‘No-Kill Shelter Month’ Aims To Save Pets In West Virginia
New data shows West Virginia is close to achieving "no-kill" status for animal shelters across the state.
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Gas Well Interaction Can be a Boon to Some, Disaster for Others in West Virginia
When natural gas drillers use extreme pressures to drill and crack rocks thousands of feet underground - when they frack for natural gas, for example -…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew York Governor Praised, Scorned Over Fracking Ban
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is getting heaped with praise by environmentalists and scorn by business for a state ban on deep hydraulic fracturing for…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew York Bans Fracking
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIndustry Backed Bill Could Force Mineral Owners to Sell
As lawmakers return to town this week for their final interim session of 2014, they'll learn more about a practice in the natural gas industry companies…
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Petition Asks W.Va. Govenor Not to Allow Drilling Under Ohio River
Govenor Earl Ray Tomblin received a petition with 3,820 signatures requesting he disallow horizontal drilling under the Ohio River.Robin Mahonen, founder…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDrillers Using More Sand, Water for W.Va. Wells
Energy companies are using more water and sand to extract natural gas from the Marcellus shale in Marshall and Ohio counties.A new report by research firm…
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