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Frac fraud for Scotland? Is University of Edinburgh’s new test to check for shallow groundwater contamination from unconventional gas development, ie fracking, a set-up to blame nature when industry’s biogenic gases migrate into Scottish water wells?
[Refer first to: Encana intentionally frac’d drinking water aquifers at Pavillion, Wyoming: Encana intentionally frac’d drinking water aquifers and hundreds of sands and CBM wells above the Base of Groundwater Protection at Rosebud, Alberta: Encana’s 5-14 gas well fractured repeatedly directly, intentionally, illegally into Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers. Diagram from January 2005 report for Encana by HCL. Below, Encana’s ...
METHANE: A flash fire, third-degree burns and an investigation without end: “The reason we’re not seeing a determination is because there’s really only one determination they can make…And they don’t want to make it.”
METHANE: A flash fire, third-degree burns and an investigation without end by Mike Soraghan, June 1, 2016, EnergyWire Cody and Ashley Murray and their children in a 2013 photo. Cody Murray suffered burns in a 2014 flash fire that he says was linked to oil and gas wells near his home. Photo courtesy of Cody Murray. PERRIN, Texas — ...
The Cost of Justice Project: Legal system problems cost Canadians billions
Cost of Justice “This research… by the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice will be essential in helping us understand the true extent of the problem of cost and how it impacts on the justice system. I believe that it will prove to be of great assistance to… identify concrete solutions to the problem of access to ...
Big Thinking Lectures at U of Calgary: Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin on rule of law principal that “no one, no matter how important or powerful they are, is above the law in a diverse society.”
Chief Justice says dealing with diversity most challenging issue facing the world by Alia Dharssi, May 30, 2016, Calgary Herald The most challenging issue facing the world today is how we deal with diversity in society, said Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin during a public lecture on Monday at Congress 2016, which is being held ...
The Flint Policy in Ontario? Neighbours angry over NRC silence on drinking water contamination, NRC warned employees to drink bottled water 2 years before warning public not to drink the water NRC contaminated
Neighbours angry over NRC silence on water woes, NRC warned employees to drink bottled water 2 years before going public with PFAS contamination by Stu Mills, May 27, 2016, CBC News NRC employees told to drink bottled water 2 years before neighbours warned Mississippi Mills residents want NRC facility shut down after water contamination Mississippi Mills residents hoping ...
“Where does the buck stop?” AER to appeal ruling on oil, gas cleanup obligations. Chief Justice Wittmann found Alberta’s oil and gas licencing regime to be unconstitutional relating to money, but not in Ernst’s “valid” constitutional claim against AER relating to drinking water contamination by oil and gas
AER will appeal reclamation court ruling by The Canadian Press, May 27, 2016, Blackburn News Alberta Energy Regulator to appeal ruling on oil and gas cleanup obligations by The Canadian Press, May 27, 2016, Global News The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will appeal a court ruling that would allow oil and gas companies to avoid cleanup costs ...
New Brunswick extends fracking ban indefinitely & The Environmental Advisory Committee, established by PEI govt to create new Water Act, recommends banning fracking
PEI Spread the word by New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance, May 26, 2016 In encouraging local news, The Environmental Advisory Committee, established by the Provincial Government of PEI to create a new Water Act, has recommended banning fracking in PEI. This conforms to the trend of the last few years, as the case against shale gas and fracking ...
Visitors to Newfoundland & Labrador: “Stay away from fracking … its bad.” Meanwhile, Ray Gosine to Release NL Frac Panel Report to Government and Public on May 31
The NLHFRP Report that Ray Gosine will be presenting to Government is non-binding, meaning that Government may, or may not, follow the recommendations outlined in the Panel’s Report. Photo of Port au Port/Bay St. George Fracking Awareness Group Board, May 26, 2016. Photo by Aiden Mahoney Photo by Jerome Hoskins May 24, 2016 (Note concrete plug top of ...
New Study: Alberta’s tar sands leading source of air pollution in North America, Tens of thousands of people living within reach breathing elevated levels of fine particles linked in previous studies to lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes
[Refer also to: Scientists Just Discovered Exactly What Air Pollution Does To Your Arteries by Alejandro Davila Fragoso, May 24, 2016, Think Progress Air pollution has been linked to heart disease for years, prompting concern as well as some skepticism, as the physiological steps showing a cause-and-effect have gone less understood. But now, a multi-year study has for ...
Florida Supreme Court blasts Florida Power & Light’s fracking charge, State regulators exceeded their authority allowing the utility, a company, to charge customers for investment in fracing, transferring risk from shareholders to customers
Florida Supreme Court rejects FPL attempt to have customers pay for risky investment by Mary Ellen Klas, Mary Ellen Klas, May 19, 2016, Tampa Bay Times/Herald Tallahassee In a rebuke to Florida Power & Light, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that state regulators exceeded their authority when they allowed the company to charge customers ...
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Wittmann rules for creditors instead of clean-up when energy companies go bankrupt, Rules against Albertans, water, land and air
Comment by an Albertan: “The AER are so photogenic and look so good unless you know what they are up to. Wittmann really cooked this one. The AER gets to dump a shitload of orphans off on the public and the ATB gets to recoup their losses on loans they never should have made in ...
MUST WATCH TRAILER: The Rising, Connecting Human Health and Oil Operations
The Rising, Connecting Human Health and Oil Operations What happens to people exposed to extreme oil operations? Press Release Excerpts: “Manning, with his Emmy and Academy Award winning team, have been covering the personal stories of Gulf Coast residents and spill workers exposed to oil-chemical toxins following the BP Oil Spill for the making of The Rising film and ...
2016 AER Admin Fees, CAPP a Begging: What Fresh Hell is This? Research to Con the Public to give Social Licence While Wiping out Legal Liability for Companies?
2016 AER Administration Fees (Industry Levy) May 17, 2016 Energy Regulation Program The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) regulates energy resource development within Alberta and has a mandate to ensure the safe, efficient, orderly, and environmentally responsible development of hydrocarbon resources over their entire life cycle [And has no public health mandate, does not have to operate in the ...
What’s your child learning in school? Charles Koch’s Disturbing High School Project Promotes Cutthroat Economics: ‘Sacrificing Lives for Profits’
EDUCATION Charles Koch’s Disturbing High School Economics Project Teaches ‘Sacrificing Lives for Profits’ by Alex Kotch, May 9, 2016, AlterNet Charles Koch is known for being CEO of industrial giant Koch Industries and a chief financier of the massive conservative political operation he runs with his brother David. In recent years, student activists and investigative journalists have exposed ...
