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Oilpatch lawsuit plays blame game over pipeline failure by Claudia Cattaneo | July 8, 2015 10:43 AM ET Contractors claim Canadian Natural moved emulsion at temperatures beyond the pipeline’s design capacity for extended periods. ….a massive lawsuit making its way through the courts in Alberta provides the down-and-dirty of the way companies deal with each other when things ...

$16K fine for Apache pipeline spill not even a slap on wrist by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, July 7, 2015, Edmonton Journal An energy company with a history of pipeline problems has been fined and warned by Alberta’s regulator for a 2013 spill that sent millions of litres of salty water into the muskeg. But environmental ...

Grey Wants Moratorium on Fracking in Ontario by Matt Villeneuve, July 8, 2015, Bayshore Broadcasting County Council wants Queen’s Park to place a moratorium on fracking projects. Fracking isn’t a welcome industry in Grey County. County Council voted on Tuesday to request that Queen’s Park place a moratorium on fracking projects in Ontario until more is known about ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Fracking Ban by Todd Halliday, July 8, 2015, wham1180 East Rochester, NY — An East Rochester lawyer who owns land in the Southern Tier is waging what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging the state’s new ban on hydraulic fracturing. In court papers obtained by NewsRadio WHAM 1180, David Morabito claims that ...

Fracking with propane proposed for Tioga County, NY by Andrew Casler, July 8, 2015, Ithaca Journal A proposal to frack for natural gas using gelled propane and sand was announced Wednesday morning at Barton Town Hall in Tioga County. Snyder Farm Group spokesman Kevin “Cub” Frisbie said an application was filed Tuesday with the state Department of Environmental ...

2014: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Neil Wittmann: “The Charter guarantees timely access to the courts” Are Albertans getting “timely” access to the courts or justice in civil cases? Are Charter rights of Albertans being violated by the delays in Alberta courts? What about “timely” access to justice for Ernst’s civil case against the Alberta ...

Ed Deak will be missed by Diana French, June 16, 2015, Williams Lake Tribune Ed Deak left us last week. He will be missed by the local art community. Known internationally, his work included paintings and woodwork. He was a strong supporter of both the Station House Gallery and the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin. He will be remembered in ...

PSAC will work with government, public to answer questions, address hydraulic fracturing concerns Warmest regards, Mark Salkeld, MBA President and CEO Petroleum Services Association of Canada, 2015 Our membership includes all of the hydraulic fracturing companies operating in Canada, and their thousands of employees, who are easily ranked among the world’s best for safely providing hydraulic fracturing services, while ...

Pact with devil? California farmers use oil firms’ water by Veronique Dupont, July 3, 2015, YahooNews An efficient solution to a historic drought, or an environmentally risky pact with the devil? That’s the question being raised by critics about Californian farmers who irrigate their crops with waste water supplied by oil companies, in an arrangement slammed as dangerous…. Driving ...

‘Very special person’ one of victims of fatal Fox Creek knife attack by Jana G. Pruden, July 3, 2015, Edmonton Journal A northern Alberta work camp remains in shock and mourning after a gruesome double homicide that left the camp’s general manager and a client dead, and another employee in police custody charged with two counts ...

Alberta Energy Regulator shuts down Murphy Oil wells for non-compliance by The Canadian Press, July 3, 2015, Calgary Herald The Alberta Energy Regulator has shut or partially shut [Is this a media stunt to deflect from the Fox Creek Blanket Approval Work Camp murders? How do you partially shut an oil well? Allow 99% of production to ...

Talk Radio with Ian Jessop July 3, 2015, 2PM, CFAX 1070. Starts at 6:00 Min. MUST WATCH! 9:15 Min. Vera Scroggins, “Big Foot, in the County,” on the Injunction Against Her by Julie Dermansky for desmogblog, June 29, 2015 Vera Scroggins explains the injunction set by Cabot oil and gas against her she must follow in Susquehanna County. She also ...

Fracking could produce at least 15 groundwater contaminants — study by Pamela King, July 2, 2015, E&E News After studying hundreds of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, University of Colorado, Boulder, researchers have determined that 15 of those organic compounds may be potential groundwater contaminants. Forty-one of the 659 chemicals culled from the FracFocus registry maintain their initial ...

Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case, Jessica Ernst’s charter claim hearing slated for 2016 by Andrew Nikiforuk, July 1, 2015, TheTyee.ca The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a motion by the country’s most powerful energy regulator that Jessica Ernst’s case involving fracking and groundwater contamination raises no significant constitutional claim and should be ...

Supreme Court of Canada Docket on Ernst vs AER: 2015-06-30: Appeal hearing tentative date: January 12, 2016 On the Constitutional Question: Where an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada raises a constitutional question (as in the Ernst vs AER lawsuit), the appellant is required to bring a Motion to State a Constitutional Question. It’s the court’s preference ...

Alberta misses target in oilpatch regulatory violations by Darcy Henton, With files from Chris Varcoe, July 1, 2015, Calgary Herald Regulatory non-compliance in the oilpatch has more than doubled since 2010, but Alberta Energy says that’s partly because it’s doing more inspections of poor performing industry operations. [Is the AER trying to look like a regulator ...

Government publishes secret rural fracking impacts study Press Release by Friends of the Earth, July 1, 2015 Responding to publication today of DEFRA’s secret report into the impacts of fracking on the rural economy, including house prices, Friends of the Earth energy campaigner Tony Bosworth said: “No wonder Defra sat on this explosive report until after the Lancashire decisions – ...

This post is dedicated to Barb Ryan and the community of Fox Creek, Alberta. Dutch government cuts gas drilling in quake-hit region by Associated Press, June 23, 2015, myfoxal.com THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Dutch government is further cutting production of natural gas in the north of the country in an attempt to reduce the number ...

Is this a cumulative impacts frack attack? Is murder covered under Alberta’s legally immune – even for acts in bad faith, “No duty of care” Energy Regulator, the AER? RCMP Investigate Multiple Stabbing at Fox Creek Work Camp by RCMP Media Relations, June 30, 2015 Fox Creek, Alberta – At approximately 1:50 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30th, ...

Does the Ontario Teachers’ Pension fund inherit the law violations?  Will investors repair Rosebud’s aquifers?  Pipeline safe water to the community? Snap taken July 2, 2015 of above comment to Yedlin article Rumours prove true as Cenovus sells royalty lands by Deborah Yedlin, July 2, 2015, Calgary Herald More than two weeks of rumours proved true Tuesday when ...

New York formalizes ban on fracking, ending 7-year review by The Associated Press, June 29, 2015, marcellus.com New York has formalized its ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas after a seven-year environmental and health review.  Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced the decision Monday, saying a ban was the “only reasonable alternative” after ...

Lancashire Council in Britain Deals Blow to Shale Industry by Stanley Reed, June 29, 2015, The New York Times Britain’s ambitions to produce natural gas from shale rock were set back on Monday when a local government rejected a company’s drilling plan. Lancashire County Council, in Northwest England, turned down a request by the shale gas explorer ...

Slide from Ernst presentations The “Best Regulator in the World” AER (then EUB, later ERCB) reduced Encana’s non-compliant noise levels (yellow highlight above) more than 10 decibels (dBA) to make them compliant (refer to EUB letter below) and enable Encana’s abuses and legal rights violations to continue, year after year after year, into the second decade ...

Journalist, Mi’kmaq land defender tour Island to talk fracking by Justin Brake, June 26, 2015, The Independent Halifax Media Co-op reporter Miles Howe and Annie Clair of Elsipogtog First Nation are in Newfoundland to launch Howe’s new book, “Debriefing Elsipogtog”, and share their experiences from the frontlines of New Brunswick’s anti-fracking movement. Annie Clair and Miles Howe. Photos ...

Three suits blame Antero for fracking damage by Kyla Asbury, June 26, 2015, The West Virginia Record Antero Resources Appalachian Corp. and Hall Drilling LLC also were named as defendants in the suit. William M. Westfall and W.M.W., a minor; Charles E. Yeager Jr. and Melanie D. Yeager; and Jennie Lynn Lynch all own property that is in ...

