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Interesting factoid about Cabot O & G
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Tom Copley replied to Thomas J Shepstone's discussion 'Anti-Gas Politics of Fear'"I think this is a better analogy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_finger_trap
The more you struggle against the Church That Is Full of Gas, the more you establish that fracking and gas drilling in general are controversial. People wouldn't…"
Tom Copley replied to Thomas J Shepstone's discussion 'Anti-Gas Politics of Fear'"Problem -> reaction -> solution = IEA, and groups like them. Isn't that the recipe that they're trying to follow with their campaign of half-truths and exaggeration? Were there never any problem to start, then they'd simply have…"
Tom Copley replied to Thomas J Shepstone's discussion 'Anti-Gas Politics of Fear'"I wonder if this approach to dispel the fear factor will ever prove realistic. IEA seems like a rather high powered group. Most of the countries in Europe belong to it as well as the U.S. Its Executive Director, Maria van der Hoeven, is a former…"
Tom Copley replied to Thomas J Shepstone's discussion 'Josh Fox's House of Green Paper'"Different issue, same problem. How to get beyond the negatives, and start discussing the positives... As Prof. Considine points out, there are some."
Tom Copley replied to David Perotto's discussion 'Is Fracing really causing health issues????'"New blog post about this subject. See if you think it fairly represents...
Water treatment options near shale drilling"
Tom Copley replied to David Perotto's discussion 'Is Fracing really causing health issues????'"Throw enough of it at the wall and some is bound to stick. The EID study makes a good point though, that if the chemicals, VOCs, radiation, etc., are all that detrimental to health then you would expect oil and gas workers to be the most affected by…"
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Initial rulings in Dimock case go against Cabot O & G
For those Shalers following the lawsuit brought against Cabot O & G by residents of Dimock, PA, some initial rulings by the Federal Court's Judge Jones have largely gone against the defendant. Cabot had sought to dismiss or otherwise strike several of the plaintiff's claims. I'm curious exactly why this case ended up in Federal Court instead of a State one. Anyone know?…
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An environmental advocate explains the status of drilling in NY State
Whether you agree with Katherine Nadeau of the Environmental Advocates of NY or not, she makes a good point that the debate over drilling in NY is frequently framed as a conflict between dirt poor farmers who want to drill and environmental extremists who hotly oppose development. The true situation is neither black or white, but rather falls within the shades of gray between these two polar extremes. In this… Continue
Posted on September 18, 2010 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
Industry Web Site Makeover
The Marcellus Shale Coalition is the most important industry organization specifically focusing on Marcellus shale developments. It has a brand new web site with many interactive features. Along with Energy In Depth, these are the two best places to find out what the industry has to say, and a must read for anyone trying to understand… Continue
Posted on May 27, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment
Both sides in the environmental debate are reaching
Penn State's indefatigable Professor Terry Engelder says both sides of the environmental debate are exaggerating. The natural gas E & P companies minimize the risks to groundwater--there are a few, such as drilling into pockets of methane gas that can produce milky-looking well water. Some environmentalists have attacked hydro-fracturing as if it were a proven source of water contamination (it's not). …
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Posted on April 28, 2010 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
The Baby In the Bathwater
We've heard about all of the dangers of hydro-fracturing (aka fracing), and doubtless environmental concerns deserve to be adequately addressed, yet its easy to lose sight of the big picture and to realize that the Marcellus shale and other similar shale gas developments in Louisiana and Texas change everything. …
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Posted on March 17, 2010 at 1:33pm — 15 Comments
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- At 6:06pm on March 29, 2011,
LandownerKeith Mauck (Site Publisher) said… Hi Tom,
Funny though kinda sad. I can guess how much they are spending. Millions. Or at lease high 6 figures. High price PR firms market API's efforts. Genuine grassroots is where it's at. I believe API would do much better if they just got behind our efforts and supported.
Do you have a seperate analytics tool for your site? Those numbers are actually 40-50% low for me and likely for you. However, my understanding is they give you a decent idea as to how you compare with other sites.
- At 5:43pm on March 10, 2011,
Oildex said… - Greetings Tom! We look forward to contributing to your Marcellus Wiki.
- At 3:27pm on March 6, 2011,
Robin Jackson said… Hi Tom, the following Gas Co. are active around me
NOVUS OPERATING LLC
NOVUS EXPLORATION LLC
TENASKA RESOURCES LLC
In Covington, Richmond , Brookfield (Tioga) and Sullivan Twp.Seneca is all around us here in Covington
East aka Shell is all around us
Chesapeake-is all around us and Liberty, Navoo , Morris area
Anadarko is In the Liberty, Morris and Nauvoo area
Atlas seems to focusing over in the Middlebury area
That is what I can think of for now. But I know many places where their are wells I'll just look them up by the "family/business name" it might help me narrow it down.
RobinSJ
- At 10:24am on February 14, 2011,
Merlin Benner said… - Hi Tom,
I'd like to get my company added to the Wiki Marcellus site. We are Wildlife Specialists, www.wildlife-specialists.com. Please let me know if you are the right person to contact on this, and if you need any further information from me.
Thanks.
Merlin Benner
- At 10:18pm on December 30, 2010,
USA Landowner said… - Barnie is now about 60 pounds and I tell you that she isn't going in a shopping cart again! so no tveee performances at Petsmart anymore! You know I would upload a few more photos to the set...but I didn't know that they show your photo while they are uploading on the main page...and I tell you it really is different uploading Barnie flicks while everyone is looking for shale photos! Course it may be a setting that I need to set so that it cannot be posted on the main page while uploading.
- At 9:21pm on December 30, 2010, USA Landowner said…
Thank you for the compliment...I will pass it on to Barnie!
and it is ok...vg.
- At 12:22am on December 29, 2010, Jeff said…
- Hi Tom
I like reading your updates.
Could you correct the spelling for Sullivan County it is wrong in a few places throughout your updates.
Thanks
Jeff
Sullivan County proud
- At 12:21am on December 29, 2010, Jeff said…
- Hi Tom
I like reading your updates.
Could you correct the spelling for Sullivan County it is wrong in a few places throughout your updates.
Thanks
Jeff
Sullivan County proud
- At 12:29pm on December 15, 2009, JSIMS said…
- ok thanks here is the link. hope this works
http://www.petitiononline.com/YESngNY/petition-sign.html
- At 8:10am on August 3, 2009, ROBERT H.DIXON JR. said…
- thanks
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