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Canadian Press and Media.  The Sad, Sycophantic Sell-Out, Part Two by Robin Mathews, March 1, 2015 How do we talk about Canadians in Afghanistan delivering prisoners to torture … following orders of the Conservative government led by Stephen Harper?  Then Stephen Harper closing parliament to avoid facing questions…? How do we talk about Canadians leading the destruction of ...

Quebec has conventional oil, now what? by Erik Richer La Flèche, Stikeman Elliott LLP, February 26, 2015, Lexology Junex Inc. and Petrolia Inc., two Quebec-based juniors listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange (TSV), recently issued separate press releases indicating that their test wells located on the Gaspé peninsula had daily oil flows of 316 and 340 ...

Peace Region MLAs have yet to see fracking health report by Jonny Wakefield, February 27, 2015, Alaska Highway News The Peace Region’s MLAs say they have yet to see a soon-to-be-released report into the health impacts of oil and gas development in the northeast. According to the Ministry of Health, the final phase of its study on ...

Calmar families asked to leave homes again this summer in effort to staunch methane leak by Sheila Pratt, February 25, 2015, Edmonton Journal Excellent interview: Ralph Olson talks about an abandoned well next to his home in Calmar that is leaking methane and that Imperial Oil is trying to fix. Video by Bruce Edwards, Edmonton Journal Travis Simeniuk’s ...

Anti-fracking rally goes ahead in Hobart despite State Government’s five-year ban by ABC News, February 28, 2015 About 200 people have gathered in Hobart calling for a permanent ban on fracking despite the State Government’s decision to ban the controversial practice for another five years. In March last year, the Government declared a 12-month moratorium on the controversial ...

AER: Master Deregulator!   UK frac quake “red light” is 0.5 M In Alberta, it’s 4.0 M LCC/2014/0101 Roseacre Wood, Roseacre and Wharles, Fylde Appendix 9 by Lancashire Council, 2014 0.5ML is the red light threshold in the Governments traffic light system mitigation measure. … The traffic light system requires monitoring by remote seismometers buried at the surface or at depth ...

Superior Court hears arguments on release of gas well chemicals by Emily Petsko, February 24, 2015, Observer-Reporter A Range Resources attorney argued in Superior Court Tuesday the natural gas drilling company should not bear the burden of producing a full list of products and chemicals it used at a well site in Amwell Township.  A three-judge panel ...

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USGS calls for data on fracking-induced tremors, Some states rich in shale experiencing dramatic rise in seismic activity by Daniel J. Graeber, February 20, 2015, UPI Research published by the U.S. Geological Survey calls for greater transparency for driving efforts to moderate tremors tied to hydraulic fracturing. … “Improved seismic networks and public access to fluid ...

Judge sends fracking case to Denton County by Max B. Baker with contribution by Jim Malewitz, February 20, 2015, Star Telegram A judge in Travis County granted a request Friday to move the Texas General Land Office’s lawsuit challenging Denton’s hydraulic fracturing ban to a hometown court. Attorneys for the city of Denton argued that the lawsuit ...

Reportedly, the BC government received Intrinsik’s Frac Health Report in March 2014  MUST WATCH: Huntington asks Health Minister Terry Lake on health impacts of fracking in BC 4:41 Min by Vicki Huntington, February 19, 2015 Names the ministries involved in keeping the report from the public. [Is the oil and gas industry “editing” Intrinsik’s report before allowing the government to make ...

Fracking Is Significantly Dangerous, Elon Musk Says (Video) by Cynthia Shahan, February 19, 2015, cleantechnica Elon Musk points out that fracking is significantly dangerous, in a quick explanation at a recent conference. He sums up the immensity of the danger and then leads into the need for electric cars that do not use fossil fuels. You can also watch AFP’s video on this ...

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There are reasons to disbelieve fracking claims by Nielle Hawkwood, February 18, 2015, Cochrane Times [Refer also to: January 30, 2015 Frac Event in Calgary, Thought Leaders Forum on Natural Gas: Health, Climate and Economic Impacts Shifting to a Clean Energy Economy Link in Ms. Hawkwood’s letter goes to above Compendium PSE STUDY CITATION DATABASE on Shale & Tight Gas ...

Read first: 2012 09 27: Talisman pledges $1.25 M to Mount Royal University The Calgary company has pledged $1 million to help fund Mount Royal’s new Chair of Sustainability and the Environment. The position, which will be held first by Michael Quinn  No social license, lack of trust for fracking in NL by Jon Parsons, February 11, 2015, jonparsons.ca If you ...

It’s not fracking, but what is happening at Cass County well sites? by Annie Chang, February 16, 2015, WSBT 22 WATCH VIDEO: It’s not fracking…but what is it? Vapex is a relatively new method being used to get oil from underground. And for some who live in Cass County, it’s a mystery. At first, people worried it was fracking. ...

