New York is one of only 4 states that does not have an independent environmental agency - meaning, the minerals management agency - that issues well permits, is also responsible for the environmental oversight of the wells it issues permits for. … [Read more...]
Chinapeake Lays Off Americans
Chinapeake lays off English speaking Americans right and left . . . Chesapeake retreat ends American energy land grab Reuters By Edward McAllister | Reuters – 21 hrs … [Read more...]
Losing Zoning Attorney Advises DEC On Zoning
Karla Fisk is married to one smart cookie of a lawyer . . . . Phil Simpson points out that the DEC attorneys took dictation from Chesapeake's lobbyist - the same guy that got his butt kicked in the Dryden and Middlefield zoning cases. Anschutz … [Read more...]
Confirmed: Fracking Can Pollute – surprise . . .
Confirmed: fracking can pollute is a new article in Salon that reports on a new study by the National Academy of Sciences, a group that is not wholly funded by Chinapeake Energy, like the Buffalo University Shale Shamstitute of Frackademics Shale … [Read more...]
Chinapeake
In a move that is sure to frack Wall Street, Chesapeake Energy has changed its name to "Chinapeake Energy" re-incorporated in the Caymans and obtained a new listing symbol on the stock exchange FRK U. In an early morning announcement, Chesapeake's … [Read more...]
Compulsory Integration of Horizontal Wells
Compulsory Integration in New York is a new narated Power Point on why compulsory pooling / integration should not be applied to the laterals of horizontal wells. http://my.brainshark.com/Compulsory-Pooling-of-Horizontal-Wells-134334393 New … [Read more...]
Chinapeake Energy Writes NY’s Fracking Regulations
These are copies of the correspondence between Chinapeake Energy's lobbyist in New York, Tom West and the DEC's lawyers. Who copied down the lobbyist's wording almost … [Read more...]
The Head Fracking Shill Inside the NY DEC
Turns out to be none other that "let the science decide" head of the DEC's minerals resources department (Chesapeake China's home away from home in Albany), Brad "Flat Earth" Field. Like his fellow dunces in the Flat Earth … [Read more...]
Frackers Get Sneak Peak at Rules They Wrote
Cuomo has given the frackers a sneak peak at the proposed fracking rules for New York. Probably because that's what he got paid to do. The DEC's regulations are drafted by gas industry lobbyist, the proposed rules are vetted by gas industry lobbyist, … [Read more...]