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Announcing the New Shale Institute at UB

Buck Quigley of Artvoice enlightens us with a piece about a new research institute operating at the University of Buffalo. This new research institute is supposed be studying the workings of hydrofracking in the Marcellous Shale region of New York … Continue reading

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Faking The Funk

This info in from the good folks over at Re-Energize Buffalo; Apparently National Fuel Gas and some other energy companies have been faking the funk (or pretending to be something they are not) when it comes to being green. Greenwashing: … Continue reading

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NFAC EXCLUSIVE: National Fuel Gas CEO David F. Smith talks about his new mixtape and upcoming album projects

NFAC: So Dave man what’s up man? At the last interview you felt a certain kind of way. It got kind of heated, and you walked out on me. You aiight now? DS: Yeah, yeah, I’m cool now. I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Velma Fordham, Has Much Changed Since Her Untimely Departure?

Does anyone know what yesterday was? No, well let me tell you. Yesterday was the date of the 11 year anniversary of Velma Fordham’s death. Who was Velma Fordham? Sadly, she was the 58 year old woman who froze to … Continue reading

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TONIGHT: “Gasland” Screening and Q+A w/ FWW and Sierra Club

From our friends at WNY Drilling Defense, and Food and Water Watch comes a screening of the movie “Gas Land” whose director was arrested recently while setting up to film a U.S. House of Representatives meeting on hydraulic fracturing. This comes as … Continue reading

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Obama backs hydrofracking in State of the Union speech

By Philip Guelpa In his recent State of the Union message, US president Barack Obama expressed strong support for the use of hydrofracking for the extraction of natural gas from shale formations. The move was immediately seen as an attempt … Continue reading

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National Fuel’s earnings rise 3.7%, utility subsidiary sees drop in profits

By the utility company’s own admission even though the weather has been warmer (about 20% warmer, this is good news for us right) compared to past winters, they still aren’t happy. Why aren’t they happy?

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TONIGHT: Niagara Falls Water Board monthly public meeting (Frack water treatment on the agenda)

The next City of Niagara Falls NY Water Board monthly public meeting is tonight. The possibility of that city to treat waste water from the dangerous process of hydraulic fracturing will once again be on the agenda. Western New York

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WANTED: 3 New commissioners for New York state regulatory body

Job posting # 716: Commissioner on New York state Public Service Commission JOB DESCRIPTION At least 3 seats on The Public Service Commission (PSC: the body which is charged with regulating utility companies in the state of New York) come … Continue reading

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NFAC EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation with National Fuel Gas CEO David Smith

They say you judge a person not by what they say, but by what they do. In this case since National Fuel Gas CEO David Smith refuses to meet with members of the community to make weatherization work better for … Continue reading

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