http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog Where Eminent Domain Meets Grassroots & Social Media Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:15:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gas Industry Wants Forced Pooling In Pennsylvania; Forced Pooling = Eminent Domain 2 Pennsylvania Legislators Want to Give Gas Industry More "Taking" Power Over Property Rights Gas Industry Already Takes Property Rights for Pipelines & Underground Gas Storage Reservoirs Two Pennsylvania legislators, a Democrat and a Republican, want to give gas companies ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=770 "Safety Is Our Franchise.  It's What We Do" NJ Buzz Saw Gets Spectra Energy's Attention Company Offers ‘Butter Job' to Soothe Public Opposition To Proposed Pipeline through NJ to NYC Better Idea:  Expose Spectra Energy's Track Record on Safety [caption id="attachment_755" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="This satirical treatment of Spectra Energy's proposed pipeline through ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=753 Range Resources Claims It ‘Overpaid' Royalty Checks, Will Take Money Back from Leaseholders; Plus Range Welshes on Agreement to Pay Nearly $500K To A Leaseholder Due to ‘Drastic Drop In Oil & Gas Prices' Take Note if You're Thinking About Leasing! It is endlessly entertaining to watch the gas guys ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=742 New NIMBY - Gas Industry to Property Owners: Not In My Back Yard But in Your Back Yard Gas Execs Don't Want Drill Pads & Frack Water Ponds Near Their Homes Experience a Shale Gas Drilling Operation Near Your Home! [caption id="attachment_721" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="Note Hallowich house & nearby gas operations. ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=720 [caption id="attachment_708" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="This satirical treatment of Spectra Energy's proposed pipeline through Jersey City has shown up on many websites."][/caption] Mayor, Council & Citizens Tell Spectra Energy & FERC ‘NO' to Gas Pipeline Through Jersey City To THUNDEROUS Cheers & Applause from Audience New Jersey ain't Texas! This is the message delivered to ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=706 Following is an e-mail message from Calvin Tillman, Mayor of DISH, Texas.  DISH, Texas, is in the Barnett Shale region.  The story of what citizens and property owners endure from the incredibly sloppy and unsafe operations of the gas industry have been told in previous posts on this blog site.   The ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=695 Spectra Energy Can Chemo-Frac Anytime It Wants in Bedford, PA; Has Approval for ‘Every Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid It Could Possibly Use' Includes Chemicals Identified as Cancer Causing or Probably Carcinogenic Why is Straight Talk so Difficult for Gas Industry? Can we trust gas industry drilling, pipeline and storage companies? Every property owner I have ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=687 Shale Gas Summit Draws 100-plus Activists To Launch Collective Grass Roots Effort in New York State; Goal:  Protect New York State & Neighbors from Risks of "Chemo-fracking" A summit aimed at launching a collective grass roots effort to challenge the shale gas industry and indifferent government regulators drew more than 120 activists ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=672 Property Owner Fights Solo Battle for 2 Years Against Eminent Domain by Chesapeake Energy; Company Defends Use of Eminent Domain, But Is a ‘Happy Ending' in the Works? Fighting eminent domain - especially against energy companies - is an act of heroism. Property owners like Steve Doeung are heroic and inspirational. Doeung and his fellow ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=666 6-Minute Video Highlights - Pitt Prof Warns: "Boom Town" Model for Shale Gas Ignores Air & Water Impacts; No Adequate Disposal for Frac Water Even PA Gov. Rendell Admits to Oil & Gas Execs: 5 "Challenges" to Shale Gas Drilling - All Environmental University of Pittsburgh Prof Dan Volz challenges the "boom town" ... http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=603