“We don’t allow bakeries in neighborhoods,” U of North Texas philosophy prof Adam Briggle said. “But we allow fracking.”
japanense proverb. image from impossiblehq Denton activist shared story of fracking fight Tuesday by Michelle Charles, May 19, 2016, Stillwater News A group of about 25 people gathered at the Stillwater Public Library Tuesday night to hear a tale of two cities: Denton, Texas, and Stillwater. Stop Fracking Payne County hosted Adam Briggle, a University of North Texas ...
Jobs Jobs Jobs & Frac Prosperity for All? Buyer to close Sanjel’s Calgary headquarters due to ‘miserable’ demand for its services
2016 04 16: How fast the greedy frac’ers fall: Privately held Sanjel broken up and sold to rivals, will only recover fraction of what it owes lenders Buyer to close Sanjel’s Calgary headquarters due to ‘miserable’ demand by Dan Healing, The Canadian Press, May 18, 2016, Calgary Herald The head of the firm buying Sanjel Corp., Canada’s ...
Concerned Health Professionals Ireland call for frac ban: ‘Extremely strong” evidence fracking harms human health
This post is for Diana Daunheimer and her family Diana is featured in investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk’s new book Slick Water, shortlisted for the 2016 Alberta Literary Awards and Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize. Diana Daunheimer. Photo by David Kattenburg 2014 06 24: Diana Daunheimer: Alberta Energy Regulator should be ashamed, AER Directive 60 Deregulation as the frac poisons ...
Stephen Harper intentionally denying Albertans justice? How long will his toxic disdain for the courts live on? “Harper government failed, over years, to live up to its constitutional obligations to fill vacancies on the bench, with perverse negligence for a party that claimed to be all about law and order.”
Justice delayed, justice denied, as Alberta begs Ottawa for more judges by Paula Simons, May 16, 2016, Edmonton Journal Alberta’s court system can’t run without judges. That’s a simple enough statement. It’s just one Ottawa can’t seem to grasp. There are six vacancies, four in Edmonton, on Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench. There are another four vacancies on ...
Wildfire out of control 10 km north of Fox Creek in AER’s out of control frac frenzy blanket approval pilot project, Started near Trilogy Energy plant, Traveled quickly. 3.5 hectares at 1 pm, 800 hectares a few hours later
Little Smoky Area Evacuation Order Issued by South Peace News, May 15, 2016 A mandatory evacuation notice and State of Local Emergency have been issued in the M.D. of Greenview south of the Hamlet of Little Smoky effective immediately. Both sides of Highway 43 are being evacuated from Township Roads 650 to 664 and Range Roads 215 ...
“Your job is to protect Floridians, not to poison us.” Deregulation: All the better to frac ‘n poison you with. Florida DEP trying to ease restrictions on discharged chemicals into rivers, lakes, coastal waters
Florida Proposes Tripling Amount Of Benzene That Can Be Polluted Into State Waters by Natasha Geiling, May 16, 2016, Think Progress ….the revised standards would allow much higher levels of benzene than currently allowed. Benzene is a chemical used in fracking, and a well-known carcinogen. Under the revised standards, allowable amounts of benzene would increase three-fold. The DEP’s ...
SoGalGas massive well blowout at Porter Ranch: Barium, vanadium, manganese, lead, strontium and aluminum may be causing health symptoms suffered by residents even after leak plugged
Porter Ranch: Barium and other metals may be the culprit behind gas leak symptoms by Sharon McNary, May 12, 2016, 89.3 KPCC Los Angeles County Public Health Department officials say its test of dust in Porter Ranch homes turned up the presence of metals, including barium, that could have caused the kinds of health symptoms some residents ...
The arsonists of Fort McMurray have a name; “Cone of Silence” over Fire Ravaged Fort McMurray: “Anybody allowed access…had to sign non-disclosure agreements not to share what they saw.”
Did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have to sign a gag order before he was allowed in? MUST WATCH: Global News Reports on Ft McMurray’s “Cone of Silence” May 9, 2016 Who ordered Fort McMurray’s “Cone of Silence?” Rachel Notely? AER? The Oil and Gas Industry? At 3:12 Min: Global News: Despite residents desperate for information, authorities have put a Cone ...
Another New Peer-Reviewed, Published Frac Health Harm Review: Harmful chemicals used in, produced by unconventional oil & gas pose serious threat to infants & children
Potential hazards of air pollutant emissions from unconventional oil and natural gas operations on the respiratory health of children and infants by Ellen Webb, Jake Hays, Larysca Dyrszka, Brian Rodriguez, Caroline Cox, Katie Huffling and Sheila Bushkin-Bedient, Published Online: May 12, 2016, Received October 12, 2014; accepted February 8, 2016, Reviews on Environmental Health PDF of Full Paper Abstract: Research ...
Obama administration announces historic new regulations for methane emissions from oil & gas. Meanwhile back in Canada, politicians & environmental NGOs engage in fraud to con the world, enable increases in oilfield emissions & health harms
Study: Bakken oil field leaks 275,000 tons of methane yearly by James MacPherson, Associated Press, May 11, 2016 … The data, collected in two years ago by an airplane over the heart of western North Dakota’s oil patch, was the first field study of methane emissions done in the Bakken shale formation that spans western North ...
CRIME Child-sex tourism continues to rise in Canada and abroad: two year study. “In Canada, indigenous women and children are especially vulnerable and are often moved around to be exploited near oil rigs”
CRIME Child-sex tourism continues to rise in Canada and abroad: study by Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press, May 12, 2016, The Globe and Mail More children than ever are being exploited in the travel and tourism sector in Canada and around the world, according to a new report released Thursday. The two-year study, produced by the non-governmental organization ECPAT ...
Calgary’s ‘dome’ artwork by internationally renowned artist Marianna Gartner saved! Will be preserved by new tenants, The National Bank
Art treasure will live on by Jessica Ernst, May 14, 2016, Calgary Herald Re: “Dome mural will be preserved, says new tenant of ATB building,” May 13. Many thanks to Eric Volmers for his excellent reporting on Marianna Gartner’s dome artwork, and to the Herald for publishing it. A grand, heart-lifting example of how a little media ...
THREE NEW STUDIES: FRAC WASTE CONTAMINATES WATER AND SOIL, SOME FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
Evidence of Unconventional Oil and Gas Wastewater Found in Surface Waters near Underground Injection Site by USGS, May 9, 2016 These are the first published studies to demonstrate water-quality impacts to a surface stream due to activities at an unconventional oil and gas wastewater deep well injection disposal site. Evidence indicating the presence of wastewaters from unconventional ...
