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Marcellus Shale fracking wells use 5 million gallons of water apiece
2013-10-31 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Forget about residents. Forget about fish. The streams and rivers of Pennsylvania and West Virginia are being heavily tapped to quench the growing thirst of the fracking industry. According to a new report, each of the thousands of fracking wells drilled to draw gas and oil out of the Marcellus Shale formation in those two states uses an average of 4.1 to 5.6 million gallons of fresh water. That`s more than the amount of water used by fracking wells in three other big shale formations around the...
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Thanks to Marcellus Shale, 'fracking' becomes a household word
2013-10-12 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Marcellus Shale preceded the founding of Pittsburgh by a good 350 million years. The rock layer laid safely tucked a mile underground until in the early 2000s, when the shale gas -- through a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing -- began its ascent to stardom. Now it all but defines the region. Pennsylvania has been an oil and gas producing state since the late 1800s. Thirty years ago, gas wells in Pennsylvania pumped out a respectable 118 billion cubic feet of gas in...
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Head of Marcellus Shale Coalition stepping down
2013-07-27 07:37:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The head of Pennsylvania's leading natural gas industry group said Friday that she'll be stepping down this fall.
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Head of Marcellus Shale Coalition stepping down
2013-07-27 06:51:30| Energy - Topix.net
The head of Pennsylvania's leading natural gas industry group said Friday that she'll be stepping down this fall.
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Marcellus Shale, a Look at Fracking, at La MaMa
2013-05-30 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In Paul Zimet's "Marcellus Shale," when the church ladies get together to pray for "those who are sick and suffering," the list of names goes on and on and on. Auggie (Joel Leffert), whose cows all died, has been in a wheelchair since his stroke and spends his days watching television and reading Ayn Rand. Eugene (Harlan J. Alford) has to use an oxygen tank to breathe but insists that fracking (hydraulic fracturing) has had no effect on the drinking water; his ill health, doctors assure him, is...