Fracking News
UPDATE: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that methane (CH4) is far more potent a greenhouse gas than we had previously realized. The IPCC reports that, over a 20-year time frame, methane has a global warming potential of … [Read more...]
When the oil & gas industry traps people in the Cycle of Fracking Denial, they are quick to justify the gag order by saying it was a "mutual agreement." But we know better. Peter Vallari, the Hallowichs’ lawyer: “... it was imposed on my … [Read more...]
The people who live on the land know that when fracking happens, our water gets contaminated. Some people get proof only to have it hidden HERE. So we have to keep the proof coming but we need to keep industry influence out of it. There is an … [Read more...]
Aubrey is still poking the fracking pie. Yesterday the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) sent a letter to US Congressman Fred Upton who represents Michigan's 6th district. EID, the IPAA's ad campaign created to combat environmental … [Read more...]
Yesterday, we learned that Range Resources so feared what the Hallowich children might say about their gas drilling operations adjacent to their home, they had the two minor children gagged for life. Today in a statement given to the … [Read more...]
Photo credit: Pam Panchak, Post-Gazette A Washington County court transcript, just released today, shows that Range Resources was afraid of what children might say about their operations near the family's home so they insisted the children be gagged … [Read more...]
The risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma has "risen between 3 and 4 percent every year since the 1970s," and a new study shows that risk increases the closer a home is to benzene releasing facilities. Reuters: Home distance from benzene sites … [Read more...]
Something terrifying is buried in today's Denton Record Chronicle article, Few answers in April gas well blowout. I'm going to bury it here too so you will need to keep reading. But here's a hint: Sounds like 1st ---------> Three months ago … [Read more...]
Breaking but not surprising. Levels of contaminants are highest within 3 kilometers which is 1.8 miles! Areas outside the Barnett Shale do not have the same elevated levels. Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling, UT … [Read more...]
This is yet another one of those "rare" fracking accidents. There were others today but I can't keep up. The well is located about 1/2 mile off of South U.S. Highway 287 on SECR 3100. UPDATE: WFAA video. NOTE: … [Read more...]
These protests happened today. There may have been others that I didn't catch. Canada Activist ties self to geo-phone bags, SWN refuses Sundance break, another illegal security blockade Interview with 'Pochahontas', Elsipogtog resident who tied … [Read more...]