Cuadrilla fracking application rejected by Lancashire councillors by Andrew Bounds, June 25, 2015, ft.com Councillors have rejected an application to frack in Lancashire in a setback for the shale gas industry. … Lancashire county councillors turned down the first bid to frack in the UK for four years by Cuadrilla because of the impact of traffic on rural roads, ...

Supreme Court of Texas Issues Three Important Oil and Gas Decisions June 2015  by Jeffrey A. Schlegel, Omar Samji, Scott W. Cowan,  David S. Stringer, Kyle R. Kreshover, and Jeffrey A. Schlegel, June 23, 2015, Jones Day  This month, the Texas Supreme Court decided three cases implicating oil and gas contract interpretation issues with important consequences to the industry. The Court ...

Expert: More research needed on fracking’s impact by Andrea Gunn, June 14, 2015, The Chronicle Herald The federal government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to high-volume hydraulic fracturing, says one expert. John Cherry, a groundwater contamination specialist and the lead author of a 2014 Council of Canadian Academies ...

Pennsylvania records shed light on shale-related health concerns by Laura Legere, June 24, 2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Records recently released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health don’t prove a connection between drilling activities and illness, but they reflect the range of complaints reported by citizens, physicians, workers and health agencies. The Pennsylvania Department of Health kept a log of ...

Chevron Wastewater, Used on Central Valley Crops, Has a Few Troublesome Chemicals by Ken Broder, June 24, 2015, allgov.com Inquiring minds want to know: What chemicals are in the 21 million gallons of Chevron oil drilling wastewater used daily to irrigate 10% of Central Valley crops? After years of measuring contaminants using decades-old, pre-fracking standards that looked ...

Ewart: Notley may implement regulatory ‘speed bumps’ for energy industry by Stephen Ewart, June 24, 2015, Calgary Herald Premier Rachel Notley appears intent on shuttering the “one-window” approach to energy regulation in Alberta. The newly elected premier has unsettled the oil and gas industry with moves to increase corporate taxes, review royalties, toughen regulations around greenhouse gases ...

Alberta Energy Regulator faces changes under NDP as Notley wants to review its mandate by Darcy Henton with files from James Wood, June 23, 2015, Calgary Herald The NDP government will review the “conflicting mandate” of the province’s oilpatch watchdog with a view to separating its responsibility to both promote and police energy development, says Premier Rachel ...

Excellent letter! Fracking is toxic by Jennifer Ehrenfried, Fort Lauderdale, June 23, 2015, Miami Herald The June 17 article Hunt for oil in Big Cypress back in play says that fracking is “a process deployed out west on tough shale to flush oil using high-powered water guns.” But it omits that fracking involves injecting millions of gallons of ...

Save Thy Planet: The Gospel According to Francis, On climate change, pope’s radical directive excites beyond the Church by Crawford Kilian, June 22, 2015, TheTyee.ca I am not familiar with the papal encyclical as a literary genre, but I know good writing when I read it, and Laudato Si’ (Praised Be), Pope Francis’s remarkable defence of the environment and the poor, is ...

Briefing: FRACKING POLLUTION: HOW TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM FRACKING COULD AFFECT WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE IN THE UK AND EU by Dr Michael Warhurst and Gwen Buck, June 2015, CHEMTrust Click on cover to access complete report. … Our key recommendations are: 1) All chemicals used in fracking must be disclosed, with no provision for commercial confidentiality. 2) Stronger EU regulation of fracking ...

Fracking poses political challenge to new NDP government by James Wood, June 19, 2015, Calgary Herald In opposition, the NDP described fracking in Alberta as “out of control” and demanded an independent review of its impact — especially on the province’s water supply. Now that the NDP is in power, it’s depicting an independent review as only ...

What’s Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah: A Fracking Boomtown, a spike in stillborn deaths and a gusher of unanswered questions by Paul Solotaroff, July 2, 2015, Rolling Stone Cick on above snaps to read complete article [Refer also to: 2015 06 19: The latest version of the PSE database analysis, which includes all peer-reviewed publications from January 1, ...

Alberta on hunt for new chief medical officer of health by Keith Gerein, June 17, 2015, Edmonton Journal Dr. James Talbot, the province’s chief medical officer of health, will be leaving the post when his three-year contract expires at the end of this month. A written statement released Thursday by Alberta Health did not give a reason ...