Alberta wildfires will leave toxic legacy, experts warn. What about the radioactive waste storage site near Ft McMurray?
General Labour Clean Up Crew – Fort Mac Rebuild by TPD, date unknown Due to the wildfires in Fort McMurray and surrounding areas, nearly 100,000 people have been displaced and many jobs have been lost. While our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this unthinkable disaster, we know that thoughts are not enough to ...
Water, trust and truth. L’eau, la confiance et la vérité. Andrew Nikiforuk writes about one woman’s battle to protect her water from fracking and our lives from corporate lies. Slick Water review by Amy Reiswig
L’eau, la confiance et la vérité translation of Amy Reiswig’s review into French by Amie du Richelieu, May 7, 2016 Water, trust and truth (No longer online, except in pdf, see link below) by Amy Reiswig, May/June, 2016, Focus, Victoria’s magazine of people, culture and ideas Full Focus Magazine May June issue in PDF, 19 MB Slick Water ...
Australia: New Intermim Select Committe Report on unconventional gas, including CBM (CSG): Australia must ban fracking across the country.
Australia govt must ban fracking – report by Esmarie Swanepoel, Senior Deputy Editor, May 5, 2016, Mining Weekly An interim report by a Select Committee on unconventional gas mining in Australia has recommended that the federal government work with state and territory governments to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, across the country. In November, ...
New Texas study: UTA research demonstrates groundwater quality changes alongside increasing unconventional oil & gas development: “They discovered the presence of chlorinated solvents, alcohols and aromatic compounds exclusively after multiple unconventional oil wells had been activated within five kilometers of the sampling sites.”
The Paper: Temporal variation in groundwater quality in the Permian Basin of Texas, a region of increasing unconventional oil and gas development by Zacariah L. Hildenbrand, Doug D. Carlton Jr., Brian E. Fontenota, Jesse M. Meika, Jayme L. Waltona, Jonathan B. Thackerc, Stephanie Korliec, C. Phillip Shelorc, Akinde F. Kadjoc, Adelaide Clarke, Sascha Usenkoe, Jason S. Hamiltonf, ...
Frac Captured State, Frac Captured Regulator, Frac Captured Courts? Colorado Supreme Court Strips Constitutional Right To Enact Local Fracking Bans: “It is beyond comprehension that the Colorado Supreme Court still fails to recognize the rights of people to live in a safe and healthy environment”
2013 12 13: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says It’s Unconstitutional For Gas Companies To Frack Wherever They Want; Act 13, Gas Industry Takeover Law thrown out by State’s Highest Court “By any responsible account,” Chief Justice Castille wrote, “the exploitation of the Marcellus Shale Formation will produce a detrimental effect on the environment, on the people, their ...
Albertans still don’t know what toxic oilfield chemicals their children are breathing. When will companies be ordered to fully disclose all chemicals, including trade secrets, before racing toxic truck loads through school zones, by hospitals, where children play, and before injected, spilled, dumped, spread on foodlands, flared, vented, spewed from endless facilities?
Red Deer’s poor air quality report sparks government reaction by Darcy Henton, May 1, 2016, Calgary Herald Last fall’s poor air quality report for Red Deer and other parts of the province was akin to a doctor’s warning that a patient has high blood pressure, says Alberta’s air quality director. Hamid Namsechi said the problem is serious and cannot ...
Monday, May 2, 2016: Colorado Supreme Court to rule on industry suing Fort Collins and Longmont over the cities’ voter-approved frac bans. Longmont also sued by Colorado energy regulator and the company that wants to frac residents, TOP Operating Co.
Court to announce ruling on Fort Collins fracking moratorium by Jason Pohl, April 30, 2016, The Coloradoan The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday will announce its long-awaited decision about the legality of Fort Collins’ fracking moratorium. The announcement comes almost five months after attorneys made their arguments to Colorado’s high court in December. The decision could have statewide implications. A ruling against Longmont’s voter-supported ban on ...
Pipeline corroded. Salem Twp, Pennsylvania: “It looked like you were looking down into hell.” Spectra “Natural Gas” Pipeline Explosion, One mile from one of USA’s largest underground gas storage facilities, Critically injures 26 year old James Baker, Destroys home, damages others
Mother of gas line explosion victim says son is ‘strong,’ courageous’ by WPXI, May 16, 2016 In light of a gas explosion that shook Salem Township and left one man severely burned late last month, a protest was held Monday to put an end to pipeline build-out. “Wherever I have to go. I don’t care if I have ...
Flooding flushes oil, frac chemicals into Texas rivers. Corporate due diligence requires planning for natural disasters (eg don’t drill, frac in water bodies or flood plains), but, regulators don’t care, don’t regulate, so companies plan only for greed. Poisoned communities/families too controlled by their own greed to work towards change
This post is for the community of Fox Creek, Alberta What Drilling (and Fracking) Is Doing to Texas Water, Which you’re not supposed to know about because…privacy? by Charles P. Pierce, May 31, 2016, Esquire Last month, The El Paso Times got itself a regular scoop when it published some photographs taken by the Texas Civil Air Patrol, which ...
B.C. slow to enforce environmental laws; “Vancouver Public Library collects more each year in fines for overdue books than B.C. collects for environmental crimes.” Does any jurisdiction in Canada, federally or provincially, enforce environmental laws promptly, appropriately and fully?
Snap from 2006 10 Alberta Views article on Rosebud’s contaminated drinking water. Encana admitted to Alberta Views that the company fractured the aquifer (years later Encana denies it). Company data on file with the regulators prove Encana illegally fractured the community’s drinking water aquifers repeatedly and violated the Water Act. Encana was not criminally charged or fined, ...
Do fracking activities cause earthquakes? Seismologists and state of Oklahoma say yes, Earthquakes increasing in volume and intensity around fracking and waste disposal sites
Earthquakes, Fracking, Disposal Wells … and Litigation by Steven M. Sellars, April 29, 2016, Toxics Law Reporter A rapid rise in earthquakes in Oklahoma and other states, linked by some scientists to wells injected with waste water from fracking and other oil and gas drilling ...
