Tag Archives: environmental blogs Buffalo

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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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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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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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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HYDRO FRACK TV: WNY Frack Chat

POWR has put together this great vid on what fracking is really doing to people in Western New York.

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HYDRO FRACK TV: Oklahoma tv news station feels recent 5.6 quake

  A moment caught on film at a TV broadcast news station on air during recent Oklahoma quake. Many believe that recent earthquakes in Oklahoma (and elsewhere throughout the American Mid West)

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Biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history may be tied to fracking

  This is an associated Press article from a few weeks ago about possible ties between recent earthquakes in the state of Oklahoma and hydraulic fracturing. As hydraulic fracturing has been touted as a potential economic boom for New York … Continue reading

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