Fracking fluid and other drilling wastes. Photo source: ©© Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking
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New York’s decision to ban fracking for health reasons could reverberate beyond the state, bolstering other efforts to limit the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas…
Read Full Article, National Geographic
Citing Health Risks, Cuomo Bans Fracking in New York State, The New York Times
A New Look At What’s In ‘Fracking’ Fluids Raises Red Flags, Science Daily (08-18-2014)
Scientists are getting to the bottom of what’s in fracking fluids, with some troubling results…
EPA Implicates Fracking In Pollution, AP (12-11-2011)
On Fracking Front, A Push To Reduce Leaks of Methane (04-13-2014)
Scientists, engineers, and government regulators are increasingly turning their attention to solving one of the chief environmental problems associated with fracking for natural gas and oil – significant leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas…
Dangerous Levels of Radioactivity Found at Fracking Waste Site, Guardian UK (11-02-2013)
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Likely Harmed Threatened Fish Species, USGS (08-30-2013)
Hydrofracking, Water, Watersheds, and the Ocean (02-28-2011)
With hydrofracking, a well can produce over a million gallons of wastewater that is often laced with highly corrosive salts, carcinogens like benzene and radioactive elements like radium, all of which can occur naturally thousands of feet underground. Other carcinogenic materials can be added to the wastewater by the chemicals used in the hydrofracking itself.
The Ocean connects all things…
Sand mining Is Booming Along With Fracking, My San Antonio News (Uploaded 09-27-2011)
Fracking, the latest craze in the quest to produce oil and gas, has been blamed for environmental problems ranging from flammable tap water to minor earthquakes. Now a new risk is emerging: sand mining. To squeeze hydrocarbons out of shale through hydraulic fracturing of the rock, the process known as fracking, producers need to pump an enormous amount of sand into the ground…
Demand for Sand Takes Off Thanks To Fracking, The Wall Street Journal
Induced Earthquakes, Earthquakes Hazard Program, USGS (April 2014)
A team of USGS scientists led by Bill Ellsworth analyzed changes in the rate of earthquake occurrence using large USGS databases of earthquakes recorded since 1970. The increase in seismicity has been found to coincide with the injection of wastewater in deep disposal wells in several locations, including Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Ohio. Much of this wastewater is a byproduct of oil and gas production and is routinely disposed of by injection into wells specifically designed and approved for this purpose. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” does not appear to be linked to the increased rate of magnitude 3 and larger earthquakes. Although wastewater injection has not yet been linked to large earthquakes (M6+), scientists cannot eliminate the possibility…
California Voters Deal A Major Blow To Fracking, Huffington Green (11-05-2014)
Deep Inside The Wild World of China’s Fracking, Mother Jones
First Phase of Global Fracking Expansion: Ensuring Friendly Legislation, IPS News (12-02-2014)
Multinational oil and gas companies are engaged in a quiet but broad attempt to prepare the groundwork for a significant global expansion of shale gas development, according to a new study.
