When all else fails, baffle ‘em with bullshit. That seems to be the gas company motto, no matter where you live. For example, in Brooklyn, New York, where about 1,100 households lost their natural gas service on Tuesday, April 17, after a 12-inch natural gas line suffered “water intrusion” after a nearby, high-pressure water line
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Shareholders at Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas, have filed suit against the company’s CEO, Aubrey McClendon, accusing the controversial executive of covering up a conflict of interest in connection with more than a billion dollars worth of personal loans McClendon took out against his stake in Chesapeake assets, according to recent
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As usual, it’s been a busy week in natural gas leaks and explosions, so let’s get right to it. A natural gas pipeline located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, ruptured on Monday, April 9, sending a jet of flame more than 100 feet into the air, according to a recent media report. The incident occurred in
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If you’ve seen the NMA.tv clips on The Daily Show, you might like this. We particularly like the grunge dude calling in the gas leak. Ed. note – if you like the content you get here on NaturalGasWatch.org, please take a moment to click on one of the ads you might see on the right-hand
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Seventy-five years ago, on March 18, 1937, a natural gas explosion destroyed a school in New London, Texas, killing nearly 300 kids. It was, and remains, the deadliest disaster at an American school in our nation’s history. The cause of the explosion was a build-up of natural gas in the building, ignited when a shop
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The Williams Transco natural gas pipeline, an 11,000 mile pipeline that runs from the Gulf Coast to markets on the eastern seaboard, sprung a leak in Bergen County, New Jersey, according to a recent media report. The leak in a 36-inch-diameter section of the pipeline represents the second incident calling in to question the pipeline’s
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The natural gas pipeline company that owns the compressor station that exploded in Pennsylvania last week restarted the damaged station and started pumping fracked gas within 24 hours of the blast, despite specific direction from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection not to do so, according to a recent area media report. The compressor station,
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It’s been a busy, busy week in the world of natural gas explosions and leaks, so let’s get right to it. A house in Salem, Ohio, exploded early Saturday morning and by the time firefighters arrived on the scene, the house was completely engulfed in flames. Neither of the homes two residents were injured, although
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