By Brenda Dorsey. It looks as if the New Martinsville City Council is changing its collective mind. When the council passed an ordinance on July 6 banning all oil and gas activities within the city limits, they had no idea their actions would result in record-breaking attendance at their next meeting.

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law Friday a bill requiring companies drilling and developing the vast shale plays across the state to publicly disclose hydraulic fracturing components.

The members of WVONGA have a keen interest in economical and environmentally responsible development of oil and natural gas in the Marcellus Shale – especially in WV. Recently, the issue of source aggregation for oil and gas operations has garnered the attention of state regulatory agencies and environmental advocacy groups.

CHICAGO, IL - JOSH FOX, the director of Gasland, an Oscar nominated documentary, has admitted that he withheld evidence that showed gas can occur in water naturally and is not a result of fracking.