small Earthquakes
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Scientists are exploring a new concern about gas extraction in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale beds: Earthquakes. To break up the shale, to get to the gas, energy companies pump...
View ArticleDelaware River Basin Commission Postpones Plan To Allow Fracking In Region
WEST TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) –– A key decision on the future of fracking in the region has been put on hold. It appears there may not be a lot of political support for the practice. Members of the...
View ArticleUpstate Pa. Residents Affected by Fracking Protest at EPA Head’s Visit to...
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Opponents of natural gas drilling in Northeastern Pennsylvania came to Philadelphia today, demanding that the EPA administrator order fresh water deliveries to...
View ArticleAnti-Fracking Activists Protest Aqua America Pumping Station Plan
By Mark Abrams BRYN MAWR, Pa. (CBS) — A group of activists from central Pennsylvania descended upon the Bryn Mawr headquarters of Aqua America today, to protest the company’s plans to build a pumping...
View ArticlePa. Lawmaker Wants To Lift Doctor-Patient Gag Order in Marcellus Shale Law
By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania’s new law governing Marcellus shale gas drilling — Act 13 — bars doctors and other health professions from sharing information about what chemicals are...
View ArticleShale Gas Conference in Center City Philadelphia Draws Protesters
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Nearly 2,000 members of the natural gas industry are in Philadelphia for the Shale Gas Insight convention, and it’s bringing opposition — with protesters...
View ArticleMovie Review: ‘Promised Land’
By Bill Wine KYW Newsradio 1060 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Promised Land is a timely, quietly powerful cautionary tale about a failing farming community faced with an offer from a big company that could bail...
View ArticleDebate Over Fracking Continues In Pennsylvania
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Pennsylvania remains at the center of the raging debate over fracking, the hydro-fracturing techniques to get at natural gas locked in shale. An awaited...
View ArticleDrinking Dirty Water: Is America’s Water Safety In Jeopardy?
Civilization is only as strong as its water supply. Communities and cities, as well as their economic stability, can quickly and easily be bruised, if not toppled, by the unchecked outbreak of...
View ArticleStigall Show Log 3.29.13
5:40 La Salle’s NCAA Tournament run ended last night against Wichita State in Los Angeles. Jerrell Wright (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) 6:45 President Obama says “shame on us” if we fail to act...
View ArticleProtesters Rally Outside DEP Offices On Earth Day To Fight Marcellus Shale...
By Kim Glovas NORRISTOWN, Pa., (CBS) – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was the target of protest this Earth Day by more than 62 organizations fighting Marcellus Shale drilling...
View ArticleCritics Challenge Gov. Corbett at Fracking Industry Meeting in Philadelphia
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett met a receptive audience from the oil and gas industry today at the Franklin Institute, while critics of Marcellus Shale drilling...
View ArticlePa. Attorney General Prosecutes Marcellus Shale Driller For Waste Water Spill
By Michelle Durham PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Marcellus Shale is a layer of rock about 5,000 feet below the earth’s surface and drillers can extract natural gas from it in a process calling fracking....
View ArticleShale Industry Conference In Philadelphia Draws Protests
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) —- The controversial issue of fracking — removing natural gas from shale deposits by injecting liquid chemicals into the ground — is front and center this week in...
View ArticleCenter City Protest Targets a Pennsylvania Oil Pipeline Operator
By John Ostapkovich PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — About 40 activists braved snow and cold during the noon hour today outside a center city office tower, to protest a fracking-related project at the headquarters...
View ArticleCoast Guard Wants Barges To Ship Fracking Water
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard wants to allow barges filled with fracking wastewater to ply the nation’s rivers on their way toward disposal. Many environmentalists are horrified, but industry...
View ArticleLocal Environmental Group Applauds Pa. High Court Decision on Fracking Law
By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Environmental groups are cheering a decision yesterday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which struck down parts of the controversial Act 13, a law governing natural...
View ArticleWest Goshen Residents Voice Concerns About Proposed Pumping Station
By Todd Quinones WEST GOSHEN Twp., Pa., (CBS) — Residents in West Goshen Township voice concerns over a proposed pumping station to support fracking activities. Plans call for it at the Marcus Hook...
