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Tag Archives: shale
Pedagogy of the Oppressed: All bark, no bite
Did you know there’s another way to use the phrase “all bark and no bite”? You see, dogs have a funny way of thinking about power– and it only involves biting as a last resort. I never thought a human … Continue reading
Posted in Powerful Stuff
Tagged activism, fracking, marcellus, paulo freire, pedagogy of the oppressed, philosophy, phony hysteria, reflection, shale, shale gas outrage, tom corbett, tom ridge
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Marcellus Shale Wordplay: Drastic Cut OR Sharp Increase?
Have you heard about the adjustment to the estimates of how much natural gas is within the Marcellus Shale formation? Depending on what media outlet you listened to, the estimate just went WAY up or WAY down… but everyone’s using … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking
Tagged energy information administration, engelder, estimate, fracking, gas, marcellus, methane, natural gas, new york times, projection, report, shale, USGS
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NY Senator Ball Tours PA’s GasLand, Speaks Out
Just when you think no human in government is willing to step up and speak out, the phone rings. Your master lets you know it’s time to google “what does a senator do,” and then Senator Greg Ball (NY- R, … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking
Tagged contamination, fracking, greg ball, josh fox, marcellus, methane, migration, natural gas, senator ball, shale, tour, wellsboro
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Fed Energy Shale Gas Report: Josh Fox, John Deutch, Dog Logic
There’s been a bountiful array of headlines regarding the recent report released by the Federal Energy Department regarding shale gas development. The headlines are mainly divided into two types: 1) those that highlight concerns with the subcommittee on natural gas … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking
Tagged contamination, department of energy, deutch, energy, energy advisory board, fracking, hearing, josh fox, marcellus, methane, natural gas, report, shale, subcommittee on natural gas, washington
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word choice: fracking
Hi all. Just a short note today to mention a theme I’ve recently been seeing… it involves the applicability of the word “fracking” to mean all shale gas development activities. I think we can be more specific. Today, I’m offering … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking
Tagged contamination, fracking, gas, gas well, gasland, josh fox, marcellus, shale, unconventional, well
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once upon a leaky well…
Once a leaky well, always a leaky well? That is the question. Here’s what we know: about 5% of unconventional gas wells leak right off the bat; upwards of 50-60% leak within 20ish years. In a Canadian study, the failure … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking
Tagged argument, contamination, fail, fracking, gas, green, industry, leak, marcellus, marcellus shale, methane, natural gas, pa, reason, shale, sustained casing pressure, unconventional, water, well
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Dog’s Eye View: PA’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Cmte Environmental & Health Recs
Well, the Harrisburg Bulldogs have released the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission’s full report, as of yesterday. Today’s blog is my $0.02 on the report’s set-up, plus I review the report’s 43 environmental recommendations. The report was commissioned by Gov. Corbulldog on how … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking, Popular Stuff
Tagged advisory, coalition, commission, corbett, fracking, gas, gasland, harrisburg, josh fox, marcellus, methane, natural gas, news, recommendations, report, review, shale, summary
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New & Not Improved: Pennshalevania
Let’s try this on for size: The Keystone State will now be known as Pennshalevania. Alternatively, you can call it Gasylvania. Whatever you do, don’t call it a commonwealth anymore. Wealth here, nowadays, simply isn’t for everyone– regardless of what … Continue reading
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Tagged coalition, engelder, fool, fracking, gas, lapdog, marcellus, natural gas, penn state, psu, shale
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West Virginia Study: Frack Fluid Kills
Mary Beth Adams recently published in the Journal of Environmental Quality an extremely interesting study on the effects of frack fluid on vegetation. The short answer? Things die. The long answer: “Two years after fluid application, 56% of the trees … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking
Tagged ada, compton, contamination, drilling, environment, fracking, marcellus, methane, methane migration, natural gas, pa, pennsylvania, pollution, shale, thermogenic, water, well
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failures of pro-gas arguments
As only a dog can do, I’ve decided to put together a couple resources so that you humans have a quick and easy place to refer back to when you need some scientific and logical back-up while picking apart pro-gas … Continue reading
Posted in HydroFracking, Popular Stuff
Tagged ada, compton, contamination, drilling, environment, fracking, marcellus, methane, methane migration, natural gas, pa, pennsylvania, pollution, shale, thermogenic, water, well
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