Pennsylvania environmental regulators said Wednesday they have given permission to a natural-gas driller to stop delivering replacement water to residents whose drinking water wells were tainted with methane.
Residents expressed outrage and threatened to take the matter to court.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has been delivering water to homes in the northeast village of Dimock since [...]
Are These Options for Energy Wise???
More than 80% of all wells drilled in the U.S. today use some kind of "fracking."
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shut down some operations of natural gas driller Cabot Oil & Gas after 8,000 gallons of toxic chemicals were spilled on the ground and into a creek in [...]
And why isn’t the government, while it’s so busy clamoring for "more drilling," punishing companies for safety violations that are getting increasing numbers of workers killed?
"SNYDER, Texas – Less than two months into the job in the oilfields of West Texas, Brandon Garrett was sliced in half by a motorized spool of steel cable as [...]
The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production.
Republicans and some-oil state Democrats opposed the measure, calling it a federal power grab that would raise energy prices and kill thousands of American [...]
The government is wanting 2,200+ acres for a memorial for the flight 93 passengers that lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks. There are a few land owners that don’t want to give up the remaining 500+ acres the government is wanting for it so they are threatening eminent domain by condemning the land if [...]
And keep in mind, this is coming from left wing Rolling Stone
"It was the most devastating assault on American soil since 9/11," writes Dickinson, a writer who, like the publication that employs him, normally leans left. "Like the attacks by Al Qaeda, the disaster in the Gulf was preceded by ample warnings—yet the administration [...]
Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices.
McCain again advocated more oil drilling off the U.S. coast. "Anybody who says that we can achieve energy independence [...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_re_us/us_flight93_memorial
This strikes me as absolutely unconscionable. Some of these plots of land are farms which have remained in the same family for generations.
America was raped by terrorists on that September day. Why is our own government now raping property owners?
The O: It happened on his watch, therefore it’s his fault.
james: I [...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100331/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_drilling
Obama clears way for oil drilling off US coasts
"Reversing a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. shores, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an expansive new policy that could put oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska."
The USSR was a [...]
Story link for all the Miami/Dade liberals who still cant understand…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy
quote 1
Republican opponents said the legislation ignored the need to produce more domestic oil, natural gas and coal. One GOP lawmaker bemoaned "the pure venom … against the oil and gas industry."
Democrats avoided a nasty fight by ignoring — at least for the time being [...]
"Federal regulators approved Wednesday the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water, even while deepwater projects remain frozen after the massive BP spill.
The Minerals Management Service granted a new drilling permit sought by Bandon Oil and Gas for a site about 50 [...]
I just read this headline and cannot believe my eyes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080707/ap_on_re_us/wild_horses_euthanasia
I admit I have not read article yet, mainly because I hate news dealing with unnecessary death of animals. But unless these horses are sick or a danger to human beings, why destroy them???
If OIL has indeed reached its peak, and even if there’s still [...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_poll
The poll also found that the public still supports the idea of drilling offshore for oil and gas. By 50 percent to 38 percent, more people favor increased coastal drilling for oil and gas than oppose it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_re_us/gas_drilling
This time, the environmental nazis managed to get a federal court to rule against drilling for oil and gas in northern Michigan on 3 acres of a tract of land measuring almost 6000 acres, in large part because it might hurt the Kirtland’s Warbler, a small bird which is apparently more important to environmental whackos [...]
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil — about a three-day supply — from the national stockpile.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy;_ylt=AiqH_gP7nLKWRdX7ZsCrF3ys0NUE
They keep claiming that drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf will bring immediate relief–but as the [...]
Yahoo had this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices_51 and this: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas14nov14,1,1475055.story?coll=la-headlines-business on its homepage news at the same time. I have heard election and Republican conspiracy theories but please don’t post a response like that without hard evidence.
Exxon Mobil says it has begun drilling at Alaska’s Point Thomson oil and gas field.
Patrick McGinn, a company spokesman, says drilling operations were launched Friday.
In February, Exxon returned eight of its Point Thomson leases that were part of 13 added to the field in 2002. Exxon had promised to drill wells and begin producing oil [...]
This from an article on U.S. Oilfield Deaths:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080911/ap_on_re_us/oilfield_deaths;_ylt=Aut7FWxCweTuflAVBY9AtV9H2ocA
"A dramatic increase in drilling, spurred by record-breaking oil and natural gas prices. The number of workers in oil and gas jobs shot up from 290,000 in 2002 to 428,000 in 2007. In July 2002, 740 land-based oil and gas rigs were operating in the United States; today, [...]
READ FIRST:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080722/bs_afp/norwayoilpricetaxclimate
Norway is the 5th largest exporter of oil, yet there gas prices are even higher than ours. What is going on here? Clearly, the gas prices are NOT related to how much you drill in your own country…
ARLINGTON, Va. – Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their coasts.
McCain’s presidential rival, Sen. Barack Obama, opposes an end to the moratorium
The current drilling moratorium is a perennial cause for [...]
I read a news story about a US Judge blocking oil drilling in a Michigan forest http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_re_us/gas_drilling
But I know lots of landowners who would love to have an oil well on their land if the money be in it… so why is oil drilling so hazadous to the environment>
The Democrats have already wrecked the US economy by forcing banks to make risky home loans to unqualified borrowers….now, the Democrats won’t to make the US more dependent on dictators with oil…can’t they see what Russia is doing to Europe?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_ukraine_russia_gas
I see on Yahoo Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.
Can anyone give a heads up on what to expect? Less drilling/more drilling?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081109/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama