Responsible Drilling Alliance
Seeking truth about the consequences of shale gas development                  RDA e-Newsletter June 2012 v.3 
In This Issue
DEP Finds Elevated Conductivity 3,000 Feet Away From Leaky Impoundment
PASA & Lutherans: Two Moratorium Calls In One Week
US DOE Tests Link Between Faults & Groundwater Pollution
A Plan To Power 100% Of The Planet With Renewables
DEP Investigates Another Methane Migration Incident
Impoundment Less Than Half Mile From Loyalsock Elementary School
Marcellus Shale Drilling Podcast
Josh Fox on RT News
Fractured Lives
DEP Finds Elevated Conductivity Levels 3,000 Feet Away From Leaky Impoundment 

we asked DEP's Daniel Spadoni how far away from the impoundment conductivity levels above background have been detected. "Most seeps, within about 2,000 feet," said Spadoni. "Our downstream monitoring point in Rock Run showed slightly elevated conductivity about 3,000 feet."
PASA & Lutherans: Two Moratorium Calls In One Week
Gas Derrick, East Lycoming County
Photo Courtesy Terry Wild
Just days after the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture called for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing due to concerns for public health and food safety, a large gathering of Pennsylvania Lutherans passed a moratorium resolution and established a task force to address  justice issues surrounding the natural gas industry, including crime, forced pooling, violence against women, impacts on housing and school districts, and exploitation of rural and impoverished families.
US DOE Tests Link Between Faults & Groundwater Pollution

Washington-(Platts) Federal researchers are testing whether hydraulic fracturing fluids can travel thousands of feet via geologic faults into drinking water aquifers close to the surface, a US Department of Energy official said Friday. 
A Plan To Power 100 Percent Of The Planet With Renewables 
Image: Voting Osage  
DEP Investigates Another Methane Migration Incident
Geyser spouts water near the Guindon K 706 well pad.
Close-up of geyser near Guindon K 706 well pad.
Image: Jason Przybycien
According to the DEP and PA House Representative Garth Everett, Shell has reported a methane migration issue in Union Township, Tioga County which DEP is investigating with the cooperation of Shell. The incident was discovered when a drinking water well 4,000 feet away from drilling operations began overflowing. Surface expressions of gas, including a towering geyser, were spotted in the surrounding area. "Bubbling was also noted at multiple locations in a nearby stream," says DEP spokesperson Daniel Spadoni. Shell has begun screening within a one-mile radius to check for methane gas and sam­ple any pri­vate drink­ing water wells potentially impacted. This is the second methane migration incident in the Northern Tier in under a month: the DEP is also investigating a methane migration event near a Chesapeake Energy site in Bradford County's Leroy Township.
Inflection Energy Well Site & Impoundment Less Than Half Mile From Loyalsock Valley Elementary School

DEP has permitted Inflection Energy LLC to build a well site & impoundment pond just four-tenths of a mile from Loyalsock Valley Elementary School. Inflection Energy CEO Mark Sexton also serves on the board for Pioneer Natural Resources, a company with a history of improper wastewater disposal and currently under investigation for covering up spills, injuring wildlife, and creating unsafe conditions for workers in Alaska's North Slope.
Josh Fox on RT News

Gasland Director Josh Fox explains how hydraulic fracturing contributes to climate change, groundwater pollution, and a loss of democracy.
Fractured Lives:
Detritus of Pennsylvania's Shale Gas Boom
Photo by Martha Rial. Material was reproduced from a Sierra Club website with permission of the Sierra Club. © 2012 Sierra Club. All Rights Reserved.
Jeannie Moten and her 90-year-old mother, Edna Moten, both have skin lesions they believe to be caused by nearby fracking operations.
"My 90-year-old mother ought to be able to drink her tap water without getting sick," says Moten, her voice shaking, the once smooth, freckled skin of her face marked by angry rashes. "She always could. Now her well is unusable. But they say nothing's wrong, that fracking is safe. How far will this go before people wake up?"
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