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2011: Don’t flare up – Spectra’s new turnaround process During turnaround at Spectra Energy’s McMahon natural gas processing plant in Taylor, British Columbia this June, the company introduced a new process designed to eliminate flaring of sour gas at the facility. … The main motivation for developing the process was to reduce flaring of sour gas.  … “We’re always trying ...

Do you mind?!!! Editorial Cartoon by Brian Gable, September 29, 2015, The Globe and Mail But no safe water for Albertans Schwiegers, Campbells, Zimmermans, Jacks, Ernst, … or in Fox Creek, Rosebud and Redland, and how many in the Lochend, … ? “Wish we all had safe water in Alberta,” said Ernst.

Encana says blowout at northern Alberta natural gas well has been capped by The Canadian Press, September 27, 2015, BOE Report Encana says in an update on its website that the damaged wellhead 18 kilometres from Fox Creek has been brought under control and that the flow of natural gas and condensate has been stopped. [Why will Encana ...

Slick Water: Andrew Nikiforuk launches book in Rosebud by Laureen F. Guenther, September 25, 2015, Strathmore Times Canadian journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk presented a book talk and launch of his newest book, Slick Water, at Rosebud’s Community Hall, Sept. 12. The event was attended by over 75 people from numerous Alberta communities including Rosebud, Drumheller, Kathyrn, Didsbury, ...

People banned from visiting family in hospital demand provincial help by Paige Parsons, September 9, 2015, Edmonton Journal Julie Ali, left, and her sister Sue said they are experiencing ‘retribution’ after complaining about the quality of their sister’s care in a Good Samaritan Society longterm care facility. Photograph by: Paige Parsons, Edmonton Journal An Edmonton woman says she is ...

Subject: FW: ACTION ITEM: FW: Update on Encana Sour Gas/Condensate Blow Out Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:50:21 -0600 From: email hidden; JavaScript is required To: dianadaunheimer Hello Diana, The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is responding to the Encana natural gas well blowout located approximately 18 kilometres west of Fox Creek, Alberta. The company is taking the lead with this incident and has set up ...

Alberta premier tells business leaders energy industry must clean up its act by The Canadian Press, September 22, 2015, Global News The energy industry will be critical to Alberta’s economy for many years to come, but ...

CBC’s Donna McElligott interview with Andrew Nikiforuk September 21, 2015 Interview starts at 9 Min. to 17:47 Investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk’s new book is called “Slick Water”

Ian Jessop interviews Andrew Nikiforuk on his new book, Slick Water September 18, 2015, CFAX 1070 Interview starts at 7:11 Min.

Encana and AER (lying) Update : Sour gas detected in air after well blowout in northwest Alberta by Jodie Sinnema, September 22, 2015, Edmonton Journal Small amounts of sour gas detected in the air around a blowout at a northern Alberta natural gas well are so minimal ...

End of year deadline for review of Alberta Energy Regulator, says minister by Darcy Henton, September 21, 2015, Calgary Herald Alberta’s Energy minister says she will deliver a recommendation on the future of Alberta’s oilpatch regulator to the premier by the end of the year. Marg McCuaig-Boyd said she is examining whether the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) ...

Energy regulator reports natural gas well blowout in northern Alberta by Edmonton Journal, September 21, 2015 The Alberta Energy Regulator was investigating a blowout Monday that happened at an Encana natural gas well in northern Alberta. Spokesman Peter Murchland said the blowout was reported at about 2 p.m. at a well site about 18 kilometres west of Fox Creek. “There ...

VW’s Deepwater Horizon? by Maximilian Auffhammer, September 21, 2015, Energy Institute at Haas Last week one of the biggest environmental scandals since the Deepwater Horizon disaster made its way to somewhere near the bottom of page 11 of most major newspapers. VW admitted to systematically cheating on emissions tests of its Diesel vehicles. This might sound snoozy, ...

