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Fwd: WVNS story: Marcellus Drilling Job Boom? Not for West Virginians
by Paul Wilson 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:25 AM Subject: WVNS story: Marcellus Drilling Job Boom? Not for West Virginians To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Marcellus Drilling Job Boom? Not for West Virginians Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27054-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (06/20/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Statistics confirm what some in West Virginia already suspected: Local residents are not seeing the employment boom expected in the Marcellus natural gas fields. In fact, Workforce West Virginia reports a slight decline this year in the number of West Virginians working directly in natural-gas production. Dave Efaw, secretary-treasurer of the West Virginia State Building Trades, says they've been fighting to see local workers get these jobs, but many are going to people brought in from out of state. "There has been no increase in job numbers for West Virginians. The unemployment has increased in northern West Virginia, while all this Marcellus Shale industry is booming." The industry claims West Virginians lack the skills for many of those positions - but Efaw says that isn't true. The economic boost which also was predicted from out-of-state workers staying and eating here is proving to be very limited, Efaw says. Recent figures show an increase in West Virginians doing things such as building pipelines, although Efaw says local workers expected to see a lot more. "Kind of like a gold rush. They led us to believe there's this great resource in West Virginia, which there is - and we're on the outside, looking in." At least 17 county and local governments in Ohio and northern West Virginia have passed resolutions calling for more jobs for local workers. Efaw says people are reacting to what they're seeing every day. "When you go through northern West Virginia, you see a lot of out-of-state license plates. That's why I think people are signing these resolutions - because they want to see West Virginians working on these projects." West Virginia State Building Trades has been distributing yard signs and bumper stickers promoting local jobs for local workers. Efaw says they've given out hundreds of the signs. "It's hard to go anywhere in the area and not see one of them, and the bumper stickers - I mean, we bought thousands of those. We have given out thousands." There may be some jobs coming to run the plants being built to use the gas and its byproducts, Efaw says, but for the next several years, the bulk of the work will be in drilling and building infrastructure. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27054-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27054-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Fwd: WVNS story: Study: Fracking Unlikely To Cause Quakes Big Enough To Feel
by Paul Wilson 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:19 AM Subject: WVNS story: Study: Fracking Unlikely To Cause Quakes Big Enough To Feel To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Study: Fracking Unlikely To Cause Quakes Big Enough To Feel Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26980-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (06/18/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A scientific study<http://tinyurl.com/7qaeaet>has found that natural gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is unlikely to cause earthquakes strong enough to feel. However, it says there is somewhat more danger from injecting the wastewater that results from the process. Murray Hitzman, professor of Economic Geology at Colorado School of Mines, chaired the committee that wrote the report. He says, in some cases, fracking caused earthquakes too small to be felt, but little more. "The process of hydraulic fracturing a well, as presently implemented for shale-gas recovery, does not pose a high risk for inducing felt seismic events." Some residents living near Marcellus gas wells have been concerned about what some have said is an increase in small earthquakes. The industry has dismissed those fears. Hitzman points out that technologies like fracking have a long track record, which should be reassuring. "There are very large numbers of wells and/or fields, and the number of historical felt events is actually quite small." However, Hitzman says, injecting large amounts of liquid into the earth can cause other problems. Wastewater wells have not been a big issue so far, but they are growing in size and number as the industry spreads, he says. "If we have more wells, we have more chance of events. And if we have more events, there's more probability of higher-magnitude events." The research committee called for more study and said the government and industry should develop ways to avoid potential problems. It also warned people drilling wastewater disposal wells to be more aware of underground faults in the rock. The study was sponsored by the Department of Energy and done in conjunction with the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. The full report is available from the National Academies Press at www.nap.edu<http://tinyurl.com/7qaeaet> . Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26980-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26980-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Re: [EC] Not yet the Last chance to comment on EPA's Greenhouse Gas rule
by James Kotcon 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

EPA has extended the coment period on this rule till June 25. Now is a good time to get your friends, family, and neighbors to send comments! JBK >>> "James Kotcon" 06/11/12 1:10 PM >>> The deadline for comments on EPA's Greenhouse gas rule ends tomorrow, June 12. If you have not already done so, please click on the link below and submit comments in support of the rule. http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0660-0001 State your opinions, or copy and paste the Sample Comments below. Thanks: Jim Kotcon Sample Comments: Dear Administrator Jackson, I strongly support the proposed new standards to clean up dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants. By setting carbon pollution protections, the EPA is moving forward to clean up and modernize the way we power our country -- ensuring healthier kids, families and workers, while creating much-needed jobs and fighting climate disruption. Carbon pollution is the main contributor to climate disruption and is linked to life-threatening air pollution like asthma-inducing smog, making it a serious hazard to Americans' health and future. Thank you for protecting our families by proposing new standards to clean up dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants!

