Byard Duncan

Gas Companies Drilling in Pennsylvania Commit Nearly 1,500 Environmental Violations in Two Years

Since 2008, Pennsylvanians whose property sits atop the gas-rich Marcellus Shale formation have suffered through enough environmental problems to clutter an encyclopedia: A is for arsenic, found in soil …

By: Byard Duncan ,; AlterNet|Report

August 6, 2010

Flammable Drinking Water? Why Gas Drilling in New York and Nearby States Could Become an Environmental Catastrophe

Fred Mayer is sitting at his kitchen table in Candor, NY, smoking a cigarette he probably shouldn’t be smoking. This particular cigarette is the third one he’s lit in …

By: Byard Duncan ,; AlterNet

April 22, 2010

Izzy Award Winner Jeremy Scahill: “We’re At a Ground Zero Moment to Save Real Journalism“

The winner of the second annual Izzy Award, named after muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, discusses independent media and this critical moment in journalism.

By: Byard Duncan ,; AlterNet

March 26, 2010

Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York’s Water From Gas Drilling

New York may be the next state to become embroiled in a mess of litigation and public outcry over a controversial drilling technique.

By: Byard Duncan ,; AlterNet

December 13, 2009

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