It’s time Canada reassessed its stance on selling water by Barrie McKenna, September 20, 2015, The Globe and Mail Canada is a nation of resources. We dig them, pump them, cut them, crush them, grow them and export them. They are a huge part of the economy and a massive wealth generator. And yet the country’s most valuable ...

Battle against fracking never ends, SACPA told by Dave Mabell, September 18, 2015, Lethbridge Herald Poll (as of September 20, 2015) Do you think there’s good reason to be concerned about the amount of fracking in Alberta? Yes (64%, 250 Votes) No (36%, 140 Votes) Total Voters: 390   After years of fracking to produce more oil, Alberta’s air and water is full of ...

Edmonton-area residents protest drilling near their homes by Sheila Pratt, September 17, 2015, Edmonton Journal Henry Neumann, who says a nearby fracking operation shattered his patio window, is upset by the enterprise on his acreage near Devon on Thursday Sept. 17, 2015. JOHN LUCAS / EDMONTON JOURNAL Henry Neumann sat down to supper one evening at his Devon-area ...

AER Allows Resumption of 10 Production Pipelines at Nexen Long Lake; 45 Lines Remain Shut in Press Release by AER, September 16, 2015, Marketwired The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved the resumption of operations for 10 production pipelines at Nexen Energy ULC’s Long Lake oil sands operations. The production pipelines transport miscellaneous gases, including produced steam and ...

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Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst on the launch of Andrew Nikiforuk’s new book, Slick Water September 14, 2015, CFAX 1070

Netherlands court orders gas companies to pay for quake damage by Matt Belenky, September 2015, Jurist A Netherlands court ruled on Wednesday that a Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil joint venture must pay homeowners for property damage caused by gas drilling related earthquakes. The Dutch Safety Board  has warned several times in the past few years that ...

Water licence for northeast B.C. fracking operation cancelled by Gordon Hoekstra, September 6, 2015, Vancouver Sun in Calgary Herald The Fort Nelson First Nation has won a potentially precedent-setting decision from the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board that cancels the water licence of a natural gas fracking operation in northeast B.C. The appeal board — in a decision ...

Alberta regulator says Nexen can reopen utility pipelines at Long Lake by The Canadian Press, September 7, 2015, Calgary Herald Nexen Energy is being allowed to reopen some pipelines at an Alberta oilsands operation after provincial regulators suspended the licences for them last month. The Alberta Energy Regulator says that after inspecting Nexen’s Long Lake facility and ...

Encana makes more cutbacks by Bob Brown, September 4, 2015, Drumheller Online It’s been a tough last few years for the oil patch and one of the major players in the area continues to cut back to meet the new economic reality.   Encana recently laid off about 200 employees, including an unspecified ...

Fracking Litigation: Floodgates Still Not Opened by Poole & Shaffery, LLP, September 1, 2015 Since a jury awarded $2.9 million to a Texas family in the first successful “fracking case” in the United States back in April 2014, there was concern that the floodgates for fracking litigations across the country had finally been opened. In preparation for the ...

Canada’s energy regulators get tougher, but it’s for all the wrong reasons by Claudia Cattaneo, September 3, 2015, Financial Post The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) forced Nexen this week to wind down operations of the $6-billion Long Lake oilsands project. By ordering the shutdown of almost 100 Nexen Energy ULC Alberta pipelines last week, the Alberta Energy Regulator ...

Author takes on oil industry in new book by Wayne Grady, September 2, 2015, Kingston Whig-Standard KINGSTON — When Andrew Nikiforuk was an editor at Equinox magazine, in Camden East, he specialized in stories about people whose plight crystalized what was happening in the bigger picture. He wrote features about First Nations groups trying to stop the ...

Slick Water: The Devil is in the Details by FrackingCanada, September 2, 2015 Andrew Nikiforuk interview on his new book, oil patch workers calling in afterwards September 1, 2015, 630CHED Edmonton Slick Water Event page Fracking Alberta – Taking a Stand at Ground Zero Facebook community on Slick Water‘s journey by Barb Ryan, August 29, 2015 Click for book excerpt

Fighting fracking under Swan Lake by Allen Watson, SLES director, September 2, 2015, Alaska Highway News Dear Editor. Yes, fracturing of bed rock for natural gas recovery has been going on for years. The difference in modern day hydraulic fracturing is the massive pressure used by hydraulically pumping water and chemicals into the bed rock to release ...

Visiting speakers to recount dramatic N.B. fracking struggle by Aric McBay, September 3, 2015, Kingston Region Events – Kingston will be visited by a cross-country speaking tour about the struggle to protect land in New Brunswick from fracking. Annie Clair and Miles Howe will speak in Kingston on Monday, Sept. 14 about protests which have seen ...

Attempts to protect Canada’s lakes, rivers ‘all but abandoned’: analysis by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, September 1, 2015, CTV News A statistical analysis of the Conservative government’s changes to environmental laws and procedures suggests Ottawa has “all but abandoned” attempts to protect Canada’s lakes and rivers. “Over the last decade, what we’ve seen is a not-so-gradual abandonment ...

Toxic taint: Tests in Alberta industrial heartland reveal air-quality concerns by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, August 29, 2015, Calgary Herald New air-quality tests in one of Canada’s largest petrochemical processing regions have revealed more evidence of short-lived but concentrated plumes of toxic chemicals. The tests by a Nobel-prize-winning lab at University of California Irvine echo previous ...

Nexen responds to suspension of 95 pipeline licences by Sheila Pratt, August 28, 2015, Edmonton Journal On July 15, a pipeline at Nexen’s Long Lake project was found to be leaking, spilling about five million litres of a mixture of bitumen, water and sand. Nexen Energy says it is putting together records to comply with orders of ...

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Coalseam gas mining (CSG) = Coalbed methane (CBM) = Natural Gas from Coal (NGC) Tara residents want out as coal seam gas mining takes hold by John McCarthy, August 22, 2015, The Courier-Mail “ONE out, all out!” is the chant coming out of the poor community and coal seam gas hub of Tara, population 3000. Several families want ...

Texas family sues fracking companies after giant fireball rips through well, injures members by Alexey Yaroshevsky , August 24, 2015, RT America [Refer also to: Another frac lawsuit: Cody Murray from Texas left permanently disabled from burns after fracking causes water well to explode ]

Legal precedents in Alberta could mean Flames’ arena site gets cleaned up by a third party by Geoffrey Morgan,  August 24, 2015, Financial Post The empty streets of Lynnview Ridge, a community in this city’s southeastern quadrant, offer a precedent for forcing polluters to pay to clean up contaminated sites decades after the companies have moved on, ...

Natural gas companies pay fines for methane contamination by WBNG (Binghamton) News, August 25, 2015 The Department of Environmental Protection has reached penalty agreements with three natural gas exploration companies in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. The DEP on Tuesday announced it has finalized agreements with the companies for methane gas migration violations that impacted private drinking water wells ...

Alberta de­clares province-wide agri­cul­tur­al dis­as­ter by Rachel Ward, August 22, 2015, Edmonton Journal The Alberta gov­ern­ment on Fri­day de­clared a province wide agri­cul­tur­al dis­as­ter as a re­sult of ex­treme weath­er con­di­tions. The dec­lar­a­tion allows the gov­ern­ment-run Agri­cul­tur­al Financial Services Corporation to ac­cess re­serve funds and pay out above aver­age in­sur­ance claims more quick­ly, Agri­cul­tur­e and Forestry Minister ...

Exclusive: Pennsylvania Family Dealing with Water Contamination Linked to Fracking Industry by Julie Dermansky, August 21, 2015, desmogblog The Chichura family has flammable well water, most likely due to a fracking job gone wrong in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County. Their water well, along with those of four of their neighbors, was allegedly contaminated with methane in the ...

