In Pennsylvania, fracking opponent protesters are spurred on by federal reports indicating that the oil companies are overstating the natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale. This shale is found in parts of Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virgina and West Virginia.
Quebec, Germany, France and South Africa, as well as several states have already implemented limited fracking bans. The EPA is still studying the claims and will release its findings late in 2012.
We will continue to monitor this issue in our own SoMoCo area.
Memorial Day, the unofficial beginning of the summer tourist season is almost upon us. Tuesday…
.Big Sur is used to landslides, but having two back to back which closed the…
Central Coast, Stand Up! 📣 Join us at a town hall to learn what proposed…
There are some really interesting charts provided for this. If you want to check it…
From Heather Cox Richardson today: “If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet…
This website uses cookies.
View Comments
Keep watching, BSK! It's not pretty. Thanks for spreading the news.
Oh you did catch that GASLAND won an Emmy, right?
what is fracking?
I'm not clear what fracking is myself, but you can bet if the oil companies are behind it, it is Bad, with a deliberately capital B.