Husky Oil’s frac sand proposal sent to environmental assessment, Company applying to drill for silica in the North Arm area of Great Slave Lake by Guy Quenneville, February 16, 2015, CBC News The Wek’eezhii Land and Water Board has decided that Husky Oil’s proposal to explore the North Arm area of Great Slave Lake for a ...

Our governments addicted to ‘frack’ by Brenda Schimke, February 12, 2015, ECA Review So Jason Kenney is down in New Brunswick telling them that they can be rich like Alberta if they allow hydro-fracking. Hydro-fracking is a huge revenue source for private-sector gas companies and the Alberta Treasury but the technology is new in terms of understanding its ...

Tiny Quakes Linked to Fracking Raise Risks, Geophysicist Says February 15, 2015, NBC News Small earthquakes shaking Oklahoma and southern Kansas daily and linked to energy drilling are dramatically increasing the chance of bigger and dangerous quakes, federal research indicates. This once-stable region is now just as likely to see serious damaging and potentially harmful earthquakes ...

Lack of legislation on environmental impact of fracking by Maria Alice Doria, February 16 2015, International Law Office: Delivering expert knowledge to global counsel, Globe Business Publishing Ltd The Public Attorney’s Office has brought a claim against the introduction of fracking on the basis that there is a lack of legislation regarding its environmental impact. For example, no regulations ...

Careful procedures followed in fracking by Michael Bell of Victoria, February 13, 2015, Times Colonist Re: “Fracking raises concerns for environment, health,” letter, Feb. 11. It is maddening when well-intentioned people, ignorant of geology and well-drilling, rant about fracking. Before a well can be fracked, the hole has to be cased and the annulus cemented, usually from the ...

Doctor Battles Gag Rule in Fracking Statute by Eleanor Smith, February 13, 2015, The National Trial Lawyers A Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, kidney specialist has been involved in a three-year legal battle against a state law that prohibits him from sharing what he believes to be crucial treatment information to his patients. In a case before the Third ...

Germany moves to legalise fracking, Four-year moratorium on shale drills set to be overturned as country initiates process to allow regulated hydraulic fracturing for shale gas  by Arthur Neslen, Europe environment correspondent, February 14, 2015, The Guardian Germany has proposed a draft law that would allow commercial shale gas fracking at depths of over 3,000 metres, overturning a de ...

UK Farmers lose right to know their land is being fracked by Jez Fredenburgh, February 12, 2015, Farmers Weekly Landowners and farmers have lost the right to be notified if fracking takes place under their land, following amendments rushed through by government. The outright ban on fracking in protected areas such as National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural ...

Is Wastewater Migration From Disposal Wells A Trespass Under Texas Law? The Texas Supreme Court Declines to Answer by Leah T. Rudnicki, Stephan D. Selinidis, February 11, 2015, reedsmith “In Environmental Processing Systems, L.C. v. FPL Farming Ltd., a landowner sued the operator of a neighboring wastewater disposal facility on the theory that deep subsurface wastewater trespassed beneath ...

Dickinson man settles fraud case by Jessica Holdman, February 10, 2015, Bismark Tribune The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Friday charged Joe Kostelecky for his role in financial fraud committed by Alberta-based Poseidon Concepts Corp., a fracking water storage tank manufacturer. … Kostelecky was Poseidon Concepts Corp.’s only senior executive in the U.S. in 2012 and found himself ...

Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst: Thursday February 12 at 2:00 pm Pacific, 3:00 pm in Alberta CFAX 1070 Starts at 6 Minutes, after the news: Or available for download here, without the news, 19 Minutes (thank  you Charlie!)

Cancer-causing Chemicals Found in Fracking Flowback From California Oil Wells, Analysis of State Documents Reveals High Levels of Benzene, Chromium-6 Press Release by Center for Biological Diversity, February 11, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO— Flowback fluid from fracked oil wells in California commonly contains dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals, a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity has found. Flowback ...

‘Game-Changing March for Climate’ as Californians Rise Up Against Fracking, thousands demand Governor Jerry Brown halt toxic drilling in state by Sarah Lazare, February 7, 2015, Common Dreams Thousands of people from across California kicked off a march through Oakland on Saturday to demand that Governor Jerry Brown show “real climate leadership” by halting all fracking ...

Fracking company defies Wales’s shale gas moratorium by The Ecologist, February 7, 2015 This week the Welsh Assembly voted for a moratorium on fracking. But IGas company bosses insist that the Welsh Government is powerless to stop them pushing ahead with test drilling plans – as all the key decisions are made in Whitehall. Nothing has changed ...

California governor, once environmental hero, harshly criticized for refusing to ban fracking by Juliet Williams with Associated Press Ellen Knickmeyer, February 5, 2015, Calgary Herald  In the 1970s, the environmental movement had no bigger political hero than California Gov. Jerry Brown. He cracked down on polluters, ended tax breaks for oil companies and promoted solar energy. Forty years later, ...