Information access needs campaigners’ attention by Guelph Mercury Editorial, August 17, 2015 When the doorbell rings and local federal election candidates appear at your door, it would be worth asking them about Canada’s access to information system. That’s because the recent record on being able to obtain and review public information held federally has been quite awful. The ...

Monday’s quake ‘likely’ caused by fracking, OGC confirms by Jonny Wakefield, August 18, 2015, Alaska Highway News B.C.’s oil and gas regulator says it’s “likely” Monday’s 4.5 magnitude earthquake north of Fort St. John was caused by hydraulic fracturing in the area. The shake, which was felt from Pink Mountain to Fort St. John, had its epicentre ...

Monday’s Letters: Secret hearings stab at the heart of democracy by Anne Hamre, Edmonton, August 17, 2015 Re: “Secret spy hearings have chilling effect on our rights,” Aug. 13 Much-needed attention has been drawn to an increasingly troubling fact in our society: Our federal government is showing a growing willingness to treat any kind of law-abiding protest as dangerous ...

Alberta limits oilsands water use from Athabasca River amid dry spell by Jeremy van Loon, Bloomberg, August 17, 2015, Calgary Herald Alberta’s energy regulator restricted applications by oil and natural gas operators to withdraw water from the Athabasca River amid dry conditions in the province. Restrictions for temporary diversion licences have also been put in place for ...

Series of explosions, fire tears through Texas oil field chemical supplier by The Associated Press, August 14, 2015 The explosions tore through the DrillChem in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston, about 4:30 p.m. Friday. A fire sent a broad, dense column of thick, black smoke towering into the otherwise blue skies, making it visible for ...

The Closing of the Canadian Mind by Stephen Marche, August 14, 2015 (August 16, print edition), The New York Times Stephen Harper, the prime minister of Canada, is creating a legacy of secrecy and ignorance. Credit Mark Blinch/Reuters Canadian Shame THE prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has called an election for Oct. 19, but he doesn’t want anyone to ...

Russian giant’s fracking entry factored in Trican’s decision to sell, says CEO by Dan Healing, August 14, 2015, Calgary Herald If Calgary-based Trican Well Service Ltd. hadn’t sold its Russian well-fracturing business to Rosneft Oil Co. for $182 million, it faced the prospect of having the mammoth Russian state-controlled oil company as its biggest competitor instead ...

A Fireball Exploded In This Man’s Face, And Now He’s Suing The Nearby Fracking Operation by Samantha Page, August 12, 2015, Climate Progress Cody Murray, 38, and his father, wife, and four-year-old daughter were all burned by a “fireball” after methane built up in his pump house and exploded when Murray entered the shed to check ...

Govt to fast-track fracking through planning system Press Release by Friends of the Earth, August 13, 2015 Responding to news that the Government is attempting to fast-track fracking applications through the planning system, Friends of the Earth planning adviser Naomi Luhde-Thompson said: “Bulldozing fracking applications through the planning system, against the wishes of local people and councils, will simply fan the ...

Bri-Chem cuts costs, debt, in response to drilling downturn by David Howell, August 12, 2015, Edmonton JournalBri-Chem Corp. in the Acheson Industrial Park west of Edmonton reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015 on Wednesday. Sales and revenues fell because of the downturn in oilfield activity, the company said. Officials of Bri-Chem Corp. ...

Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals Not Protected…or Known byPatrick Joyce, Andrew Perellis and Robert Winner, August 10, 2015, Seyfarth Shaw LLP in jdsupra.com In two unrelated events, the Pennsylvania Appeals Court in April 2015 in Stacey Haney et al. v. Range Resources-Appalachia Inc. declined to review a trial court’s order directing Range Resources to produce proprietary information on chemicals ...

