Add this case to the thousands of others cases where water contamination occurred during or shortly after hydraulic fracturing.Driller ordered to halt after well water contaminated Don HopeyApril 4, 2011 … [Read more...]

In today's article in the Texas Tribune, Texas Could Require Disclosure of Drilling Chemicals, Scott Anderson, EDF, made some interesting claims about HB 3328, the hydraulic fracturing disclosure that is not so much about disclosure.E.D.F. believes … [Read more...]

None of the 14 families who sued Cabot for their contaminated water have accepted the settlement money. They say Cabot is not telling the truth. (No duh! None of them ever tell the truth.)Attorney Marc Bern of the New York law firm of Napoli Bern … [Read more...]

State Rep. Jim Keffer of Eastland, chair of the Texas House Committee on Energy Resources, last week introduced a bill to require limited disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells. Since Texas currently has no … [Read more...]

Again, this admission by industry is "stunning."Range and others studying the issue say the gas contamination more likely occurred because too many homes are tapping into shallow drinking water aquifers in the area. The company says that lowers water … [Read more...]

Relating to the disclosure of the composition of hydraulic fracturing fluids used in hydraulic fracturing treatments.HB 3328I have to digest this. … [Read more...]

I recently blogged about an industry presentation where they brag about--among other horrors--a new 12 stage frack that uses 18,000 barrels of water per stage for a total of 9,072,000 gallons for all 12 stages.Now they have a new 40 stage frack."The … [Read more...]

NOW he tells us...Former Bush EPA Official Says Fracking Exemption Went Too Far; Congress Should RevisitThere's late, then there is embarrassingly and shamefully late. It's never too late to tell the truth but it's a little too late to try and get … [Read more...]