Its finally done. The EPA has packed up and left town. They miraculously discovered that natural gas exploration has not had a significant environmental impact on Dimock. The sad part is that those of us who live here knew this fact long ago. We had to form a group, Enough Already! to fight a senseless proposed water line to our village. We had to form a group, Dimock Proud, to state our village is a place where the water is clean and the people are friendly. At least the rest of the world…

The Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York (IOGA-NY) has recently been taking Truthland out for screening in some of the far reaches of upstate and western New York.  EID Marcellus was there for a showing of the movie at the University of Buffalo.  It  was a private event and there was no connection with the school except for the location, a point made clear from the very beginning by moderator Cherie Messore.   The event turned out members of the press who, I must add, did an…

Despite assertions made over the last several weeks, Nationwide has not issued any new guidelines nor taken any new positions regarding fracking.

With the increase in hydraulic fracking, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast, Nationwide evaluated our position (as we routinely do with any of our coverages) and decided not to make any changes in our long-standing position on exclusions related to…

The University of Pittsburgh has recently released a survey conducted by them and titled The Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey.  This survey was undertaken in an effort to understand the behaviors and attitudes of greater Pittsburgh’s citizens.  The sampling strategy used in this project allowed the researchers to compare and summarize findings for the City of Pittsburgh and surrounding counties.  Given that a majority of the counties surrounding Pittsburgh are developing Marcellus…