Thousands of oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania suspected of leaking methane

Try to fathom these numbers: 280,000 and 970,000 abandoned oil and gas wells .. and if only a slight amount are leaking methane, that is not at all trivial. 

Thousands of oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania suspected of leaking methane

Natural gas found in drinking water near fracked wells

This is a must must must must read for anyone in Pennsylvania, or anyone who thinks drilling in the Marcellus Shale is without its share of dangers..

Natural gas found in drinking water near fracked wells

Where will a future war for oil be?

A new report says that the United States may become the biggest oil producing country in the world by 2017.. 

That is not too long from now.

It begs the question:
If we have waged wars for oil in the past, will someone wage a war for oil on us in the future?

FRACKING AND CRACKING

Race against the clock in Pennsylvania as work continues to stop fracking fluid from leaking at the site of a gas well spill.. Waste water spewed from the well and now officials are watching for fracking fluid in fresh streams and eventually rivers..

Want to be scared? If you live in Pennsylvania and New York, here is reason: The New York TIMES reports: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers

Want to be scared? If you live in Pennsylvania and New York, here is reason: The New York TIMES reports: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers