August 2011
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“If Marcellus drilling caused an earthquake hundreds of miles away, then...”
– Chris Tucker of Energy In Depth, an oil and gas industry group based in Washington, D.C.
Aug 24th
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Aug 24th
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“I thought if this stuff was so benign, why wouldn’t the CEO drink it himself?...”
– Environmental Defense Fund’s Mark Brownstein. Smart demo or political stunt? Sound off on FB: “Haliburton exec. takes a swig of fracking fluid”
Aug 23rd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 22nd
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On this week’s episode of “In the Pipeline,” our hosts Beth Ponsot and Erich Schwartzel talk about Rep. Mike Sturla’s controversial comments about drillers bringing STDs into communities and then speculate on whether or not Britney Spears will dedicate her hit song “Toxic” to Marcellus Shale protesters at tonight’s concert.
Aug 19th
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Aug 18th
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“I don’t know what is more offensive, Sturla’s reference to Pennsylvania women as...”
– Pa GOP Party vice chair Joyce Haas, on comments made by Rep. Mike Sturla who said that among other problems, natural gas drillers are “spreading sexually transmitted disease amongst the womenfolk”
Aug 17th
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Aug 16th
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“It’s like brushing your teeth”
– John Bemis, secretary of New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, explaining hydraulic fracturing as routine. From “Industry defends fracking” via The Daily Times
Aug 16th
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Video by Elisabeth Ponsot / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Aug 16th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 10th
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“Whatever your own position on the issue of natural gas drilling, this industry...”
–  Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who announced he will will not sign a Pittsburgh City Council measure seeking a referendum banning natural gas drilling. http://bit.ly/p4O3iP
Aug 9th
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Aug 8th
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Latest video of “In the Pipeline” is up! This week host Beth Ponsot looks at the tragic drilling rig death of 20-year-old Kerry E. Duncan Jr. in Greene County, PA. http://shale.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/multimedia/videos
Aug 5th
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Aug 4th
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Aug 4th
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Aug 1st
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