A Former PR Worker Whose Job Was To Defend Fracking Online Describes How They Mislead The Public
A Former PR Worker Whose Job Was To Defend Fracking Online Describes How They Mislead The Public by Sydney Robinson, April 25, 2016, The Ring of Fire Network With the news that a pro-Clinton SuperPAC has invested millions in paying for online shills to go around infiltrating anti-Clinton conversations and attempt to misinform and sway opinions anonymously, a ...
New peer-reviewed published paper on unconventional natural gas development (excluding CBM/CSG) impacts: “At least 685 papers have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals that are relevant to assessing the impacts of UNGD. 84% of public health studies contain findings that indicate public health hazards, elevated risks, or adverse health outcomes; 69% of water quality studies contain findings that indicate potential, positive association, or actual incidence of water contamination; and 87% of air quality studies contain findings that indicate elevated air pollutant emissions and/or atmospheric concentrations”
84% of public health studies find hazards in fracking: research by Bruce Gorton, April 26, 2016, Times Live A new meta-study, published by the online journal PloS One, has found that 84% of public health studies between 2009 and 2015 have findings which indicate public health risks. This is of concern to us in South Africa, because our ...
“This is the future of Australia, if we do not stop the fackers:” Condamine River in Queensland, Australia Explodes Into Flames From Methane Coming From Nearby Fracking Sites
2016 04 26 as of 3:35 pm Jeremy Buckingham’s clip at 4,233,138 Views 2016 04 25 as of 10:02 pm: Jeremy Buckingham’s clip at 4,000,135 Views 2016 04 25 as of 9:30 pm: Jeremy Buckingham’s clip at 3,992,739 Views 2016 04 25 as of 6:15 pm: Jeremy Buckingham’s clip at 3,937,124 Views 2016 04 25 as of 1:00 pm: Jeremy Buckingham’s clip at 3,797,458 Views 2016 04 24 as of 3:30 ...
Range Resources Fracking Exec Reportedly Admits Targeting the Poor, Because They Don’t Have ‘The Money To Fight’
Range Resources exec apologizes for remark about drilling locations by Anya Litvak, April 23, 2016, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Terry Bossert, a Range Resources Corp. executive whose remarks at an Environmental Law Form earlier this month caused a stir and raised questions about how the company selects its well locations, has written an open letter titled “A Driller’s apology.” A ...
AER trying to con the world again and look like a regulator? AER to study risks of aging energy infrastructure. Who’s going to do the study? CAPP?
Alberta regulator to study risks of aging energy infrastructure by The Canadian Press, April 22, 2016, Calgary Herald Alberta’s energy regulator is studying the risks posed by the province’s aging energy hardware. “Aging infrastructure is an issue for the province,” said Jim Ellis, head of the agency which released a three-year strategic plan this week. Ellis said the regulator has ...
Calgary councillors say it’s time Alberta government enforce polluter pay principle to clean up West Village, Canada Creosote Ltd toxic sites. Costs estimated at $140 Million. How much to unfrac & fix Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers? Are they even unfrac’able? Will the NDP make Encana pay for the company’s law violations & harms?
‘Incumbent’ city, province pursue polluter pay principle in West Village, say councillors by Trevor Howell, April 22, 2016, Calgary Herald City councillors say it’s time for the provincial government to enforce the polluter pay principle after a new analysis of the CalgaryNEXT proposal shows it would cost as much as $140 million to clean-up contaminated land in the West ...
April 20, 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Winner: John Ibbitson’s Stephen Harper. Politics and the Pen Gala, Ottawa.
The Writers’ Trust, Politics and the Pen Gala in Ottawa April 20, 2016 Refer to Slick Water for information on Andrew Nikiforuk’s book shortlisted. 2015 Writers’ Trust of Canada Winner: John Ibbitson for Stephen Harper, published by Signal/McClelland & Stewart “With impressive access and meticulous research, John Ibbitson writes a remarkable biography that puts us inside Harper’s head during some of ...
Conference Board of Canada New Report: Canada ranks 14 out of 16 peer countries, gets D grade on environmental record; Alberta gets “D-minus”
How can Alberta allow good fresh water management with all those WaterSmart oilfield wastewater “revenue streams” and “business opportunities?”] 2007 11 21: PROFESSIONALS: A seasoned entrepreneur gets her feet wet anew Along with building public awareness about water issues, Alberta WaterSmart also works with industry. “Eighty-four per cent of the water in our province is allocated to some ...
Q & A with Andrew Nikiforuk by The Hill Times: “Democracies die without uncomfortable truth-seekers like Jessica Ernst. How could you not like a story like this? It is inspiring. Everyone should take notice.”
‘Democracies die without uncomfortable truth-seekers like Jessica Ernst, how could you not like a story like this?’ Nikiforuk by Kate Malloy, March 28, 2016, The Hill Times Andrew Nikiforuk talks about his book, Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry, which has been nominated as one of this year’s top ...
Promised Frac Prosperity for All? Albertans (frac’d more than anywhere else in Canada) face longer wait times for cancer surgery that rank among worst in Canada, report says
Albertans face long waiting times for cancer surgery, report says by Keith Gerein, April 13, 2016, Edmonton Journal Albertans needing surgery to treat colorectal, breast and other common forms of cancer face lengthening delays that rank among the worst in the country, new statistics show. The annual Canadian Institute for Health Information comparison of waiting times found ...
Slick Water author Andrew Nikiforuk in Vancouver, World-altering challenges explored by three authors
Books event: World-altering challenges explored by authors by The Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2016 Resource extraction, shrinking water supplies and the future of democracy — these are world altering challenges that face humanity. Writers Andrew Nikiforuk (Slick Water), Micah White (The End of Protest) and Carrie Saxifrage (The Big Swim – Coming Ashore in a World at Risk) ...
Many Oklahomans are sick of all the shaking going on: “Five years from now, they’re probably going to wonder why 2 million Oklahomans got cancer”
Rally at State Capitol protests Oklahoma lawmakers favoring corporate interests over citizens by Marianne Rafferty, April 12, 2016, kfor.com OKLAHOMA CITY – Many Oklahomans are sick of all the shaking going on. They are making their voices heard at the State Capitol. “If they would do what they did 40 years ago and stop the fracking and the ...
Oil & gas industry angry and impatient to frac New Brunswick; How impatient and angry would industry be if they were the plaintiff in the Ernst vs Encana lawsuit, now in its ninth year?
Energy industry urging government to lift fracking moratorium by Jeremy Keefe, April 13, 2016, Global News It has been a month and a half since the New Brunswick commission on Hydraulic Fracturing gave its recommendations to the provincial government, and there is still no word on whether a moratorium will be lifted. As Jeremy Keefe reports, ...
