Fracking News
I'm going to list my three five favorite things about this Daily Beast article. Can You Silence a Child? Inside the Hallowich Case by Caitlin Dickson Sep 1, 2013 4:45 AM EDT 1. I love the way the fracking scam is summed up in the first … [Read more...]
Apparently there was a blowout yesterday evening at an EOG site in the Eagle Ford Shale but no workers were hurt. Currently, the only source for this story is Drilling Ahead where they have some photos posted without attribution. Disturbing: A … [Read more...]
Subra has lived in the oil patch her whole life. When she bumps into people she grew up with or attends class reunions with her husband, Clint, she sees two sets of people in the room: "The ones who look their age and the ones who look so old. The … [Read more...]
Monday my fellow Earthworker Alan Septoff blogged on the biased mainstream fracking debate, featuring the Associated Press and Kevin Begos. Today, he's got more, thanks to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: As an article … [Read more...]
The mainstream media let its bias hang out yesterday in the Associate Press' story by Kevin Begos about health impacts associated with fracking and natural gas development. Please click over to EarthBlog to read about it. The Associated Press … [Read more...]
Last week I told you about some important dates in the Dallas fracking fight. I hope you put those on your calendar because it looks like industry has them on theirs. Lookie here: Something has leaked and this time it's a bunch of gas headed to … [Read more...]
John Hanger, former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and candidate for governor of Pennsylvania admits what we've known all along: industry mistakes can cause water to light on fire. … [Read more...]
Let's set the record straight. January 2011, I received an email from Steve Lipsky with a video that showed flames coming from a garden hose. I didn't know anyone named Lipsky so, although it was late at night, I Googled the name and learned … [Read more...]
As Fish Creek Monitor reminded us, fracking, It's a Blast. Did you think those perforations that blow holes in the casing to allow the fracking fluid into the formation just happen by themselves? They either load the perf guns full of explosives … [Read more...]
An engineer who worked for the Texas Railroad Commission and was actually trying to do his job, claims he was fired because he filed a whistleblower complaint against his supervisor. Frederick Wright was promoted several times during his … [Read more...]
Range Resources took the beating they deserve on Colbert Report last night for gagging the Hallowich children. Tonights word is "Gag Gift." Fortunately folks we can enjoy the fruits of fracking without feeling the guilt. Colbert also took on … [Read more...]