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Re: [EC] [wvec-board] Not yet the Last chance to comment on EPA's Greenhouse Gas rule
by James Kotcon 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

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Re: [EC] Not yet the Last chance to comment on EPA's Greenhouse Gas rule
by James Kotcon 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

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Fwd: DEP Rules Summary
by James Kotcon 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

See note from Don Garvin below: This Gas rule may be the major battle of the Marcellus campaign. JBK Office of Oil & Gas 35 CSR 8 – Rule Governing the Development of Horizontal Wells – This is a new rule, necessitated by the passage of HB 401 on December 14, 2011. OOG has taken the applicable sections of the existing rule governing conventional oil and natural gas wells (35 CSR 4 – Oil and Gas Wells and Other Wells) and transferred them to this new rule, and further expanded on the new Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act in the following areas: erosion and sediment control plan; site construction plan; water management plan; well site safety plan; casing and cementing standards; well records, including records and disclosure of chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process; water supply testing; and construction standards for large wastewater pits and freshwater impoundments. >>> <DSGJr(a)aol.com> 6/11/2012 1:18 PM >>> Larry Harris sent me this late last week while I was in the hospital. He is on the DEP Advisory Council. This is a summary. Apparently the actual rules have not been posted yet for public comment, etc. The Advisory Council meets on June 21 at 1:30 PM at DEP in Charleston. There is a new horizontal drilling rule proposed. It is the last item in the document. There are no details provided yet. don garvin

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Last chance to comment on EPA's Greenhouse Gas rule- June 12
by James Kotcon 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

The deadline for comments on EPA's Greenhouse gas rule ends tomorrow, June 12. If you have not already done so, please click on the link below and submit comments in support of the rule. http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0660-0001 State your opinions, or copy and paste the Sample Comments below. Thanks: Jim Kotcon Sample Comments: Dear Administrator Jackson, I strongly support the proposed new standards to clean up dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants. By setting carbon pollution protections, the EPA is moving forward to clean up and modernize the way we power our country -- ensuring healthier kids, families and workers, while creating much-needed jobs and fighting climate disruption. Carbon pollution is the main contributor to climate disruption and is linked to life-threatening air pollution like asthma-inducing smog, making it a serious hazard to Americans' health and future. Thank you for protecting our families by proposing new standards to clean up dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants!

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Fwd: WVNS story: WV Wildlife Area Hit By Fracking
by Paul Wilson 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:32 AM Subject: WVNS story: WV Wildlife Area Hit By Fracking To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> WV Wildlife Area Hit By Fracking Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26666-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (05/29/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - People living near a state wildlife preserve are complaining that it is being torn up by natural gas exploration operations (fracking). The state of West Virginia does not own the mineral rights for the Lewis Wetzel Wildlife Management Area. Therefore, like a private landowner, the state has limited ability to control activities by the three drilling companies operating on 12 large well-pads located in the game and hiking preserve. Longtime Wetzel County resident Bill Hughes says he has repeatedly complained about problems, including runaway erosion and heavy truck traffic. "It's a total embarrassment to the state to have these things in their own back yard. Every resident, every taxpayer in the state of West Virginia owns part of Lewis Wetzel. I want my land taken care of better than this." State officials say they have the sites under investigation, and inspectors are due there next week. Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kathy Cosco says her office is treating the complaints the same way they would on any private land. Overall, she says, state regulators have been slowed by the need to hire more inspectors and put a new law signed late last year into effect. "We've had to play catch-up. Industry and the market changed things quickly, and so quite frankly what you find is the regulation side is playing catch-up to the industry." Hughes says one problem is the level of commotion, the traffic and industrial activity, in what should be quiet wilderness. "Dirt, noise, diesel fumes, disturbances. I'm sure the deer are having a hard time finding a place that's a little bit of peace and quiet for them." He says one of the big well pads, with a number of individual drilling rigs on it, has been plagued by massive erosion that has filled a nearby creek with mud. "Tree roots and the trees just slipped on down the hill, and rainfall over the past month or two has cut another channel because the old existing creek bed is buried -- there's probably four or five foot of mud." The drilling companies did not return calls requesting comment. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26666-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26666-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Fwd: Investor Risks from Oil Shale
by Paul Wilson 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Clayton Daughenbaugh <claytonhd(a)xmission.com> Date: Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:08 PM Subject: Investor Risks from Oil Shale To: CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS(a)lists.sierraclub.org Attached.**** ** ** --clayton**** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS list, send any message to: CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Fwd: EIP and Public Justice Sue FirstEnergy on behalf of LBRAG at nation's largest coal ash pond - Little Blue
by Jim Sconyers 30 May '12

30 May '12

This is huge. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lisa Widawsky Hallowell" <lhallowell(a)environmentalintegrity.org> Date: May 30, 2012 1:57 PM Subject: EIP and Public Justice Sue FirstEnergy on behalf of LBRAG at nation's largest coal ash pond - Little Blue To: <COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE(a)lists.sierraclub.org> **apologies for cross-posting****** ** ** EIP and Public Justice, on behalf of the Little Blue Regional Action Group (formerly “Citizens Against Coal Ash”), filed a notice letter for violations of the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, and PA Clean Streams Law at FirstEnergy’s Little Blue Run Coal Ash Impoundment today. The NOI is available here:**** ** ** http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/news_reports/05_30_2012.php**** ** ** ** ** Lisa Widawsky Hallowell**** Attorney**** Environmental Integrity Project**** 1 Thomas Circle, Suite 900**** Washington, DC 20005**** 202.294.3282 (direct/mobile)**** 202.296.8822 (fax) **** lhallowell(a)environmentalintegrity.org **** ** ** *The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments.* ** ** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE list, send any message to: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp

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