“Good afternoon.  I am Dr. Anthony R. Ingraffea, the Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University, and a founding member of the board of PSE Healthy Energy, a not-for-profit science-based organization of physicians, scientists and engineers. You have just heard a summary of an excellent report by CNA on the expected impacts of ...

by Salt Spring Live, Aug 2, 2015 Take Back This Country, DRAFT. The Fear Factor by Theo Moudakis, August 11, 2015 The Monster Stephen Harper and the Anthem of Hope by Montreal Simon, Aug 11, 2015 When I see the crazed look in Stephen Harper’s eyes I can’t believe that anybody in Canada could vote for such a monster. When I ...

Tioga County Legislature shows its support for propane fracking by Scott Sasina, August 11, 2015, wbng Owego, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Tioga County Legislature passed a resolution on Tuesday expressing its total support for the Snyder Farm Group, and bringing propane fracking to Tioga County. The brief meeting started at noon on Tuesday and ended with the legislators passing ...

Environmental protection order issued to Syncrude after deaths of blue herons by Alicja Siekierska, August 10, 2015, Edmonton Journal in Calgary Herald The Alberta Energy Regulator issued an environmental protection order Tuesday to Syncrude Canada, after 29 blue herons were found dead last week at the Mildred Lake oilsands mining site north of Fort McMurray. AER spokesman Bob ...

Jessica Ernst Is All Of Us by Robin Mathews, Autumn 2015, Dialogue Magazine, Vol 29 No 1 The administration of justice in Alberta could be compared more closely to Honduras than to most democratic countries under the British tradition. It is totally outrageous that judges be allowed to chose the cases they want to hear because ...

This post is for the Fox Creek community, hit with another earth quake (2.6M, green, location approximate) on August 9, 2015, the first since the 4.6M on June 13, 2015: Previous 2013-2015 earth quakes (blue) in and near the AER’s deregulated, play-based, blanket approval frac experiment, plotted by Earth Quakes Canada with yesterday’s quake (green, location ...

Fracking opponents declare Colorado Oil and Gas Commission illegitimate by Nat Stein, August 06, 2015, The Colorado Independent Anne Harper and her neighbors feel powerless to stop the Encana Corporation from adding 12 gas wells within a half mile of their homes in Pleasant View Ridge – a rural community that straddles unincorporated Boulder and Weld counties. Harper doesn’t own mineral rights ...

Judge vacates St. Tammany drilling permit, says state must supply more documentation by Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, August 10, 2015, The Times-Picayune A judge in Baton Rouge has vacated a state-awarded drilling permit for Helis Oil Co.’s controversial drilling and fracking project in St. Tammany Parish and ordered the Office of Conservation to fully document the work ...

Linc Energy: Secret report reveals toxic legacy of coal gasification trials near SE Queensland town of Chinchilla Exclusive by the National Reporting Team’s Mark Solomons and Mark Willacy, August 10, 2015, ABC News “Executives could face the prospect of jail” VIDEO: This is the massive gas project that has become a time bomb (7.30) A secret government report ...

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation chief cites poor environmental policies in the deaths of 30 great blue herons by Claire Theobald, August 9, 2015, Edmonton Sun After nearly 30 great blue herons were found dead at a Syncrude mining site, Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation warns all Canadians pay the price for poor ...

Researcher seeks tiny answers for Alberta’s energy challenges by  Chris Nelson, August 9, 2015, Calgary Herald Steven Bryant is the first Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Calgary. He’s leading a team working on developing new ways to use nanoscale technology to improve the efficiency of in-situ oil recovery in the oilsands. It’s among the biggest problems ...

Former Mountie faces child sex charges stemming from 1960s by The Canadian Press, August 7, 2015, The Globe and Mail Nunavut RCMP have charged a former Mountie with sex offences involving a child that stem back to the 1960s. The charges follow a complaint filed by one person about alleged sexual assaults in Cape Dorset, a ...

Conservation group hopes to preserve ‘untouched’ Parkland County property by Gordon Kent, August 6, 2015, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – A national conservation group is working to create its most expensive protected area in the Edmonton region. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has until next January to complete a $13- million deal to ...