Ontario: Mississippi Mills residents want water answers from Health Canada, Concerns raised after National Research Council’s toxic chemicals contaminated their drinking water wells
Mississippi Mills residents want water answers from Health Canada, Health concerns raised after firefighting foam chemical found in well water by Julie Ireton, April 4, 2016, CBC News Chemicals found in Mississippi Mills, Ont., drinking water What are perfluoroalkylated substances, or PFAS? Mississippi Mills residents want NRC facility shut down after water contamination Residents living near a National Research Council facility ...
More Frac Fraud: Stealing from a School District, then Gagging it. Texas Attorney General Orders Chesapeake & School District Confidential Settlement Agreement Opened
AG orders district to release settlement details over Chesapeake objections. Chesapeake faces hundreds of similar lawsuits over royalty payments by Max B. Baker with contributions by Yamil Berard, April 13, 2016, Fort Worth Star Telegram The Fort Worth school district settled its lawsuit with Chesapeake Energy over natural gas royalties for $1 million, according to documents released Monday after the Texas attorney ...
AER: Pick & Choose Regulator when Positive Image Needed in the Press? Regulate a few infractions to impress the Supreme Court of Canada? CNRL appealing $8,000 penalty for unauthorized temporary pond construction
One of the comments: Andrew Sparky $8000? Whats that equal 1 second of profit? CNRL appealing $8,000 penalty for unauthorized Alberta oilsands construction by Gordon Kent, April 12, 2016, Edmonton Journal Published on: April 12, 2016 | Last Updated: April 12, 2016 1:19 PM MDT A major oilsands company is appealing $8,000 in fines imposed by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) ...
“I’m actually outraged.” With Alberta Court’s blessings, Energy giant CNRL derails full public inquiry into foreign workers’ deaths
Energy giant CNRL derails full public inquiry into foreign workers’ deaths, Company says no further investigation needed in collapse at oilsands site that killed 2, injured 5 others by Terry Reith, February 09, CBC News Genboa Ge and Hongliang Liu died in April 2007 when a storage tank roof collapsed, raining steel beams on workers below. A public fatality inquiry ...
“No Fracking Anywhere” Bernie Sanders Rejects Hillary Clinton’s Frac Synergy, Wants Nationwide Ban: “Do Washington politicians side with polluters over families? They sure do because Big Oil pumps millions into their campaigns…Bernie Sanders is the only candidate for president who opposes fracking everywhere. … Bernie: He can’t be bought by them because he’s funded by you.”
Sanders ad touts fracking ban, hits Clinton on donations by Jennifer Yachnin, April 12, 2016, E & E News Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders yesterday unveiled a new television spot that touts his support for a nationwide ban on hydraulic fracturing. The ad also takes aim once again at campaign contributions former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has raised ...
She is Spitting a Mouthfull of Stars & Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Finalists
She is Spitting a Mouthfull of Stars and Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughessey Cohen Prize Finalists post by Amis du Richelieu, April 5, 2016 She Is Spitting a Mouthful of Stars (nikâwi’s Song) by Gregory Scofield, April 2016, The Walrus She is spitting a mouthful of stars She is laughing more than the men who beat her She is ten horses ...
High Levels of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Found Near Fracking Wastewater Site while FracFocus Fraud Continues: “To adequately investigate such reactions, available information is not sufficient, but instead a full disclosure of HF additives is necessary.”
Quantitative Survey and Structural Classification of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals Reported in Unconventional Gas Production by Elsner M and Hoelzer K, Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Apr 5;50(7):3290-314. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02818. Epub 2016 Mar 9. Abstract Much interest is directed at the chemical structure of hydraulic fracturing (HF) additives in unconventional gas exploitation. To bridge the gap between existing alphabetical disclosures ...
“Mr Bender’s death was ‘a snap decision’ after Origin Energy tried to force him to sell.” Family of George Bender Submission to Senate Inquiry into Regulation of CSG (CBM) Industry: 1,000 pigs dead due to gas industry pollution
1000 pigs dead due to gas mining pollution, says submission to Senate inquiry by Tim Barlass, April 9, 2016, The Age Environment The death of up to 1000 pigs has been blamed on pollution associated with controversial gas mining, in a submission to a Senate inquiry into regulation of the coal seam gas industry. The claims, backed ...
Cabot Appeals ‘Grossly Excessive’ Damages in Dimock Contaminated Water Wells Case, Asks Court to Overturn $4.24 Million Jury Verdict, or Reduce it to $85,500.
Cabot appeals water contamination verdict by Terrie Morgan-Besecker, April 8, 2016, The Times-Tribune An attorney for Cabot Oil & Gas is asking a federal judge to overturn a $4.24 million verdict awarded to two Dimock Twp. couples or, in the alternative, to reduce the award to $85,500. Jeremy Mercer, attorney for Cabot, contends the March 10 verdict in ...
AER allows Repsol to resume fracking after causing world record 4.8M frac quake (felt 280 km away near Edmonton) in AER’s Fox Creek Blanket Approval Frac Frenzy Free-for-All Experiment. But, Repsol appears too shaken to resume
Regulators allow Repsol to resume fracking after Alberta quake by Reuters, April 7, 2016, newsdaily CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Regulators have given Repsol Oil and Gas Canada the green light to resume hydraulic fracking at a remote well in Alberta nearly three months after the region was rocked by an earthquake linked to the fracking, the company ...
Q & A with Andrew Nikiforuk on his new book Slick Water shortlisted for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
Q&A WITH ANDREW NIKIFORUK by The Samara Blog, March 31, 2016 This year Samara is excited to once again catch up with the authors shortlisted for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The annual literary award is presented by the Writers’ Trust of Canada to the best nonfiction book on Canadian political and social ...
Lakes in 1,000 sq km surrounding Yellowknife contaminated with arsenic, methyl mercury years after mine closure: “There are real impacts on communities and on the greater landscape as well”
Lakes near Yellowknife contaminated with arsenic, mercury years after mine closure by Ivan Semeniuk, April 6, 2016, The Globe and Mail Arsenic and mercury are present in surprisingly and sometimes dangerously high levels in numerous small lakes surrounding the city of Yellowknife, NT, scientists have discovered. The contaminants form a toxic footprint around the northern capital that ...
Spectacular Oil Patch Monitoring Fraud in Alberta? What will Dr. John Cherry say? AEMERA: A needlessly expensive ‘failed experiment,’ Public blamed for its failure, report by economist Paul Boothe (Director, Ivey Business School) says. What else would industry let him say, especially the part about blaming the public!