Fracking operator faces record $8.9M fine for alleged water contamination by Wallace McKelvey, June 16, 2015, pennlive.com  Pennsylvania regulators plan to levy a record fine against a shale gas operator that reportedly failed to correct a well that leaked methane into nearby water supplies. [Will the new NDP government charge Encana for illegally fracing Rosebud’s drinking water ...

Given the History: A look inside Trickle Creek by Tim Querengesser, May 1, 2015, Alberta Venture Go to article to read entire article and view the 23 excellent photos in slide show near end of the article Backed into a corner by the energy industry, Wiebo Ludwig fought back with bombs. Now, after his death, his son Josh ...

Refer also to: Town of Fox Creek Water Ban on ALL Non-Essential Use. Does that include fracking in AER’s Deregulated, Blanket Approval, Frac Frenzy, Play-Based Pilot Project surrounding Fox Creek? Ongoing water shortages as Fox Creek overhauls infrastructure by Paige Parsons, June 18, 2015, Edmonton Journal FOX CREEK – After months under a water ban, the Town of ...

Cenovus in ‘advanced’ talks with Teachers’ over land asset sale: sources by John Tila and Euan Rocha, Reuters, June 18, 2015, The Globe and Mail Cenovus Energy Inc. is in exclusive discussions with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan over the sale of royalty lands that could fetch about $2.5-billion to $3-billion, according to four sources familiar with ...

Fracking investigated as possible cause of Fox Creek earthquake by CBC News, June 18, 2015 Dolton Iampen says people in Fox Creek are worried what Saturday’s earthquake could mean for fracking operations in the area. (CBC ) Fracking likely linked to 4.4 magnitude quake in Fox Creek A geophysicist is looking at whether hydraulic fracking caused a 4.4-magnitude earthquake ...

Town of Fox Creek reacts to earthquake by Global News Edmonton, June 16, 2015 A 4.4 earthquake rocked the Town of Fox Creek Saturday. As Lisa Wolansky tells us, the oil and gas town has felt its share of shaking. Some resident comments: We get our water from the ground…our aquifers may be tainted. You can hear the walls ...

Starts at 5:20 Min. Ian Jessop CFAX Radio Victoria, BC On-air Talk Shows: Phone: 250.386.1161 Email: email hidden; JavaScript is required [Refer also to: CRASHING AN AER BOOZE AND SMOOZE AND GIVING PROTTI (Ex-Encana VP Chair of the AER) A PAINTING OF TREES by Diana Daunheimer, Giving Farm

MUST WATCH! If Mr. Protti doesn’t have a conflict of interest, then who does? by NDP, May 9, 2013 NDP Leader Brian Mason points out numerous conflicts of interest in the appointment of Gerry Protti as chair of the regulator responsible for approving all energy projects in Alberta. Question Period – May 8, 2013 Joint committee proposed to ...

Energy firms
 are in court 
for trespass 
allegations by Dennis Webb, June 14, 2015, The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado The two leading natural gas producers in western Colorado’s Piceance Basin are squaring off in court over allegations of trespass via horizontal drilling. Encana has sued WPX Energy, alleging WPX knowingly drilled a well that passed horizontally ...

In North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom, there will be blood by By Jennifer Gollan, data reporter Emmanuel Martinez contributed data research. June 13, 2015, Reveal The Bakken oil boom has been a serial killer. Big oil companies have largely written the rules governing their own accountability for accidents, potentially putting ...

No new fracking under Swan Lake, says regional district, PRRD joins residents group, non-profit and First Nations in opposing new drilling under popular lake by Jonny Wakefield, June 12, 2015, Alaska Highway News Pouce Coupe Mayor Bill Plowright votes in favour of asking the province to limit new fracking beneath Swan Lake. “I work for a ...

Natural Resources Canada reports the Fox Creek 4.4 Magnitude quake on June 13, 2015 was felt in Drayton Valley, Edmonton and Edson.  USGS reports the Fox Creek quake as a 4.0M and in a slightly different location. Natural Resources Canada (NRC) corrected the location of the quake initially reported by NRC. NRC Earthquake Report: 2015/06/13 23:57:55 Location: 54.10 -116.95 Depth: ...

