Massive fire breaks out at natural gas facility after possible lightning strike @GADCLuzerneCounty

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Massive fire breaks out at natural gas facility after possible lightning strike

$Fracking Chemicals Are Contaminating Children & Migrant Children Detention Expanded Under Biden fracking, also spelled fracing or fraccing, also called hydrofracking, in full hydraulic fracturing, in natural gas and petroleum production, injection of a fluid at high pressure into an underground rock formation in order to open fissures and allow trapped gas or crude oil to flow through a pipe to a wellhead at the surface. Employed in combination with improved techniques for drilling horizontally through selected rock layers, fracking has opened up vast natural gas deposits in the United States and elsewhere. At the same time, the rapid rise of the practice, frequently in regions with no history of intensive oil and gas drilling, has raised concerns over its economic and environmental consequences. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $SRBC Public Comments Part 2 At a meeting on December 15, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) was to consider several water withdrawal applications from gas operators, and vote on proposed regulations that speed up approvals of gas development projects and the transport of hazardous drilling wastewater. Jay Sweeney, who testified at the hearing, filed this report: There was about an hour or two of awesome testimony. All opposing the withdrawals. After a break they began reviewing the applications one by one. One was recommended to be denied and a couple reduced volumes of water withdrawal, but, when they continued to recommend applications the crowd got confrontational. There were questions, calling out, finally a mic check. It ended in shouts of Whose water? Our water. The chairwoman called for a motion to approve the applications. There was a motion, a second, a vote and the meeting was adjourned. Then a demonstration ensued! This is what happened (see video above). People care about the river, and they care about water. Today they spoke up. Background: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission coordinates the use of water resources among Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania—the three states across which the river flows for over 400 miles—and the federal government. The Commissions work is governed by a Compact adopted in 1970 by the U.S. Congress and legislatures of the three member states. In November, the SRBC received a letter signed by more than 40 organizations across the region urging the Commission to stop its rulemaking on gas drilling until it conducts necessary comprehensive environmental studies. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Marcellus Shale Reality Tour Part 15 FERC & Atlantic Sunrise - Bad Customer Service A video by Scott Cannon Since the posting of this video, the Williams Atlantic Sunrise project has reached an agreement with Dr. Wilkie to donate the barn wood to The Lands at Hillside Farms. They however have not come to a fair replacement value for the loss of the barn. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$

Residents describe hearing loud pop when natural gas line explodes in Wallis, Texas