Alberta needs to strengthen program to deal with dormant oil wells: critics by Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press, August, 3, 2015, Edmonton Journal A program in Alberta to deal with thousands of dormant oil and gas wells that don’t meet safety and monitoring standards needs to be strengthened, critics say as falling crude prices could see ...

MUST READ: Harper gov’t appoints Kinder Morgan consultant to NEB by Mychaylo Prystupa, August 1st 2015, National Observer Thank you National Observer for reporting on this vitally evil news at such a busy time.

Fracking Lawsuit by Francine Pelletier, August 2, 2015, CBC Radio-Canada, The Sunday Edition After three decades as a consultant to the oil industry, Jessica Ernst decided to sue her biggest client, Encana, which is also Canada’s largest producer of natural gas.  She is also suing the Alberta Energy Regulator and the Alberta government. It concerns fracking – or hydraulic ...

A well of uncertainty by Jeff Doherty, April 30, 2015, Alberta Views … When Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman learned on May 1, 2014, that Goldenkey was pulling out of town, he was delighted but nevertheless cautious. “Goldenkey’s plans have been abandoned,” he wrote in a public statement, “but the issue of urban drilling has not gone away.” ...

Exclusive: Military missed opportunity for peaceful end to 2013 New Brunswick fracking protests, Internal documents show repeated Warrior Society requests for negotiating assistance denied by Miles Howe, July 29, 2015, Halifax Media Coop An Access to Information request has revealed that during the course of anti-shale gas protests in New Brunswick in 2013, 5th Canadian Division Support ...

NDP government contemplates pipeline safety action by James Wood, July 28, 2015, Calgary Herald The NDP government says it wants hard answers on a recent major pipeline spill but Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says there’s no plan for a broader review of the safety of Alberta’s massive pipeline network. In opposition, the New Democrats repeatedly raised concerns ...

Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking to Health Hazards in Fetuses, Infants, and Young Children Press Release by Joseph Mangana, Radiation and Public Health Project, July 26, 2015, EINPressWire OCEAN CITY, NJ, USA, July 26, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking to Health Hazards in Fetuses, Infants, and Young Children Ocean City, NJ – June 15, 2015 – ...

Statutory Immunity from Charter Damages: Ernst v Alberta Energy Regulator by Julia Kindrachuk, August 2015, Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 78:2 (2015) Abstract: The Supreme Court of Canada recently granted leave to appeal in Ernst v. AER. Jessica Ernst, an Alberta landowner and scientist, is claiming that the conduct of the Energy Resources Conservation Board (now Alberta Energy Regulator) breached ...

Fracking earthquake concerns spur call for more pipeline checks from Fox Creek mayor, Jim Ahn asks Alberta Energy Regulator to require oil companies to test pipelines more often by CBC News, July 24, 2015 A northern Alberta town has asked the Alberta Energy Regulator to require oil companies to conduct more frequent testing of pipelines to ensure they ...

Encana’s greed was cutting jobs long before oil’s price crash 2013: Isn’t frac’ing supposed to create massive prosperity and jobs? Encana proves it isn’t so! 2014: Encana debt about $7.1-billion end 2013, 2.5 times its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization 2015: Art Berman: Shale Plays Have Years, Not Decades & The way of greed: Oil and ...

Group calls on Cuomo to close fracking loophole by WBNG News, July 23, 2015 (WBNG Binghamton) A local anti-fracking group has called on Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to close a loophole that could make a form of fracking legal here in New York on Thursday. The President of Toxics Targeting, Walter Hang has secured more than 700 signatures from ...

Fracking: Cuadrilla appeals against Lancashire refusal, Shale gas explorer says it is confident it will demonstrate that fracking is safe Shale gas explorer Cuadrilla has said it will appeal against Lancashire council’s decision to reject its proposals to frack in the county. The company sought planning permission to frack at two sites, Preston New Road and Roseacre, but ...