View ArticlePA Cracks The Top Ten List Of Toxic Chemicals In Waterways
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania has the nation’s seventh-highest volume of toxic chemicals being released into its waterways, according to a new report. New Jersey ranks 14th. Now, a...
View ArticlePA Auditor General: Department Of Environmental Protection Caught Unprepared...
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG (CBS) — Pennsylvania’s auditor general has released a report critical of the Department of Environmental Protection’s regulation of the natural gas drilling industry. Auditor...
View ArticleHealth Advocates Call For More Information About Marcellus Shale Fracking
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A coalition of public health advocates is calling on the state to provide more information about the impact of the gas drilling technique known as “fracking.” Fracking...
View ArticleACLU Presses Photo-Blocking Case Against Philadelphia Cops
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed its fifth lawsuit against the Philadelphia police department related to police interfering with civilians trying to...
View ArticleEnergy Industry Promotion Conference Draws Angry Protests at Drexel University
By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — About 100 demonstrators gathered today on the campus of Drexel University, protesting a conference promoting Philadelphia as an “energy hub.” They chanted “no...
View ArticleAnti-fracking Protesters Arrested After Wolf’s Inauguration
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Demonstrators are facing charges after Gov. Tom Wolf’s inauguration. A state police spokeswoman said eight people were charged with disorderly conduct in connection with...
View ArticleGov. Wolf, in Chesco, Promotes Natural Gas Drilling Tax as Benefit For...
By Tony Romeo THORNDALE, Pa. (CBS) — Governor Tom Wolf visited an elementary school in Chester County this morning, to kick off his push to impose a tax on natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. Wolf...
View ArticleCongressional Democrats Seek To Step Up Fracking Oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on a congressional oversight panel are stepping up their investigation into how well states are regulating the disposal of oil and gas waste, citing continuing public...
View ArticleDefying GOP, Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
WASHINGTON — Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his veto power for only the third time...
View ArticleKeystone XL Veto Could Make A Case Against Fracking
President Barack Obama recently vetoed a bill approved by both Congress and the Senate to build the Keystone XL pipeline, an oil pipeline system commissioned to transport oil from Canada and the North...
View ArticleUSGS: More Data Needed To Assess Any Fracking-Pollution Link
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey says more data is needed to be able to say for sure if a link exists between unconventional oil and gas development and degraded water...
View ArticleLocal Environmental Groups Warn of Accident Potential From Marcellus Shale...
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Last month’s oil train derailment and explosion in West Virginia has prompted environmentalists in Pennsylvania to sound the alarm about the potential dangers that...
View ArticleUpstate NY Towns Consider Seceding To Pa. After Fracking Ban
CONKLIN, N.Y. (AP) — Plenty of people leave New York state but in a job-hungry stretch of upstate, folks talk about staying put and seceding to Pennsylvania. Local officials stung by a recent decision...
View ArticleThis Week: Robin Williams Is Protected & Maya Angelou Gets Stamped
This week, a late comedian’s likeness can’t be used for quite some time and a late poet gets honored. ~ 1. Robin Williams Protected Robin Williams (Photo by Car Court/Getty Images) The late Robin...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Environmental Groups Say Jim Kenney Is Best Choice For Mayor
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Environmental groups in Philadelphia celebrated Earth Day today by announcing their endorsement of Jim Kenney for mayor. Clean Water Action, Conservation Voters of...
View ArticleReport: Man-Made Earthquakes Shake Over A Dozen Areas In US
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a dozen areas in the United States have been shaken in recent years by small earthquakes triggered by oil and gas drilling, a government report released Thursday found....
View ArticleZeoli Show Log 03.07.16
3pm – Trump to Rubio: Drop Out Of The Race 3:20pm – Clinton, Sanders Debate in Flint, Michigan 3:50pm – Emotional Peyton Manning officially announces retirement after 18 seasons 4pm – You Won’t Get...
View ArticleState Investigating 2 Quakes Near Pennsylvania Fracking Site
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating whether fracking contributed to two small earthquakes near a western Pennsylvania drilling operation. DEP...
View ArticleFracking May Worsen Asthma For Nearby Residents, Study Says
CHICAGO (AP) — Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Pennsylvania. The study found that...
View ArticleRegulatory Agency Permanently Bans Fracking, Natural Gas Drilling Near...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — A regulatory agency that’s responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four states voted Thursday to permanently ban natural gas drilling and fracking in...
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