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3 Billion Gallons Of Fracking Wastewater Pumped Into Clean California Aquifiers: “Errors Were Made” State Admits | Zero Hedge
3 Billion Gallons Of Fracking Wastewater Pumped Into Clean California Aquifiers: “Errors Were Made” State Admits | Zero Hedge. Dear California readers: if you drank tapwater this morning (or at any point in the past few weeks/months), you may be in luck as you no longer need to buy oil to lubricate your engine: just […]
Frackquake: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Throughout Kansas | Zero Hedge
Frackquake: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Throughout Kansas | Zero Hedge. While it is unclear if moments ago the Mississippian Lime Play under south Kansas was the first major shale quake to hit Kansas, or this was simply the first yet to be named shale company going Chapter 11, but moments ago the USGS reported that […]
Judge Rules Landowner May Sue Gov’t in Landmark Fracking Case | The Tyee
Judge Rules Landowner May Sue Gov’t in Landmark Fracking Case | The Tyee. A landmark lawsuit that challenges the lax regulation of hydraulic fracturing in Canada has just scored a major victory. In a lengthy decision, Alberta Chief Justice Neil Wittmann dismissed all key arguments made by the government of Alberta against the lawsuit of Jessica […]
Heinberg sees pain ahead for frackers
Heinberg sees pain ahead for frackers. Note: Segment begins at 20:57. Erin sits down with Richard Heinberg – senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute – to discuss oil. Richard tells us how he interprets the potential deal between China and Russia for Western Siberian gas and gives us his take on Saudi price cuts. […]
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 […]
When the Shale Runs Dry: A Look at the Future of Fracking | DeSmogBlog
When the Shale Runs Dry: A Look at the Future of Fracking | DeSmogBlog. If you want to see the future of the shale industry — what today’s drilling rush will leave behind — come to Bradford, Pennsylvania. A small city, it was home to one of America’s first energy booms, producing over three quarters of […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: A Reality Check Post Carbon Institute
The Peak Oil Crisis: A Reality Check Post Carbon Institute. For the last four or five years, we have been bombarded with a stream of stories about the “shale revolution.” Horizontal drilling and fracking, mostly in the U.S., were said to have released oceans of new oil and a virtually endless supply of natural gas. […]
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. […]
Oil Companies Spending Big To Defeat Community-Led Anti-Fracking Initiatives At The Ballot Box | DeSmogBlog
Oil Companies Spending Big To Defeat Community-Led Anti-Fracking Initiatives At The Ballot Box | DeSmogBlog. Election day is fast approaching and, in a pattern becoming all too familiar, oil companies are spending big to defeat citizen-led initiatives to halt fracking in California.By last August, oil industry front groupCalifornians for Energy Independence, which is leading the […]
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 […]