Lancashire’s fracking victory was even greater than we knew by Damien Short, 21st July 2015 The anti-fracking movement scored a great victory when Lancashire councillors refused planning permission for two fracking wells, writes Damien Short. But dig deeper and the triumph was all the greater, as it overcame not just Cuadrilla, but a morass of pro-fracking bias and ...

ALBERTA’S NEW GOVERNMENT HAS ITS HANDS FULL by Mike Priaro, July 18, 2015, Linkedin, Updated July 21, 2015 Alberta’s new government under Premier Rachel Notley certainly has its hands full getting new cabinet ministers and MLA’s informed on legislative procedures, MLA duties, day-to-day governance issues, new departmental policies, and staffing. However our NDP government’s most daunting tasks will be ...

Fracking to go on trial at international human rights tribunal by Ruth Hayhurst, July 23, 2015, Drill or Drop? … The decision by the PPT to hold sessions on fracking, announced this morning, follows a submission by three groups of human rights lawyers and academics: The Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the ...

Ian Jessop interviews Diana Daunheimer July 22, 2015, CFAX 1070

Pollution in China, therefore Fracking. Wait… what? by Paula Graham, July 20, 2015, The Independent.ca N.L. fracking review panelist Maurice Dusseault gave a funny — and awkward — speech at Memorial University recently. Maurice Dusseault gave us a laugh (and induced a lot of wincing) a few weeks ago as he peddled misinformation about fracking as a ...

Fracking Industry Has Changed Earthquake Patterns in Northeast BC, Impact on groundwater and migrating gases mostly unknown, critics say. A special report by Andrew Nikiforuk, July 21, 2015, TheTyee.ca New research and presentations by both provincial and federal scientists show that the shale gas industry, which the B.C. government hopes will eventually supply proposed liquefied natural gas terminals ...

AEA: Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe A proportion (25% to 100%) of the water used in hydraulic fracturing is not recovered, and consequently this water is lost permanently to re-use, which differs from some other water uses in which ...

AEA: Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe A proportion (25% to 100%) of the water used in hydraulic fracturing is not recovered, and consequently this water is lost permanently to re-use, which differs from some other water uses in which ...

Nexen pipeline could have leaked for weeks before it was discovered by David Howell with files from Bill Mah, July 21, 2015, Edmonton Journal in Calgary Herald Bitumen emulsion may have escaped from a crack in a Nexen pipeline for more than two weeks before a spill estimated at five million litres was discovered, a company ...

Special Report: Uncovering abandoned oil and natural gas wells by Shane Hoover, July 16, 2015, indeonline.com For decades, old abandoned wells have leaked oil, natural gas and brine into soil and drinking water, and posed an explosion risk. Abandoned wells lurk beneath homes and buildings in Ohio; under the busy streets of Los Angeles and the ...

Florida City Bans Fracking by Victoria Bekiempis, July 15, 2015, newsweek The city council of Bonita Springs, Florida, voted unanimously Wednesday to prohibit the controversial petroleum extraction technique, according to attendees. Bonita Springs is the second Florida city to enact a fracking ban, local reporter Patrick Riley said. The ordinance doesn’t ban “conventional oil drilling and routine well ...

Earthquakes shake Alberta town’s faith in fracking by Justin Giovannetti, July 17, 2015, The Globe and Mail With dirty pickup trucks in nearly every driveway, advertisements for energy service companies hanging at the local baseball diamond and work camps scattered nearby, Fox Creek cannot hide the fact it is a one-industry town. One of nearly a dozen ...

Alberta Pipeline Leak: Nexen Pipeline Leak In Alberta Spills Five Million Liters Of Emulsion by Aditi Simlai, July 17, 2015, HNGN A Nexen pipeline has leaked in Alberta, spilling five million liters of emulsion. Nexen Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of China’s CNOOC Ltd, has shut down a pipeline at its Long Lake oil sands facility in ...