Where’s the Canadian Medical Association on secret shale gas/frac records?  RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED 145th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Medical Association Aug. 13-15, 2012 – Yellowknife, NWT 50. The Canadian Medical Association supports further research into the health impacts related to the exploration for and use of shale gas. (DM 5-32) 51. The Canadian Medical Association supports a comprehensive federal environmental ...

‘I hope my town can help me.’ Northfield woman says compressor siting effectively condemns her home by Rachel Rapkin, June 11, 2015, The Recorder Like a new car driving off the sales lot, Holly Lovelace’s house value, she claims, has dropped due to Kinder Morgan’s interest in 200 acres for a natural gas pipeline compressor station ...

Environmental Hearing Board dismisses Kiskadden appeal of Range suit by Francesca Sacco, June 12, 2015, Observer Reporter The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board dismissed an appeal filed by an Amwell Township man who claims Range Resources contaminated his drinking water, according to an adjudication filed by EHB Chief and Chairman Thomas W. Renwand. Renwand determined Loren Kiskadden “failed to ...

Halliburton Can’t Get Property Diminution Experts Tossed by Jacob Batchelor, June 9, 2015, Law360 An Oklahoma federal judge on Monday ruled that Halliburton Energy Services Inc. can’t nix the testimony of two appraisers who said the company’s alleged groundwater contamination devalued affected properties by 80 percent, denying the related motion for summary judgment on property diminution claims. U.S. ...

Guide to International Human Rights Law and Fracking by the Sisters of Mercy International Association: Global Action, and Aine O’Connor, RSM Mercy Global Action Co-ordinator at the United Nations, writers and editors include Rita Parks and Elizabeth Willmott-Harrop, June 12, 2015 INTRODUCTION The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry is booming. So are industry cash settlements and property buyouts for people ...

Weeks After Texas Oil Well Explosion, Families Still Can’t Go Home by Lisa Song, June 9, 2015, InsideClimate News Three weeks after well explosion, families are still waiting and worrying as Canadian oil company Encana decontaminates their homes in Karnes County. Several families remain displaced three weeks after an oil well exploded in Karnes County, Texas, and the ...

Nova Scotia fracking regulations still a few months away by Evan Webster, June 11, 2015, The Chronicle Herald Regulations on hydraulic fracturing in Nova Scotia won’t be released for another few months, Energy Minister Michel Samson said Thursday. The pros and cons of fracking — the extraction of gas and oil from shale rock — have ...

EXCELLENT INTERVIEW WITH AIDEN MAHONEY: A Stephenville man says oil is seeping out from Shoal Point by West Coast Morning, June 9, 2015, CBC News Oil seeping out into the ocean appears to come from old oil drilling sites at Shoal Point on the Port au Port Peninsula. Aiden Mahoney of Stephenville made the discovery on the ...

New government says it hasn’t made any decisions yet on urban drilling ban by James Wood, June 5, 2015, Calgary Herald The new NDP government says it’s not making any moves yet on its election promise to ban gas drilling in urban areas in Alberta. The pledge has raised concerns in the energy industry, but Premier Rachel ...

2016-2025 Energy Policy – The Ministry shall publish the names of the experts participating in the expert table on fossil hydrocarbons QUÉBEC, June 4, 2015, CNW Telbec The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources shall publish the names of the eleven experts to participate in the expert discussion on the topic of fossil fuels in the ...

Stacy SL, Brink LL, Larkin JC, Sadovsky Y, Goldstein BD, Pitt BR, et al. (2015) Perinatal Outcomes and Unconventional Natural Gas Operations in Southwest Pennsylvania. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0126425. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126425 Pitt study shows link between fracking, lower birth weights,  Industry group blasts research, findings by J.D. Prose, June 3, 2015, Times on Line Editor’s Note: This updated version reflects a change ...

Alberta man dies after cleaning chemical leaked into dialysis machine by Catherine Griwkowsky, Postmedia, June 2., 2015, Calgary Sun One of four patients being monitored after their dialysis machine water was contaminated by a cleaning chemical at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton on Friday has died. The man died Sundaiy evening, though it’s not known if the ...

