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Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in Air Around Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale | DeSmogBlog
Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in Air Around Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale | DeSmogBlog. Results from air samples taken in the Fayetteville Shale show notably elevated levels of formaldehyde, a suspected human carcinogen that can cause respiratory and reproductive problems as well as birth defects — but citizens still have little faith U.S. regulators will step in to prevent further threats […]
Follow The Sand To The Real Fracking Boom
Follow The Sand To The Real Fracking Boom. When it takes up to four million pounds of sand to frack a single well, it’s no wonder that demand is outpacing supply and frack sand producers are becoming the biggest behind-the-scenes beneficiaries of the American oil and gas boom. Demand is exploding for “frac sand”–a durable, […]
Monster Wells: Hundreds Of Fracking Wells Using 10-25 Million Gallons of Water Each | DeSmogBlog
Monster Wells: Hundreds Of Fracking Wells Using 10-25 Million Gallons of Water Each | DeSmogBlog. While the oil and gas industry likes to claim that fracking is not an especially water intensive process, a new report has found that there are more than 250 wells across the country that each require anywhere from 10 to 25 million gallons […]
Taxpayers to fund hundreds of fracking boreholes across the country | Environment | The Guardian
Taxpayers to fund hundreds of fracking boreholes across the country | Environment | The Guardian. Hundreds of government-funded boreholes are set to be drilled across Britain to try to persuade the public that a looming shale gas boom can be developed safely, the Observer has learned. Sensors in the boreholes would detect possible water pollution or earthquakes […]
You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard | Alternet
You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard | Alternet. Ed Wade’s property straddles the Wetzel and Marsh county lines in rural West Virginia and it has a conventional gas well on it. “You could cover the whole [well] pad with three pickups,” said Wade. And […]
EU Fracking Boom Becoming Less Likely
EU Fracking Boom Becoming Less Likely. Pro-fracking campaign in the global media is fading fast. A year or two ago the extraction method suitable for the Arizona desert was presented as a key component of the EU’s energy security policy byhigh-ranking officials in the European Commission. Many large corporations that announced an influx of investment into […]
The Driving Force Behind the US Oil Boom
The Driving Force Behind the US Oil Boom. The shale revolution’s sweet spot is oilfield services, the lower-risk backbone of the American oil and gas boom that pays off regardless of a play’s economics. Behind the stardom of the explorers and producers who have put themselves on the revolutionary shale map and absorb most of […]
Frack Waste Investigation Launched by Pennsylvania Congressman » EcoWatch
Frack Waste Investigation Launched by Pennsylvania Congressman » EcoWatch. In light of an increasing number of studies showing that fracking produces toxic emissions that have serious human health impacts throughout the entire process, Pennsylvania CongressmanMatt Cartwright, a first-term Democrat, has opened an investigation into how toxic wastes from fracking are regulated. What’s at stake. Fracking has grown at a rapid rate in Pennsylvania, […]
The Politics of Fracking: Polarization in New York State » EcoWatch
The Politics of Fracking: Polarization in New York State » EcoWatch. In September, The Earth Institute hosted Tanya Heikkila and Chris Weible of the University of Colorado Denver for a seminar on The Political Landscape of Shale Gas Development and Hydraulic Fracturing in New York. The seminar was attended by students, faculty and staff from across Columbia, and members of the local community. […]
The Revolution That Wasn’t: Why the Fracking Phenomenon Will Leave Us High and Dry Post Carbon Institute
The Revolution That Wasn’t: Why the Fracking Phenomenon Will Leave Us High and Dry Post Carbon Institute. A new, landmark report shows that hopes of a long-term golden era in American oil & gas production are unfounded. America’s energy landscape has undergone a dramatic shift over the last decade—literally and figuratively—as a result of the widespread use […]
Fracking Ban Ballot Initiatives Intensify » EcoWatch
Fracking Ban Ballot Initiatives Intensify » EcoWatch. County ballot issues to ban fracking could have a large impact outside those counties. And the campaign money being spent on both sides—but primarily by big energy companies—shows how much is at stake. The oilfields of Kern County, California, are already seeing a fracking boom. Nearby San Benito and Santa […]
STREETTALK LIVE – The Daily X-Change – Houston, We Have A “Fracking” Problem
STREETTALK LIVE – The Daily X-Change – Houston, We Have A “Fracking” Problem. Last week, I touched on the issue of oil prices and demand stating: “First, the development of the “shale oil” production over the last five years has caused oil inventories to surge at a time when demand for petroleum products is on the decline […]
New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking » EcoWatch
New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking » EcoWatch. The evidence linking fracking to earthquakes continues to pile up. A study by seven researchers from California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and the UK, The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking, said “Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction enabled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing [fracking] is driving an economic boom with […]