$Marcellus Shale Reality Tour Part 2 - Dimock Day Trip - Fracking A video by Scott Cannon http://www.gdacoalition.org On January 10, 2012, I drove to Dimock Pennsylvania to find out whats going on with the DEP and the EPAs investigation on the water well contamination alleged by Cabot Oil & Gas Methane in three private water wells in Lenox Twp. seeped there from a flawed natural gas well drilled by Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., state environmental regulators have found. An investigation by the Department of Environmental Protection determined that the gas migrated from at least one of three Marcellus Shale wells on the Stalter well pad about a half-mile west of Interstate 81 in Susquehanna County. Read the notice of violation HERE The gas was found seeping into three water supplies in August. A fourth water well for a hunting cabin is still being evaluated, DEP spokesman Daniel Spadoni said. Video from inside one of Cabots gas wells showed that a string of steel casing meant to seal off the aquifer from contaminants was improperly constructed, according to a notice of violation sent by DEP in September. Methane was also found between the cemented strings of casing in all three gas wells on the Stalter pad, a sign state regulators view as evidence of flaws in a wells construction. The dissolved methane in one nearby water supply jumped from 0.3 milligrams per liter before drilling began to 49 milligrams per liter on Aug. 16 and 57 milligrams per liter on Aug. 18, according to the violation notice. Cabot installed methane detection alarms in three homes and vented the three affected water wells to keep the methane from accumulating and creating an explosion risk. The company is also delivering replacement drinking water to two of the homes, Mr. Spadoni said. The methane in the third water well has decreased so the home does not require an alternate water supply, he said. Cabot spokesman George Stark said Friday that the company submitted a detailed response to the DEP and is working with regulators on the issue. Cabot is committed to safe and responsible operations and takes matters like this very seriously, he said. We believe in fact-based, scientific research to guide any necessary corrective actions. Department regulators sent Cabot a violation notice on Sept. 19, but neither the departments public eFACTS compliance database nor its monthly oil and gas violations report noted the inspection or violations until last week, when a Times-Tribune reporter asked about the investigation. DEP policy requires the oil and gas program to update the eFACTS database within 10 working days of completing an inspection or mailing a notice of violations. Mr. Spadoni said the missing information was an oversight. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $WNEP Holleran Maple Constitution Pipeline Final Decision 2 19 16 Description The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $PennEast Scoping Hearing WBRE Wilkes-Barre Description The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Community Forum on the Prososed Nacero Refinery in Newport Township Pennsylvania Action Together, PA Interfaith Power and Light, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley hosted an online public forum on the quality of life impacts the proposed Nacero Gas to Gasoline plant will have on the residents living nearby. The online event happened on February 24th at 7:30pm. Meeting presenters: Scott Cannon, Environment Steward, Luzerne County Resident and Business Owner Mr. Cannon is a corporate and industrial video producer that has been documenting the negative affects of the natural gas infrastructure in our region for over a decade. His videos have been featured on television shows on the National Geographic and the Weather Channels, and have been used in documentaries from around the world. He hosts a YouTube Channel with a series of videos about people’s struggles with the gas industry called “The Marcellus Shale Reality Tour”. Susan Volz, Clean Air Council Susan Volz has a Master’s of Science Degree from Drexel University. She designed and researched a case study as a graduate thesis entitled, Fracking regulation in Pennsylvania and Recommending Policy Change: An Examination of organizational factors in Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia. She have extensive knowledge about industrial air pollution. Barbara W Brandom, MD, Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania After retiring from pediatric anesthesiology, Dr. Barbara Brandom studied climate change and environmental pollution, focused on Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Vera Scroggings vs Cabot Gas and Oil Hearing WNEP short version 3 24 14 DescriptionOne of the best-known anti-fracking activists appeared in Susquehanna County Court Monday, in an attempt to get a judge to lift an injunction that restricts her from setting foot on forty percent of that county. Ayla Ferrone reports: Vera Scroggins has been giving citizen tours of natural gas drilling sites in Susquehanna County for the last 5 years. Ms. Scroggins has been trying to do what she does, exposing the harmful practices, within the bounds of the law as best she can, said Scott Michelman, of Public Citizen. But Cabot Oil and Gas claims that Scroggins hasnt been following the law at all. An injunction issued last October banned her from land owned and leased by the company. Cabot is now narrowing the ban to active drilling sites. We dont think there should be an injunction at all, but to the extent the judge indicated, he would be imposing one. Weve advocated for something far narrower that would respect Veras rights, and not chill other advocates, said Michelman. Cabot claims the injunction has nothing to do with Scroggins anti-fracking views, but that its more an issue of safety. She is absolutely free to have her opinion. She can write about it. She can call people. She just cant bring busloads of people to a location where there are active operations going on, said George Stark, Director of External Affairs, Cabot Oil and Gas. Scroggins says the real danger is not the active work sites, but the environmental impact she believes gas drilling has on the environment. We are not being protected. And we need to be outraged and we need to speak up...Cabot is a danger to our community. And Im willing to expose myself to that danger to show people, and the world, what is happening to us. Scroggins says shes willing to do anything to get her point across, even if it means going to jail. But landowners say theyre willing to fight back as well. Theres no reason to trespass on drill sites...I as a personal landowner dont prefer to have someone trespassing on my property and putting themselves in danger, said Kelly Harding, of Franklin Forks, PA. Harding has two drill pads within a half mile of her home in Franklin Forks Pennsylvania, says shes ready to present a landowner petition to the judge if it means keeping Scroggins off her property. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Petition for the EPA to finish water testing in Dimock Frack Fracking Produced by Scott Cannon Ray Kemble and Craig Stevens are off to Washington DC to deliver petitions to get the EPA back to finish water testing regarding gas drilling or fracking in Dimock Pennsylvania. Recently 2 whistleblowers leaked a PowerPoint presentation that suggested they felt more testing was needed to see why the water was being contaminated by methane and other heavy metals. Pressure from the Obama administration during and election year could be the reason for the pull out of the Dimock tests as well as others in Texas and Wyoming. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Amped 2021 How Pennsylvania State Government Is Supporting More Electric Vehicle Use in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is encouraging the switch to electric cars. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$