\nI’ve fallen behind in our updates so I’ll combine everything into one post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First off, there’s a great article from the New York Times<\/em>that we highly recommend: “The Fracturing of Pennsylvania”<\/a> by Eliza Griswold. The article appeared in last Sunday’s Magazine<\/em>.\n It’s about the problems some people who have leased their minerals have\n experienced with Range Resources in southwest Pennsylvania. The health \nissues are similar to those we’ve heard about occurring in this state \nand elsewhere. The company’s run-around is also typical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ve posted a couple of new videos on YouTube (www.youtube.com\/GasWellStudy<\/a>).The most recent is You Get Used To It<\/a>.\n We include more of our recorded interview with Paul Phillips (a Kanawha\n county resident) in this video and for that alone we believe it’s worth\n watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In September we presented our comments to the state for the proposed new regulation<\/a>covering\n horizontal natural gas wells. We’re disappointed with what the \nDepartment of Environmental Protection has come up with. What’s \nhappening in this state is that while members of the legislature are \nattempting to create new regulations for oil and gas, industry and the \npolitical establishment (e.g., the governor) are blocking it. What we’re\n getting instead are regulations written (more or less, more than less) \nby industry that do nothing to protect the health and safety of the \nstate’s citizens or the environment. Our comments have the state’s \nproposed regulation appended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n