Tag: gas

  • Join Energy Justice Summer in Northeast Pennsylvania!

    Energy Justice Summer Promo from Alex Lotorto on Vimeo. Energy Justice Summer Promo from Alex Lotorto on Vimeo. From www.energyjusticesummer.org: About We are young organizers who care deeply about social justice and human rights. We seek a world where everyone has access to sustainable energy and no one suffers unjustly because of our fossil fuel economy. We believe that fracking…

  • Constitution Pipeline Permit Denied

    – April 22, 2016, Energy Justice Network On April 22, the New York Department of Conservation refused to issue a water quality permit for the Constitution Pipeline, a 124 mile pipeline that would’ve carried natural gas from the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania to New York State. Accompanied by heavily armed U.S. Marshals wearing bulletproof vests, a Constitution Pipeline…

  • Water Abuse in the Fracking Process

    – by Alex Lotorto, Energy Justice Network Water is used in shale gas development from cradle to grave, however, most people don’t think about it beyond the issues of groundwater contamination. Procuring and bringing raw materials like silica sand, steel, cement, and fracking chemicals to the well locations requires an incredible amount of manufacturing, transportation,…

  • Eviction of Mobile Home Park for Fracking Water

    – by Alex Lotorto, Energy Justice Network Riverdale Mobile Home Park was located on the Susquehanna River in Piatt Township, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. Residents were ordered to leave the park in March 2012 by Aqua PVR LLC, a project of Aqua America, a private water utility, and Penn Virginia Resources, a natural gas pipeline company. …

  • Fracking Wastewater Treatment Facility Proposed in Pennsylvania

     – by Nicole Mulvaney, December 10, 2014, Times of Trenton An Israeli water recycling company is proposing a hazardous waste treatment facility about 6 miles southwest of Trenton across the Delaware River in the Keystone Industrial Port Complex. Elcon Recycling Center, which has an office in West Windsor, went before representatives of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental…

  • Why We Must Fight Gas-fired Power Plants

    – by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network The Ban Ki Moon U.N. Climate Summit is shortly coming to New York City. As we march and teach workshops at climate convergences, the media is likely to focus on the story of the Obama administration’s “Clean Power Plan” moving us away from coal in order to mitigate climate change. The story won’t be told…

  • Energy Justice Summer: Standing With Communities in the Shalefields

    – by Energy Justice Summer This summer youth have gathered in the shale gas region of Northeastern Pennsylvania to facilitate trainings, compile reports, and to fight for the safety of landowners, workers, and the environment. Energy Justice Summer is based in Susquehanna County in order to directly connect with the community members impacted by shale gas…