Toxic vapors suspected in deaths of three Colorado oil and gas workers by Monte Whaley, May 18, 2015, The Denver Post Joe Ray Sherman’s death on a Weld County oil patch last year was tragic but not entirely unexpected. The 51-year-old was diabetic and suffered heart problems. The native Texan moved to Colorado 20 years ago in hopes that ...

*Added to BC Tapwater Alliance Press Release: Note: sometime during the evening of June 3, 2015, the wording in the May 13, 2015 linked blog was changed to the following: “showed that decision makers do not know enough about fracking to declare it safe.” As of 7:30 am, June 4, 2015, there nevertheless remain at least two posts ...

What you need to know about the $15-billion Quebec tobacco ruling by Sean Fine, June 2, 2015, The Globe and Mail The federal health department’s lack of knowledge related to the dangers of tobacco smoking – as late as 1988 – helped persuade a Quebec judge the tobacco industry knew the public was not fully informed. The ...

Oil drilling issue to resurface? by Dave Mabell, May 28, 2015, Lethbridge Herald West Lethbridge residents may be facing another oil-drilling proposal. Bids were being accepted Wednesday for a lease covering more than 1,150 hectares of land, with rights to drill for oil or natural gas. A map on an Alberta Energy website site shows the drill site ...

Edmonton-area municipalities tell residents to conserve water by Andrea Sands, May 27, 2015, Edmonton Journal Depleted water reserves are prompting municipalities around Edmonton to ask their residents to conserve water. Hot, dry weather conditions have boosted water demand and drained water supplies in numerous communities in the capital region. Municipalities including Parkland County, St. Albert, Leduc ...

Imperial CEO says royalty review provides opportunity to examine other industry regulations by Jeremy Van Loon, Bloomberg, May 28, 2015, Calgary Herald The Alberta government’s plans to review royalty payments from energy producers is also an opportunity to consider other aspects of regulation and policy, Imperial Oil Ltd. chief executive Rich Kruger said Thursday. “It’s a good ...

Water Ban Information by Town of Fox Creek, May 27, 2015, Fox in Focus Water Ban Information: Background: During the spring of 2015 the Town of Fox Creek has some serious concerns with water colour issues. Public Works staff worked to alleviate this issue, by flushing the water mains through fire hydrants. While hydrant flushing is a ...

/R E P E A T — Shale gas: Quebec farmers are missing out on a golden opportunity/ Press Release by Montreal Economic Institute, May 27, 2015 /CNW Telbec In the debate over the development of shale gas, the voices of environmentalist groups have to date carried further than the voices of those who favour development. But what ...

Making guests pay for road, water fixes offside, Alberta hoteliers say by Bill Mah, May 28, 2015, Edmonton Journal A levy on hotels introduced by the Town of Fox Creek to pay for infrastructure repairs is illegal, says the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA). The industry group released a statement Wednesday after the Journal reported licence ...

NL at Risk of Lawsuits Should Province Proceed with Fracking by VOCM, May 26 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador is at risk of lawsuits under NAFTA, and the looming trade agreement with CETA, should the province proceed with fracking, according to Marilyn Reid with Citizens Against CETA. She spoke at a coalition meeting yesterday involving 14 groups fighting for ...

Supreme Court to hear Rosebud fracking appeal by Pat Kolafa, May 6, 2015, DrumhellerMail.com The Supreme Court of Canada has allowed a Rosebud landowner to appeal a decision by the Alberta Courts, and if successful, she will be able to continue her lawsuit versus the Alberta Energy Regulator. The Supreme Court of Canada granted Jessica Ernst’s application for ...

TCEQ releases preliminary estimates from Encana natural gas leak by Sergio Chapa, May 22, 2015, San Antonio Business Journal It’s estimated that this week’s natural gas leak from an oil drilling site just east of Karnes City released more than 20,000 pounds of the gas, according to an initial report from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtained ...

Three Pennsylvania wells likely contaminated by fracking, Not just methane, but traces of fracking fluid made wells froth by Scott K. Johnson, May 6, 2015, arstechnica The illusion of simplicity Still, we occasionally get a relatively simple case, even if its broader implications are minimal. In the summer of 2010, three nearby homes in northeast Pennsylvania started having ...

