New Mexico had about 800 cases of water pollution and 421 of those were caused by sludge pits. To protect the natural resource that we cannot live without, water, New Mexico passed stricter legislation.The article in the Albuquerque Journal requires … [Read more...]
Polluted Water in Marcellus Shale Came From Oil and Gas Drilling
Remember how oil and gas producers are always saying no one can prove that smoking cigarettes causes cancer water pollution was caused by their activity...we now have proof.DEP zeros in on gas tainting waterTests show source is a formation tapped for … [Read more...]
It takes a lot of water to develop shale
I've mentioned water use a time or two.Shell Stakes Claim on Yampa RiverOil company seeking water to develop shaleby Jerd SmithThe race to secure water for oil shale has moved to the Yampa River, one of the last few streams in the West with liquid to … [Read more...]
Devon Energy Testing New Water Recycling Program
Chesapeake Energy should take Devon Energy's example for water cycling instead of piping the toxic, highly corrosive produced water and drilling waste across town then boiling it and the toxins into the atmosphere.Devon Energy testing new … [Read more...]
Obama/McCain: End America’s Oil Addiction
Tell the Next President: End America's Addiction to Oil http://go.care2.com/e/8xx./VRiU/AKnudThis weekend's hottest news - that Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joe Biden as his running mate - is bound to fuel the political debate on clean … [Read more...]
For Some Barnett Shale Residents, It’s a Third World Country
This is Part 2 in a series of stories about people whose lives have been devastated by Barnett Shale drilling. Read about it on Texas Kaos. … [Read more...]
Illegal Dumping of Barnett Shale Drilling Waste: $10,000 Reward
Clear Creek Watershed Authority$10,000 Reward Offered (scroll down for information and pictures)"The Board of Directors of the CCWA voted to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any oil operator or waste … [Read more...]
Gas Well Contaminates Water Wells With Benzene
In 2006, a gas well near a small, rural subdivision burst causing a dozen residents to be evacuated because they were afraid of a fire or explosion. Recently they learned their water is contaminated with benzene. Bullock said Terracon has data … [Read more...]
Devon Energy Net for 2007: $3.6 billion
SourceThink maybe they could spend a little of that PROFIT trying to develop a way to use less water and not pollute what they use? … [Read more...]
Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District Takes Steps to Protect Water From Barnett Shale Drilling Pollution
The UTGCD board hasn't finished hammering out all the details but so far the plan to protect our water from injection well pollution includes filing an objection to all new disposal/injection well permits. The board wants to negotiate location of … [Read more...]
Republican Control Leads Texas to Lowest Lows
Merry Christmas my ass!From the Dallas Morning NewsTexas - at or near the bottom:A child is born into poverty every 7 minutes.Has the highest rate of people living in poverty.A child is abused or neglected every 10 minutes.Texas ranks 50th for the … [Read more...]