Shale Gas Issues From Various Jurisdictions .......................................................................................... 9 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Calls for Moratoriums and Bans ......................................................................................................... 11 Beverly Hills becomes first in California to ban fracking ................................................................. 11 Contamination and Science ............................................................................................................... 12 Go slow on fracking, scientists warn .............................................................................................. 12 The report Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Extraction in Canada .......................................... 12 CCNB responds to Council of Canadian Academies report on Shale Gas ..................................... 12 Incidences environnementales liées à l’extraction du gaz de schiste au Canada .......................... 12 Data Shows High Chemical Levels In Denton Air .......................................................................... 13 Industry disputes report's go-slow fracking advice, but environmentalists agree ........................... 13 What experts say we don’t know about shale gas ......................................................................... 13 There is No “Right Way” to Frack ................................................................................................... 14 Report on shale gas says more research, transparency needed ................................................... 14 Politicians go on the attack after scientists call for more research into fracking ............................. 14 The Bacteria That Can Mitigate Fracked Natural Gas Before It Pollutes the Atmosphere .............. 15 Fracking report validates environmental concerns in N.W.T. ......................................................... 15 Produced Waters, U.S. Geological Survey National Produced Waters Geochemical Database .... 16 Fracking with Propane—The Gas Companies’ Latest Tactic to Frack New York ........................... 16 Propane butane gas fracs may appease opposition to hydraulic fracturing but only if the dangers are kept from the public ................................................................................................................. 17 Spill Baby Spill : The Year to Date in Frackastrophes .................................................................... 18 Shale well leaks during drilling process, forcing evacuations in Morgan County ............................ 18 Fracking Well Leak Spills 1,600 Gallons Of Oil Drilling Lubricant Into An Ohio Tributary ............... 18 Airborne measurements confirm leaks from oil and gas operation ................................................. 19 Fracking with Propane ................................................................................................................... 19 Toxic waste injected into Ohio well ................................................................................................ 20 Frackers are flooding the atmosphere with climate-warming methane ........................................... 20 OIL AND GAS: Spills up 17 percent in U.S. in 2013 ..................................................................... 21 Dr. Theo Colborn on the Health Effects of Water Contamination from Fracking Video .................. 21 64 Groups From Across U.S. Demand Federal Limits on Air Pollution From Fracking Wells ......... 22 A whole lot of oil spilled in the U.S. in 2013 ................................................................................... 22 Methane Emissions From Gas Wells Up To 1,000 Times Higher Than Federal Estimate: Study .. 22 Radioactive Waste Pit - Pictures .................................................................................................... 23 Questionable Science ........................................................................................................................ 24 Murdoch-owned media hypes lone metereologist's climate junk science ....................................... 24 Renewable Energy ............................................................................................................................ 25 French energy minister promises 100,000 green jobs ................................................................... 25 Germany broke world solar power generation record in July with 5.1 TWh, leaving U.S. in dust ... 25 Pakistan’s First Solar Project Is One Of The World’s Largest ........................................................ 25 Renewable energy provides 6.5 million jobs globally ..................................................................... 25 New Report Exposes Fossil Fuel Front Groups Behind Attacks on Renewables ........................... 26 A Huge Utility Says Wind Power Now Costs Less Than Fossil Fuels ............................................ 26 Science and Health ........................................................................................................................... 27 With no health registry, PA doesn't know the impact of fracking on health .................................... 27 3 generations of oil and gas contamination .................................................................................... 27 Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania ................................................................................ 28 Why Don’t We Have Good Data On The Health Effects Of Fracking? ........................................... 28 With no health registry, state doesn’t know the impact of fracking on health ................................. 28 How Fracking Is Exposing People to Radioactive Waste ............................................................... 29 AP IMPACT: Deadly Side Effect to Fracking Boom ....................................................................... 29 1 New Report Documents Chemical Disasters and Environmental Injustice in the U.S. ................... 30 North Dakota Is the Deadliest State to Work In .............................................................................. 30 Renowned NYU Professor: GMOs Could Literally Destroy the Planet ........................................... 31 The paper, The Precautionary Principle - A Statistical Analysis ..................................................... 31 Wrecking the Earth: Fracking has grave radiation risks few talk about .......................................... 31 Range Resources “Equipment Failure” Leads to Gas Leak, Precautionary Evacuation in Washington County ....................................................................................................................... 31 Spike in Stillborn and Neonatal Deaths Reported in Heavily Drilled Vernal, Utah .......................... 32 Dr. Jerome A. Paulson Pittsburgh Presentation May 17, 2014 ..................................................... 32 N.C. bill would make it a felony to disclose fracking chemicals ...................................................... 32 The Science Is Deafening - Industry's Gas Migration .................................................................... 32 Dead Babies and Utah's Carbon Bomb ......................................................................................... 33 Frack Till You Drop ........................................................................................................................ 33 Economics, Legal, and Investigations ................................................................................................ 34 Students Stage Day of Action As Harvard University Refuses to Divest From Fossil Fuels ........... 34 How Gas Leases Threaten Mortgage Process - Bank White Paper ............................................... 34 First Nation challenge to B.C. pipeline ........................................................................................... 34 UVic faculty demand divestment from fossil fuel ............................................................................ 35 Fossil fuel subsidies costing global economy $2 trillion: IMF ......................................................... 35 Ohio fracking boom has not brought jobs ...................................................................................... 35 Australians Divest From the ‘Big Four’ Banks That Fund Fossil Fuel Projects ............................... 36 Why Are Fracking Hopefuls Suing a County in New Mexico? ........................................................ 36 Oil money behind Keystone XL Senate bill breaks 20 million dollars ............................................. 36 Why Green Jobs Are Booming in Bangladesh ............................................................................... 37 IMF Pegs Canada's Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion ................................................................ 37 The Economics of Insurgency - Thoughts on Idle No More & critical infrastructure ....................... 37 A Clash of Ideals and Investments at Swarthmore ........................................................................ 38 Washington's shale gas bonanza's going bust. Engdahl. .............................................................. 38 Santos pressed to reveal CSG drilling data on contaminated bores as farmers go to court