NDP promises to ban gas drilling in urban areas by James Wood, May 21, 2015, Calgary Herald As the energy industry braces for a royalty review and other policy changes from the incoming provincial government, the NDP plan to put an end to urban drilling for natural gas is being watched closely by the oilpatch and ...

Total Misleads Danish Authorities by Promising Full Fracking Control by Eric Cabanis, May 15, 2015, sputniknews French energy giant Total misleads Danish authorities by promises to fully control the process of fracking at the shale gas exploration site in northern Jutland, mainland Denmark, non-governmental organization Frack Off told Sputnik on Thursday. On Tuesday, the Danish Energy Agency ...

Cleaning up after gas leak near Hussar by Bob Brown, April 19, 2015, drumhelleronline Oil company and Alberta Government officials have spent much of the last week or ten days at the site of a natural gas well leak near Hussar, about half an hour west and south of Drumheller. “The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is responding ...

REPORT: The ‘Shocking’ Cost of Letting Companies Pollute for Free A new report offers a big-picture look at energy subsidies by Eric Roston, May 19, 2015, Bloomberg Business But there’s another way to consider energy subsidies that takes a bigger picture and conceives of all manner of help—financial or otherwise—as a subsidy. In that context, letting companies pollute for ...

Steve Campana, Canadian biologist, ‘disgusted’ with government muzzling, Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist speaks out only after retirement by CBC News, May 19, 2015 A recently retired Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist says the muzzling of federal government scientists is worse than anyone can imagine. Steve Campana, known for his expertise on everything from Great white sharks to porbeagles ...

Attention private well owners in Kneehill County by Nathan Crosby, May 16, 2015, Drumheller Online Some private wells in Kneehill County are showing high levels of chemicals that may be harmful over a long period of time. Recent water testing results have shown water from some of the private wells contain higher than recommended levels of naturally occurring ...

Texas Governor signs HB40 into law, guts community rights, Faced with widespread municipal opposition, oil and gas industry backs big government power grab Press Release by Earthworks | Denton Drilling Awareness Group | Earthjustice | Natural Resources Defense Council, May 18, 2015 Austin, TX – Today Texas Governor Abbott signed HB 40 into law. Written by former ExxonMobil lawyer ...

*** “There really isn’t any environmental parameter that is not severely affected by fracking.” Deborah Goldberg in article below *** “Shale is basically impermeable. The only way that you can conceivably .. marginally economically .. get oil or gas out of shale is to beat it to death.” Dr. Tony Ingraffea Announcer: “To beat shale to death, gas companies use a process ...

Landowner Rights, How Big Oil Trumps Private and Public Good by Fred Stenson, June 2015, Alberta Views … When a 1960s sour gas plant south of Pincher Creek malfunctioned (the gas literally eating the high-grade steel meant to contain it), families downwind were regularly dosed with poisonous hydrogen sulphide. Pigs died at such a rate that the farmers gave up on pork production. ...

Debriefing Elsipogtog, The Anatomy of a Struggle 206 pp by Miles Howe, May 2015, Fernwood Publishing, ISBN: 9781552667446 Elsipogtog vs. Big Oil: Recounting the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society resistance, When capitalist exploitation met grassroots resistance by Miles Howe, May 14, 2015, rabble.ca

Denmark allows Total to resume fracking by Enrique Marcarian, May 14, 2015, Reuters French energy giant Total was granted a permission to continue shale gas exploration in Denmark following a week-long ban over using hazardous chemicals not approved by local authorities in its drilling process. The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) confirmed that Total may resume drilling for shale gas once ...

Energy companies need to engage early with NDP by Trevor McLeod, May 13, 2015, Calgary Herald There is great consternation in Alberta’s energy sector following last week’s election of an NDP government. The energy industry, however, would be wise not to rush to judgment on Rachel Notley’s new team. As people across Alberta clamour to figure out what ...

