Constructing oil and gas wells: "many of today’s wells are at risk"

Home › Contributors › Amy Mall › Constructing oil and gas wells: “many of today’s wells are at risk” Amy Mall’s Blog Constructing oil and gas wells: “many of today’s wells are at risk” Amy Mall Senior Policy Analyst, Boulder, Colorado Blog | About Posted May 14, 2010 in Health and the Environment The tragic catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the oil spilling from the Deepwater Horizon rig sounds more and more like the results of a perfect storm of poor drilling practices. We’ve read about potential contributors being

Oil and gas drilling threatens fish and aquatic habitat

Home › Contributors › Amy Mall › Oil and gas drilling threatens fish and aquatic habitat Amy Mall’s Blog Oil and gas drilling threatens fish and aquatic habitat Amy Mall Senior Policy Analyst, Boulder, Colorado Blog | About Posted April 30, 2010 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places A recent article reported that the Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection has stated that “water discharges from Marcellus shale drilling operations have already harmed aquatic life in the state….” Because of this, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is seeking

Chesapeake in trouble in PA; Is NY paying attention?

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Cabot Sanctioned Big Time for Dimock Disaster

Home › Contributors › Kate Sinding › Cabot Sanctioned Big Time for Dimock Disaster Kate Sinding’s Blog Cabot Sanctioned Big Time for Dimock Disaster Kate Sinding Senior Attorney, New York City Blog | About Posted April 19, 2010 in Curbing Pollution “I feel like God is just looking down and everything Cabot tries, He just messes with them.”

Climate Change-ing your Allergies

Home › Contributors › Kim Knowlton › Climate Change-ing your Allergies Kim Knowlton’s Blog Climate Change-ing your Allergies Kim Knowlton Senior Scientist, New York Blog | About Posted April 18, 2010 It’s an absolutely gorgeous weekend across much of the eastern US.

A first-hand view of Dimock, Pennsylvania

Home › Contributors › Amy Mall › A first-hand view of Dimock, Pennsylvania Amy Mall’s Blog A first-hand view of Dimock, Pennsylvania Amy Mall Senior Policy Analyst, Boulder, Colorado Blog | About Posted April 15, 2010 in Health and the Environment I’ve written in the past of the environmental assault on Dimock, Pennsylvania, from natural gas drilling, including drinking water contamation and chemical leaks and spills. My colleague Kate Sinding recently visited Dimock

Illinois Chamber Beats Up An Asian Carp Straw Man: A Real Solution Will Create Jobs, Not Destroy Them

Home › Contributors › Thom Cmar › Illinois Chamber Beats Up An Asian Carp Straw Man: A Real Solution Will Create Jobs, Not Destroy Them Thom Cmar’s Blog Illinois Chamber Beats Up An Asian Carp Straw Man: A Real Solution Will Create Jobs, Not Destroy Them Thom Cmar Attorney, Chicago Blog | About Posted April 8, 2010 in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places Yesterday, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce released a report which found that an arbitrary, immediate, permanent closure of the navigational locks connecting the Chicago waterway system to Lake Michigan in an effort to stop big, hungry Asian carp from establishing a population in the Great Lakes would be really, really expensive. There’s only one problem…

Plastic Bags: Time for a Confession

Home › Contributors › Phil Gutis › Plastic Bags: Time for a Confession Phil Gutis’s Blog Plastic Bags: Time for a Confession Phil Gutis Director of Communications, New York City Blog | About Posted April 5, 2010 in Living Sustainably As we left the supermarket Friday evening, we saw a family of five lugging their groceries to the parking lot. Each family member was carrying a reusable bag; one young man had an unbagged jug of cider. And there we stood with our cartfull of plastic bags.

Natural gas pit fire and leaking pipes – more accidents in Pennsylvania

Home › Contributors › Amy Mall › Natural gas pit fire and leaking pipes – more accidents in Pennsylvania Amy Mall’s Blog Natural gas pit fire and leaking pipes – more accidents in Pennsylvania Amy Mall Senior Policy Analyst, Boulder, Colorado Blog | About Posted April 1, 2010 in Health and the Environment My last four blog posts have been about Pennsylvania. I am not picking on this state.

Pennsylvania Governor reported to support drilling moratorium in state forests

Home › Contributors › Amy Mall › Pennsylvania Governor reported to support drilling moratorium in state forests Amy Mall’s Blog Pennsylvania Governor reported to support drilling moratorium in state forests Amy Mall Senior Policy Analyst, Boulder, Colorado Blog | About Posted March 31, 2010 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places If you’ve read some of my previous blog posts you know that Pennsylvania has seen more than its share of severe environmental damage from natural gas drilling. Drinking water contamination, air pollution, fish kills, dead livestock, and more have been reported from the Keystone State.

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