Entries of interest tagged with: fracking

PA Judge: Corporations Are Not “Persons”

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Martin

A New Civil Rights Movement: Liberating Our Communities from Corporate Control Pennsylvania judge holds that corporations are not “persons” under the Pennsylvania Constitution By Thomas Alan Linzey, Esq., Executive Director, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund March 28, 2013—To protect small … more →

PA DEP cancels meeting re: water testing report deficiencies

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Martin

From Karen Feridun, Berks Gas Truth, 2/4/13, re: DEP Secretary cancels meeting with environmental organizations Berks Gas Truth was one of 12 organizations scheduled to meet with water testing specialists at the invitation of Secretary Michael Krancer. The invitation came in … more →

Community Bill of Rights Strategy

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Martin

From CELDF, 11/8/12: Three communities banned shale gas drilling and fracking on Election Day, Nov 6, 2012, adopting Community Bill of Rights charter amendments. Mansfield and Broadview Heights, OH, and Ferguson Township, PA, asserted their rights to clean air and … more →

Boksenbaum: ‘Strategies for Change’

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Martin

Three recent newsletters discuss their organization’s perspectives on how to bring about change. One talks about nonviolent direct action, another about securing rights via home rule charters and constitutions, and the third about achieving change goals via the development of … more →

Barnaby Ruhe: ‘Ban Fracking Locally’

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Martin

From Barnaby Ruhe, 5/9/2012: only local action is going to happen, folks. and probably only mothers’ actions with pots and pans. someone has to stop the imminent destruction for the children. that it is a clear violation of fundamental rights, … more →

Precautionary Principle for Marcellus Shale

Posted on April 6, 2011 by pkc

Health and Environmental Experts: Follow the Precautionary Principle on Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale Since 2007, Pennsylvania has witnessed a dramatic increase in unconventional development of natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation using high-volume hydraulic fracturing, also called … more →

Signers: Precautionary Principle for Marcellus Shale

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Peter Crownfield

Experts working in environmental or health field Patricia T. Bradt, PhD Environmental Science, Muhlenberg College John A. Cigliano, PhD Biology; Cedar Crest College Joseph C. Colosi, PhD Natural Science & Plant Ecology Chrysan Cronin, PhD Biology & Public Health; Muhlenberg … more →

Impacts of drilling in Marcellus Shale

Posted on February 11, 2011 by sustain

In this section, we focus on the environmental impacts of drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formations using the fracking or fracturing method (some background info is given on the Marcellus Shale page). Thoughts about use of the resultant … more →

TAKE ACTION ! Protect Public Drinking Water: Act on the FEDERAL FRAC-ACT

Posted on February 11, 2011 by sustain

Information from the Damascus Citizens for Sustainability: SIGN NRDC PETITION - DIRECT LINK Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) is a grassroots nonprofit,501(c)(3), organization dedicated to protecting the Upper Delaware River Basin and beyond from the ravages of deep-shale gas extraction and the threat posed … more →

Alliance to DEP: Stop Marcellus Shale Drilling or Resign

Posted on February 11, 2011 by pkc

The Alliance for Sustainable Communities-Lehigh Valley has called upon the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and its Environmental Quality Board to issue cease and desist orders immediately for all Marcellus Shale gas drilling or, if, because of regulatory law, they … more →