Alberta doctor that found higher rates of cancer in First Nation communities fired by health board by Brandi Morin, May 11, 2015, ATPN National News A doctor servicing the community of Fort Chipewyan, Alta. (Fort Chip) has been fired and said he was given no explanation as to why. Dr. John O’Connor made international headlines when he first ...

Ontario Anti-Fracking Bill Passes Second Reading, Ontario is one step closer to a future without high-pressure hydraulic fracturing by Andrew Reeves, May 8, 2015, A PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL from Toronto-area NDP MPP Peter Tabuns to ban fracking in the province passed second reading Thursday by a 29-18 vote with support from the governing Liberals. “Water or gas — that’s ...

Truck driver sues Range Resources over injury claims by Emily Petsko, May 8, 2015, Observer Reporter A West Virginia truck driver is suing Range Resources over claims that company employees ordered him to keep working in wet clothes for hours after he was splashed with flowback water at a Buffalo Township well site. Russell Evans of Triadelphia ...

Both sides in Pavillion groundwater lawsuit agree to delay by Mead Gruver, May 7, 2015, The Associated Press Both sides in a federal lawsuit over potentially tainted groundwater in the Pavillion area have agreed to suspend certain proceedings in the case pending the upcoming release of a state report on pollution testing of water wells. The Wyoming Department of ...

Resistencia global al fracking 30 de abril, por Ecologistas en Acción 30 de abril, por Ecologistas en Acción Todas las versiones de este artículo: Ponemos a disposición libre el texto íntegro de “Resistencia global al fracking. El despertar ciudadano ante la crisis climática y democrática” de Samuel Martín-Sosa Rodríguez (coord.) . Sin embargo, os pedimos que, si ...

Secondhand Smoke by Rob Rogers, May 4, 2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As it turns out, pollution from our fracking wells in Pennsylvania may be drifting down to Maryland, raising ethane levels in the state to unhealthy levels. [Refer also to: New Study says Fracking Wells Could Pollute The Air Hundreds Of Miles Away

WE ARE EATING DRILLING & FRACKING WASTE, An Interview with Jessica Ernst by Roy Hales, May 2, 2015, The Eco Report On en mange, on en respire, veut, veut pas… Les déchets de forages et de fracking, nous en mangeons! Translation by Friends of the Richelieu, May 4, 2015 More visuals: 2011 & 2012 Encana unconventional drilling waste dumping in the same ...

Hello Jessica, I’ve been sharing the interview you gave on CBC … it’s so great! … http://www.cbc.ca/homestretch/episode/2015/04/30/-listen-el-charrito-review-86/ I know it’s early but do you have any idea when the court date might be set for? … With Gratitude and Big Hug! Well water fracking case ...

Citing Immunity by Julie Ali, May 1, 2015, Reading Children’s Books Mookie2000 ” citing immunity provisions in Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Act. “ must be nice for gov’ts to arbitrarily grant themselves blanket immunity. I make a line that says that I believe in you and I make another line to continue I polish the dusty surface of the poem and then I peel the skin off ...

Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst on Supreme Court of Canada granting leave to appeal her case against Alberta Energy Regulator for violating her Charter Rights Interview begins at 6:08 Min: Ian asks if Ernst still has the returned (2005) letter and envelop she sent the regulator requesting clarification on it banishing her (November 24, 2005) and judging ...

Burial by the Calgary Herald? Supreme Court to hear case over well said to be contaminated by fracking Click above link gets you: Searching for it, gets you: Who’s on PostMedia’s Board of Directors? Jane Peverett (Director) Ms. Peverett currently serves as a director of Encana, a leading North American energy producer, as well as Northwest Natural Gas Company and Canadian ...

Fracking Wells Could Pollute The Air Hundreds Of Miles Away by Katie Valentine, April 30, 2015, Think Progress Air pollution from hydraulic fracturing operations can likely travel hundreds of miles, even into states with little or no fracking, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, looked at hourly measurements of air ...

Okla. scientists suspected quakes linked to oil 8 years ago by Mike Soraghan, E&E News, April 27, 2015 The Oklahoma Geological Survey jolted the national drilling debate last week when it announced oil and gas activity was “very likely” causing the earthquakes plaguing the state.But many scientists at the survey had suspected as much since 2007, when earthquakes ...