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Be
Vigilant About Suspect Gas Drilling Activities-
Contact Government Authorities & Local Media
EPA’s
“Eyes on Drilling”
877-919-4372 or e-mail: eyesondrilling@epa.gov
PA
DEP’s Bureau of Oil and Gas
412-442-4024 or email: ra-epoilandgas@state.pa.us
Get
Your Drinking Well Water Tested:
www.IndependentWaterTesting.com
Environmental
& Watchdog Groups ....(click
the titles to visit their sites)
The emergence of gas drilling in PA (and throughout the Marcellus)
has raised issues and alarms among the environmental community.
There are hundreds of long-established environmental organizations,
new ones that have sprouted to address rapidexpansion of gas drilling
and individuals using the power of the web to tell their stories.
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ProPublica
Independent, non-profit that does investigative journalism in the
public interest. Has done numerous, well-researched reports on fracking.
They target multiple issues & have a section focused on gas
drilling called: Buried Secrets: Gas Drilling’s Environmental
Threat
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EARTHJUSTICE
The old Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, is now known
as Earthjustice, whose lawyers handle hundreds of cases every year,
many of which are argued at the Court of Appeals.
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Pennsylvania Energy Impacts Assessment
The Nature Conservancy site shows maps of projections
for how much energy might be developed in Pennsylvania during the
next 20 years & where that development is more and less likely
to occur.
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Responsible Drilling Alliance
RDA is a grassroots, all-volunteer group of dedicated
citizens who have formed an alliance and welcome members with the
widest possible concerns, interests and ideologies. An education
and advocacy coalition, they educate the public about deep shale
gas drilling ramifications.
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Marcellus Shale Protest
An information clearing house about Marcellus Shale gas
drilling activism & related issues. Although this website's
primary geographic focus is Western Pennsylvania, it also includes
content about the fives states in which the Marcellus Shale is located
- & US Shale gas formations
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PennEnvironment
PennEnvironment is a statewide, citizen-based environmental
advocacy organization. Their professional staff combines independent
research, practical ideas & tough-minded advocacy to overcome
the opposition of powerful special interests & win real results
for Pennsylvania's environment.
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PA DEP Oil & Gas Reporting Website
This site allows users to view historical oil and gas well production
information from conventional shallow wells and newer Marcellus
wells, as well as data on the waste each operation produces. Search
for information by well permit number, by operator ID, by county
or for the entire state. The site also allows you to generate and
download raw data easily for further analysis.
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EARTHWORKS -Oil & Gas Accountability
Project
OGAP is a resource for citizens and communities that
are dealing with oil and gas development. OGAP's multi-tiered
approach involves people who are directly affected by the impacts
of oil and gas development in working for strong reforms and better
industry practices
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Pennsylvania Environmental Council
(PEC)
Seeks collaborative solutions among the private sector, government,
communities and individuals to protect and restore the environment
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The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
Focused on the human impact of chemicals found in natural gas operations
across the U.S.
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Drilling has Consequences
Addresses severance tax to help pay for the impacts of natural gas
drilling on Pennsylvania
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Environmental Working Group
Good analytical work across many environmental issues
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Clean Water Action
Provides many avenues to communicate with local, state and federal
officials to enact legislation that protects water resources
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Marcellus-Shale.us
Photos, photos, photos. Identifies nearly every company – big
and small, driller and service provider – at work in the Marcellus
play
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No Frack Mountain
Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition (of Luzernce County PA) blog page
by Herb Baldwin
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The Marcellus Effect
Current Topics in the News
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Splash Down PA
Very informative. Lots of good links. Weak on organization of material
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Anderson Cooper CNN Blog
Anderson Cooper of AC 360 personal blog page
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EnviroPolitics
Environmental & political news, issues and opinion in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware.
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Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog
By the staff of one of the nation’s most effective environmental
group.
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PA Gas Watch, Tioga County
Another good blog. Similar commentary to Splash Down above
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un-naturalgas.org
Good aggregator of news and information. More NY State focused
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Shaleshock Action Alliance
Another good one
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Environmental Dangers of Hydro-Fracturing the Marcellus Shale
(by Robert
Myers))
Sorting through conflicting claims to objectively present the facts
on the effects of hydro-fracturing.
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Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
Extremely active grassroots organization. Website is dated.
• Susquehanna County Gas
Forum
Great on-the-ground, local content. Strongly opinionated. Requires
sign-in.
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FracTracker
Collects and presents personal stories of those impacted by gas
drilling. Offers a unique angle by using a variety of data to help
users visualize everything from drilling activity to DEP violations
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North Branch Land Trust
Using conservation easements, land trusts protect property, plants,
fish, wildlife, open spaces, etc. in perpetuity. A landowner that
has leased gas rights is typically unable to also create a conservation
easement on their property. NBLT is working with landowners and
gas drillers to find solutions that may protect property from surface
disturbances while also realizing economic benefits of gas drilling.
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