What and Who is AEMERA? Partners & Stakeholders Collaborative – an adjective meaning “produced or conducted by two or more parties working together”. Collaboration is one of our core values at AEMERA. We actively seek out mutually beneficial working relationships with a variety of parties to measure, assess and inform on ...
After Massive Environmental Debacle, SoCalGas Tries to Dictate Terms for Cleanup, Also questioning whether California has legal authority to force it to do any specific mitigation
After an environmental debacle, a big gas utility tries to dictate terms for a cleanup by Michael Hiltzik, April 4, 2016, LA Times For most of the period after Oct. 23, when a massive gas leak in at a Southern California Gas Co. storage well in Aliso Canyon was discovered, the gas company made all the right ...
Like Alberta gov’t, courts making Albertans second class citizens compared to other Canadians, legally immunizing AER’s law violations, gross negligence, acts in Bad Faith, even Charter violations? “Proving that certain behavior is ‘legal’ does not prove that it is ethical or just. That’s because corrupted political systems, by definition, often protect and legalize exactly the behavior that is most unjust.”
A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized by Glenn Greenwald, April 4, 2016, The Intercept … Proving that certain behavior is “legal” does not prove that it is ethical or just. That’s because corrupted political systems, by definition, often protect and legalize exactly the behavior that is most unjust. Vital journalism ...
How fast the greedy frac’ers fall: Privately held Sanjel broken up and sold to rivals, will only recover fraction of what it owes lenders
Alberta court denies attempt to block Sanjel sale by bondholders claiming ‘bad faith’ by Geoffrey Morgan, April 29, 2016, Financial Post CALGARY – Bondholder attempts to stop insolvent Sanjel Corp.’s blockbuster sale of its fracking business in Canada and the U.S. have been denied. In a motion filed in Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench, the bondholders alleged that ...
Why are frac’d Albertans so easily bribed by law violators and polluters? Why don’t groups in Fox Creek say “No thank you Chevron, We’d Rather Skate in Hell Than Take Your Money”
Chevron Canada’s $30K donation enhances Medical Staff Training by Brandi, April 4, 2016, Fox in Focus Chevron Canada donates $30, 000 to the Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society. L- R: back row: Sheila Petch, Jennifer Wierzbicki, Donna Rector, Lynda Ekdahl, Evelyn Rogers, Lynda Mercer, Danielle Tetrault, Tracy Brown, Gord Mounce, front row: Victoria Schilperoort, Claudia Milanovic, ...
Oil companies create lakes ‘from scratch’ to try to replace fish habitat the companies destroy in north Alberta. When is Encana going to fix ‘from scratch’ Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers the company illegally frac’d in 2004?
Oil companies create lakes ‘from scratch’ to try to replace destroyed fish habitat in north Alberta by Janet French, Post Media News, April 4, 2016, Calgary Herald You break it, you fix it. Compelled by government requirements, several energy companies with operations in Alberta’s oilsands have constructed fake lakes nearby to replace fish habitat their companies have ...
No Canadian Mainsteam Media Reported on Standford Peer-Reviewed Study Proving Encana Frac’d, Contaminated Aquifers at Pavillion, Wyoming. In Germany, Mainstream Magazine, Der Spiegel, Did! How Corrupt Did Harper Frack Canada?
Study finds that fracking contaminated a water supply by Scott Tong, March 29, 2016, Market Place LISTEN: EXCELLENT INTERVIEW AT LINK! … Now, a new study focuses on alleged contamination of drinking water in one of the highest-profile, longstanding cases. The location is the small town of Pavillion, Wyoming, population 231. In 2004, Pavillion resident Louis Meeks said the company Encana drilled ...
Another Encana Frac Fraud Bribe? Why is Encana buying “best practices” now, years too late? Buy the company out of Pavillion’s frac’d & contaminated aquifers bad news – again?
Fracking research receives $2 million by Sofia Osborne, April 6, 2016, the gateway online With natural resources making up a fifth of Canada’s GDP and providing almost 1.8 million jobs, gas production strongly impacts Canadians, Albertans and professors at the University of Alberta. Assistant professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Daniel Alessi has received $2 million in funding ...
Why did no Canadian media or blogs, other than The Tyee, report on Digiulio & Jackson’s damning new study confirming Encana frac’d & contaminated drinking water aquifers at Pavillion, Wyoming?
WATCH Excellent short summary of the frac fraud & cover-up by regulators & Encana: Wyoming drinking water contamination caused by fracking 2:50 Min. by RT, March 31, 2016 Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study, Another scientific report finds evidence of industry’s impact on public resource by Andrew Nikiforuk, March 30, 2016, TheTyee.ca Another scientific study has confirmed that fracking, the controversial technology ...
New news or old? Frac’ing, not waste injection, causing earthquakes in Western Canada. Diana Daunheimer calls out U of Calgary’s David Eaton: “So why are you getting the details on this issue so very wrong Mr. Eaton?”
BEATING A DEAD HORSE? SETTING THE STAGE TO BLAME NATURE? Fracking earthquakes are rare, isolated events, says B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, Less than 1% of fracking wells directly trigger earthquakes, says recent report by Wanyee Li, March 31, 2016, CBC News Earthquakes from fracking are rare and usually not felt, says the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, in ...
The Bie Lie Unravels: Scientists Digiulio & Jackson Slam EPA For “Walking Away” From Pavillion Frac Pollution Study in 2011 (Alberta regulators, gov’t walked from Rosebud frac pollution in 2008, never enforced Encana’s 2004 law violations), Encana’s fracking contaminated underground water reservoirs in Wyoming, finds study by former EPA scientist who led preliminary investigation. EPA never followed up
*** Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not. – E.R. BEADLE No other industry can inject chemicals into drinking water, – Robert Jackson *** To access the paper and press review: New peer-reviewed published paper by Digiulio & Jackson: Only one industry is allowed to inject toxic chemicals into underground sources ...
New peer-reviewed published paper by Digiulio & Jackson, Pavillion Wyoming aquifers contaminated by fracking: Only one industry is allowed to inject toxic chemicals into underground sources of drinking water – hydraulic fracturing
Only one industry is allowed to inject toxic chemicals into underground sources of drinking water – hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” … Who fixes aquifers frac’d by Encana? When? *** Impact to Underground Sources of Drinking Water and Domestic Wells from Production Well Stimulation and Completion Practices in the Pavillion, Wyoming, Field by Dominic C. DiGiulio and Robert B. Jackson, embargoed to March ...
