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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell fails to disclose connection to natural gas firm in pro-fracking column
By Justin Elliott, ProPublica Recently, we wrote about former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s connections to the natural gas industry after he published a pro-fracking op-ed in The New York Daily News. Following our story, Rendell’s column 2014 which called on New York officials to lift a ban on the drilling…
Ed Rendell’s plea for fracking fails to disclose his close industry ties
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took to the New York Daily News op-ed page Wednesday with a message to local officials: stop worrying and learn to love fracking. As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agonizes over whether to allow the controversial natural gas drilling technique, Rendell invoked his own experience…
Cyberattack leaves natural gas pipelines vulnerable to sabotage
Cyberspies linked to China’s military targeted nearly two dozen US natural gas pipeline operators over a recent six-month period, stealing information that could be used to sabotage US gas pipelines, according to a restricted US government report and a source familiar with the government investigation… …
Fracking is the only way to achieve Obama climate change goals, says senior administration scientist
Boosting natural gas production could provide a ‘bridge fuel’ and cut carbon emissions America will only achieve the ambitious climate change goals outlined by President Barack Obama last week by encouraging wide-scale fracking for natural gas over the next few years. That is the advice of one of the nation’s…
Anti-fracking activists sue N.Y. town for banning them from council meetings
Opponents of natural gas fracturing in Sanford, New York filed a lawsuit Monday against the town council, alleging that officials silenced them in violation of their First Amendment rights. The city, like many across the state, has become a hotbed of anti-fracking activism as Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) debates whether…
Egypt cancels deal to supply natural gas to Israel
By Mona Salem CAIRO — Egypt has scrapped a 2005 gas export deal with Israel, which relies on Egyptian natural gas for 40 percent of its supplies to produce electricity, the chairman of a government holding firm said on Sunday. The accord was “annulled on Thursday with the East Mediterranean…
Ohio voters want fracking halted for safety studies: poll
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio voters by a wide margin want a halt to hydrofracking until more impact studies are conducted, though they believe there are economic benefits to drilling for natural gas and oil, a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday found. The poll comes just weeks after Ohio ordered…
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