Must watch news clip Even the news casters can’t hide their alarm after watching the regulator swiggle. Non-regulator biologist John Stolz, Duquesne University: “It’s highly suggestive that it may be due to drilling operations…or the waste water.” Radiation found in Greene County stream near water supply, Biologist concerned about residents’ health by WTAE, July 16, 2015, Action News Investigates Action News ...

The Study: Unconventional Gas and Oil Drilling Is Associated with Increased Hospital Utilization Rates by Thomas Jemielita , George L. Gerton , Matthew Neidell, Steven Chillrud, Beizhan Yan, Martin Stute, Marilyn Howarth, Pouné Saberi, Nicholas Fausti, Trevor M. Penning, Jason Roy, Kathleen J. Propert, Reynold A. Panettieri Jr. July 15, 2015, PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131093. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131093 Hydraulic fracturing ...

Alberta faces growing backlog of abandoned oil and gas wells, Millions needed to clean up sites and mitigate environmental risk by Terry Reith and Briar Stewart, July 14, 2015, CBC News As Alberta’s energy companies struggle through a prolonged bout of low prices, more and more are walking away from their oil and gas wells, ...

Level 4 drought declared for South Coast and Lower Fraser, ‘Extremely dry’ conditions mean water managers may soon bring in tighter restrictions by CBC News, July 15, 2015 Conditions are so dry in B.C’s Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast and Fraser Valley that the provincial government has raised the drought rating to the highest category — Level 4 — ...

And after Alberta frac’d communities are hit by non-stop burglaries with police saying they can’t help because Ralph Klein decimated their funding (to give to oil and gas companies), and families install security systems and alarms, are they smeared by NGOs and the press and called a “movement” of “activists” that copy Americans? What Does the ...

Week of July 13: What We Learned and What to Watch For in Alberta Energy Alberta Oil’s weekly roundup of the top energy news and market numbers by Jesse Snyder, July 13, 2015, Essential Oil, Alberta Oil Magazine WHAT WE LEARNED … A motion to dismiss a landmark fracking case was overruled. The Supreme Court of Canada rejected a motion ...

AER Announcement – July 10, 2015 The Alberta Energy Regulator will undergo a planned systems outage from 5 p.m. Friday, July 17, to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 18, in order to update its computer infrastructure. This outage will affect the following systems: HFF (Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids) PNoA (Public Notice of Application) WLL (Well License Lifecycle) Fracfocus.ca website ...

Komende vijf jaar geen boringen naar schaliegas door Sam de Voogt, 10 Juli, 2015, nrc.nl Een button op een demonstrant buiten de Tweede Kamer tijdens het debat over schaliegas. Organisaties als Milieudefensie en Schaliegasvrij Nederland vinden dat de bezwaren tegen het winnen van schaliegas serieuzer moeten worden genomen. Foto ANP/Bart Maat Dutch government bans shale gas drilling for ...

In California, Big Oil finds water is its most prized commodity by Alex Nussbaum and David Wethe, July 9, 2015, worldoil.com California’s epic drought is pushing Big Oil to solve a problem it’s struggled with for decades: what to do with the billions of gallons of wastewater that gush out of wells every year. Golden State ...

Did EUB/ERCB/AER, BCOGC, CAPP, Gerard Protti, Jim Ellis, Dr. John Cherry/Council of Canadian Academies, Dr. David Wheeler and frac- patent-holder Dr. Maurice Dusseault et al, US EPA, state regulators “look” or  “look” the other way? Most of state’s fracking waste left in unlined pits, study finds by David R. Baker, July 9, 2015, San Francisco Gate The ...

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years A newly unearthed missive from Lenny Bernstein, a climate expert with the oil firm for 30 years, shows concerns over high presence of carbon dioxide in enormous gas field in south-east Asia factored into decision not to tap ...

Canadian Natural’s stance with NDP could backfire, analysts warn by Carrie Tait and Jeff Lewis, May 28, 2015, The Globe and Mail Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s declaration that it cannot create a detailed business plan until Alberta’s new government provides more information on energy policy could backfire as the oil and gas industry tries to establish relationships ...