How creative will frac fraud get? Wyoming regulator hires Canadian frac patent holder Maurice Dusseault (why?), Blames nature, Copy cats Alberta regulators, gov’t, Research Council (now Alberta Innovates), Ignores red flag indicators of petroleum industry contamination, Ignores that Encana frac’d drinking water aquifers like Encana did at Rosebud
Fracking a dangerous policy by James E. Robertson, Lakeland, March 25, 2016, The Ledger Karen Finney, senior spokesperson, “Hillary for America” responded to Jake Trapper’s question, “Does Hillary support fracking?” with a question … “What can she do about it?” The answer is very clear and very simple. This practice is against the law. The Clean Water ...
It appears jurors like clean water. Do judges? Does Ex-Encana CEO Gwyn Morgan? Ex-Encana VP now Chair AER Gerard Protti? NEB Chair Peter Watson (who fraudulently covered-up Encana’s law violations when he was Deputy Minister Alberta Environment)? Dr. John Cherry? Dr. Maurice Dusseault? Dr. Alexander Blythe?
‘Gasland’ verdict, $4.2M, extremely disappointing for defendants, attorney says by Jacob Bielanski, March 23, 2016, The Pennsylvania Record SCRANTON – A federal jury’s decision to award $4.2 million to two families featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary “Gasland” was fueled by publicity, a New York City attorney says. On March 10, jurors in U.S. District Court for the ...
Industry lobby groups urge New Brunswick to lift frac moratorium. What for? To contaminate drinking water, divide and conquer communities, poison land, families and air while companies frac and go bankrupt and then demand that citizens finance their bad gambling debts?
New Brunswick government won’t lift fracking moratorium until conditions met by The Canadian Press, March 29, 2016 New Brunswick’s energy and mines minister says the province won’t lift a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing until all the government’s conditions are met. Donald Arseneault says the government is reviewing the report of a shale gas review committee that took almost ...
Back up your blogs & websites! BC political blogger Laila Yule blog & twitter account hijacked online after posting on Site C Dam
Laila Yule’s new twitter Laila Yule’s new website Surrey based political blogger hijacked online by Emily Lazatin, March 24, 2016, News Talk 980 CKNW A well-known Surrey based political commentator and blogger has been hacked online. “It’s a violation of my personal space, it feels like I’m being threatened, to be silenced.” Laila Yuile says her Twitter account and blog have been ...
Think of Kristin Henry when you eat this Easter. Day 13 of her Site C hunger strike. “We’re living in a world that has almost more polluted land than not, and more polluted water than not, and I seriously get worried looking forward 20 years at what it might look like….” she said.
Site C hunger striker marks 10 days by Bronwyn Scott, March 22, 2016, Alaska Highway News Kristin Henry has never set sights on the Peace River in person, but the Vancouver resident says her resolve to see the Site C dam shelved isn’t waning as she marks 10 days of a hunger strike in protest of the project. Henry ...
Time to Fix Damages Done to Canada by Harper: Put Habitat Back in the Fisheries Act
WATCH: Put Habitat Back in the Fisheries Act 1:24 Min Animation by Incite Media, March 2016, posted by SWCC2 Click snap or link above to play
Common sense needed in development – Asking for the impossible from an inhumane industry?
Common sense needed in development by Allen Watson, Tomslake, March 25, 2016, Alaska Highway News This is in response to a letter posted in the Alaska Highway News March 21 authored by Alan Yu (‘Whose interests are LNG opponents serving?’) No, I am not an anti-LNG protester! I am, however, a firm believer that LNG at all cost ...
British Columbians’ views on hydraulic fracturing have “hardened,” 61 per cent opposed; Opposition to LNG “up significantly”
More than half of British Columbians oppose fracking: poll, 23 per cent in recent study support practice by Jonny Wakefield, March 24, 2016, Alaska Highway News British Columbians’ views on hydraulic fracturing have “hardened,” with 61 per cent saying they don’t support the industry. That’s according to a new poll on liquefied natural gas (LNG) development from Insights ...
Fracking bill, that would have taken away city & county rights to ban fracking, dies in FL Senate
Fracking bill dies in FL Senate by Aryanna Duhl, March 23, 2016, fsunews Hydraulic and acidic fracturing “fracking” bill 318 has been highly controversial in Florida, with opponents fierce in their efforts to stop its passing in the Senate. Rallies have been held, and for six months, activists have been making phone calls to Senators, imploring them to ...
Wyo Supreme Court awards rancher Brett Sorenson $1.1 million for CBM clean up. Justice Michael Davis: “We view Pennaco’s attempts to relieve itself of the obligations it bargained to perform more as a game of hot potato.”
Wyo Supreme Court awards Arvada rancher $1.1 million for CBM cleanup by Benjamin Storrow, March 23, 2016, Star- Tribune Brett Sorenson, 61, looks out across what once was thick cottonwood forest Oct. 21 on his family’s ranch along the Powder River in Arvada. Sorenson has lost more than 1,500 trees from produced water runoff — a byproduct of ...
LIFE, DEATH AND CHEMICALS: Welcome to your fruits and vegetables farmed atop California’s toxic tar sands, and meet Juan Delgado
LIFE, DEATH AND CHEMICALS by Natalie Cherot, March 23, 2016, Latterly Magazine Much of America’s strawberry supply is farmed atop a rich deposit of oil. For a family living among the pesticides and drilling, the source of their health problems is a painful mystery. Welcome to the California tar sands. OXNARD, California Juan Delgado was growing impatient. He ...
AER grants Granite Oil Corp. approval for gas (CO2, H2S, N2, Propane, Butane?) injection enhanced oil recovery across 23 contiguous sections of Bakken land in Alberta
Granite Oil Corp. Press Release, February 22, 2016, MarketWired GRANITE OIL CORP. (“Granite” or the “Company”) (TSX:GXO)(OTCQX:GXOCF) Granite is pleased to announce its budget and guidance for 2016. Granite also announces that it has received the approval of the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) to operate its gas injection enhanced oil recovery (“EOR”) scheme on its 100%-owned Alberta Bakken ...
New Study: Toxicity of acidization fluids used in California oil exploration raise water contamination and public-safety concerns
Landmark Acidization Study Finds Oil Companies Using Dozens of Hazardous Chemicals in California Wells Press Release by Centre for Biological Diversity, March 18, 2016 Oil companies use dozens of extremely hazardous chemicals to acidize wells in California, raising water contamination and public-safety concerns, according to a new study in the Journal of Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry. The ...
Pair charged with selling Boulder agricultural water to frackers, Johnstown pair alleged to see profits of about $800,000. When will Encana be charged for illegally fracturing Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers? When will Alberta Innovates, AER, Alberta Environment be charged with fraud covering-up the law violations and dangerous contamination?
Pair charged with selling Boulder agricultural water to frackers, Johnstown pair alleged to see profits of about $800,000 by Mitchell Byars, March 22, 2016, Bolder County News Two Johnstown men have been arrested on suspicion of theft after prosecutors said they bought water from the city of Boulder designated for agricultural use but then turned around and ...
AER Investigation Report (yes another one): CNRL’s Primrose fracking flow to surface mess and groundwater contamination “caused by excessive steam volumes, along with open conduits such as well bores, natural fractures and faults, and hydraulically induced fractures.”
Politicians, Pembina Institute and regulators more concerned with their failure to deceive the world about Alberta’s self-made polluting black-eye? Oilpatch business icon and CEO CNRL Murray Edwards changes residency from Calgary to London by Dan Healing, March 24, 2016, Calgary Herald Murray Edwards, one of Canada’s wealthiest people, has changed his residency from Calgary to London to avoid rising ...
Trudeau names Brian Ferguson, CEO of Cenovus (Encana spawn, that along with Encana has been reduced to junk bond status) to Economic Advisory Council, possibly the most influencial people to be around PM and Finance Minister Bill Morneau
Cenovus job cuts to total 440 in 2016, dropping staffing numbers by 31% since 2014 by Amanda Stephenson, April 1, 2016, Calgary Herald A total of 440 jobs will be cut at Cenovus Energy Inc. this year as a result of continued low oil prices. The ...
Fracking Rights Decimation in Australia: Companies need not negotiate land access under WA Government reform, NSW Passed Laws That Can Get You Seven Years Jail For Protesting
Fracking review: Companies not required to negotiate land access under WA Government reform by Sarah Taillier, March 17, 2016, ABC News Oil and gas companies that want to carry out fracking on West Australian land will not be obliged to negotiate with landowners, despite recommendations to Government to make it mandatory. The WA Government has announced it ...
California: Carson introduces ban on fracking, acidizing of oil wells, and similar operations
Carson introduces a ban on fracking, acidizing of oil wells by Sandy Mazza, March 16, 2016, Daily Breeze Two years after first considering a ban on aggressive oil well-stimulation methods, Carson has introduced a prohibition on fracking, acidizing and similar operations and will add further oil industry restrictions next month. The City Council heard from the public Tuesday ...
Alexander First Nation Last-Minute Application in Court of Queen’s Bench after AER Rejects Nation’s Arguments: Court Orders AER Can’t Deliver Written Hearing Decision on Pembina’s Fox Creek Pipeline Expansion
AER Can’t Deliver Written Hearing Decision On Pembina’s Fox Creek Pipeline Expansion by Oil and Gas Investor, March 17, 2016 Pembina Pipeline Corp. received an order that halts the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) from issuing its written hearing decision on the Fox Creek pipeline expansion project, the company said March 16. The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench granted ...
Frac Waste Quakes Make Time Magazine: The U.S.’s New Earthquake Capital: Oklahoma. “Some seismologists say that even if all disposal activity stopped in the state immediately, there could be earthquakes for decades.”
The U.S.’s New Earthquake Capital: Oklahoma by Josh Sanburn, March 14, 2016, Time Magazine Photographer John Francis Peters captures how the ground is shifting—both seismically and politically—in Oklahoma Oklahoma used to be a seismic afterthought, a place with so few earthquakes that in the 1990s it was one of three locations where the Soviets were allowed to monitor ...
Is Encana’s “Responsible Drilling Program” a fraud? ‘Fracking Scorecard’ ranks 30 oil companies by disclosure of environmental risks, As expected, Encana ranks down low
‘Fracking Scorecard’ ranks 30 oil companies by disclosure of environmental risks by Sergio Chapa, March 16, 2016, San Antonio Business Journal Times are tough in the oil patch but that doesn’t mean that protecting the environment is not a priority for the companies with wells that still remain in production. The third annual ” Disclosing the Facts” report from ...
Will Albertans ever learn? Canada’s biggest oil producers, including Cenovus, hoarding near-record pile of cash
Medicine Hat reeling after second fracking company announces pullout by Dan Healing, March 16, 2016, Calgary Herald The second Calgary-based oilfield services company in two weeks has announced it is suspending operations at Medicine Hat, removing another 100 jobs from the southern Alberta city’s economy. The news from Trican Well Service Ltd. on Wednesday follows a decision ...
Dr. John Cherry Shale Gas Recommendation: Frack ‘n Track Us. Cherry needs to sign his family up first. How’d he like his loved ones to be subjects of a polluted-ass-tracking study living with thousands of fracs & refracs, even into his drinking water supply, for a decade and more?
Fracking in a Permafrost Environment: Key Questions Complete conference, with Q & A, 3 hours by Program on Water Issues at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Presentation by Dr. Anthony Ingraffea (one of his best) Starts at 1 hour and 15 min. Worthwhile watching first. Some screen snaps below. White text at bottom of screen snaps is ...
Frac ‘n Fraud Down Under: Origin Energy execs kept aquifer contamination secret for more than 1.5 years, knew CSG (CBM) wells leaking into aquifers. Are Origin Energy CSG (CBM) wells contaminating Condamine River with ‘intensifying’ methane bubbling too?
Condamine River’s mysterious bubbling ‘intensifying’ by Mark Willacy, February 14, 2016, ABC News PHOTO: Scientists are trying to identify the cause of methane gas bubbling in the Condamine River. (ABC News: Scott Kyle) Landholders in ...
Where are Canadian Celebrities (outside of Quebec)? Mark Ruffalo, Colin Firth, Livia Firth, Vivienne Westwood, Taron Egerton, Rupert Friend, Aimee Mullins, Bianca Jagger, Felicity Blunt open letter telling David Cameron to stand up against fracking
Mark Ruffalo and Colin Firth lead celebrity open letter telling David Cameron to stand up against fracking by Hamish MacKay, March 15, 2016, Mirror In a letter handed to the Daily Mirror, celebrities urged the PM not to allow fracking in communities that have already rejected it Mark Ruffalo, Colin Firth and Vivienne Westwood are among celebrities to ...

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