Nova Scotia still working on rules for possibility of fracking, with stakeholders demanding a say by Michael Gorman, February 6, 2015, Chronicle Herald Acting energy minister Michel Samson said in a recent interview that department staff are still at work on the regulations, which will include a definition of high-volume hydraulic fracturing. [Why did Dr. David ...

After a whopping 4.1 earthquake on Friday, even Oklahoma regulators were finally fracking fed up by Chip Northrup, February 4, 2-15, No Fracking Way And they ordered the culprit – a frack waste disposal well – shut down. To bring a little piece and quiet to the prairie. And allow the neighbors time to shore up their ...

2014 IN REVIEW: TOP 10 CANADIAN JUDICIAL DECISIONS OF IMPORT TO THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY by Michael A. Marion, Daniel Johnson, Michael G. Massicotte, Alan Ross, Rick Williams, January 29, 2015, in Oil and Gas Bulletin, Border Ladner Gervais Introduction 2014 saw the Supreme Court of Canada significantly develop the law in areas critical to the oil and gas industry, including Aboriginal title, the interpretation and ...

Wales votes against shale gas fracking by Reuters, February 4, 2-15, Yahoo News The Welsh parliament has voted against the use of shale gas fracking in Wales, just one week after Scotland passed a fracking moratorium, highlighting growing discontent with the British government’s push to tap shale gas resources. A proposal against shale gas fracking was voted ...

Graph of the Day: Collapse of US shale gas industry by Giles Parkinson, February 3, 2015, reneweconomy.com.au Since the collapse in oil prices began in the middle of last year, all eyes have been on how the oil industry responds. Already, some $200 billion of projects have been either axed or deferred, mostly because they cannot compete ...

Les séismes dus au fracking s’ajoutent aux risques et nécessitent plus d’étude prévient cette experte translation by Amie du Richelieu, February 3, 2015 Fracking Quakes Pose Added Risks and Require Study, Expert Warns, Researchers need more seismic data to understand unique hazards by Andrew Nikiforuk, February 2, 2015, The Tyee One of Canada’s foremost experts on earthquake hazards recently ...

Alberta fracking quake, An earthquake last week may have been the strongest ever caused by fracking by CBC News The National, January 30, 2015 Fracking possible cause of 4.4-magnitude Fox Creek earthquake by David Howell, January 30, 2015, Edmonton Journal The Alberta Energy Regulator is investigating an earthquake near Fox Creek this month that may be linked to ...

Pennsylvania to pay $40K to anti-drilling group over terror listing by Associated Press, January 23, 2015 The state of Pennsylvania has agreed to pay about $40,000 to an anti-gas drilling group that was erroneously characterized in security bulletins as a potential terror threat. The settlement terms between the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Gas Drilling Awareness ...

Did Alberta just break a Fracking Earthquake World Record? reposting by Fox in Focus of Andrew Nikiforuk’s article below, January 30, 2015 Printed with permission By Andrew Nikiforuk. Thank you Andrew.  Important séisme causé par le fracking en Alberta translation of Andrew Nikiforuk’s article by Amie du Richelieu, January 30, 2015 Did Alberta Just Break a Fracking Earthquake World Record? Regulator ...

Insurance Industry Adjusts to Earthquake Risk Caused by Fracking by Noel Brinkerhoff, Danny Biederman and, Steve Straehley, January 27, 2015, allgov.com In another sign that fracking is increasingly being acknowledged as a cause of earthquakes, the insurance industry has announced that it is now linking the controversial drilling procedure with seismic activity in establishing its rates. Before ...

UK National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Exclusion Number 19: [Refer also to: 2013: Bainbridge Ohio residents deal with contaminated methane water caused by fracing Richard Payne still remembers what it felt like when a gas explosion lifted his house off its foundation five years. … Many of the Payne’s neighbors also suffered a valuable loss: water. “You could actually see ...

Public pressure forces Government retreat on fracking Press Release by FOE, January 26, 2015 The Coalition Government was forced to retreat over its fracking plans in Parliament today following widespread concerns from MPs across the political spectrum. However, Friends of the Earth repeated its call for an outright ban, saying the concessions do not go far enough and would ...

Brighton’s link to NY fracking ban by Steve Orr, January 24, 2015, Democrat and Chronicle Elaine Hill was a young graduate student at Cornell University, a doctoral candidate in economics whose research interests lay in Africa, when she first heard of this thing called fracking. It was 2010. Ithaca was alive with opposition to that controversial ...

Alliance seeks direct vote on fracking issue by Chuck Tobin, January 22, 2015, Whitehorse Daily Star LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE – Frackfree Yukon alliance members Peter Becker, Jean-Francois Deslauriers and Jacqueline Vigneux  discuss their strategy to pursue a referendum during Wednesday afternoon’s news conference. The Frackfree Yukon Alliance wants to hold a referendum on whether fracking should be ...

New group wants ban on fracking in Prince Edward Island by Steve Sharratt, January 22, 2015, The Guardian A new citizens group taking a message across the province wants the provincial government to establish a permanent ban on fracking anywhere on the million-acre sandbar. “It would be absolute madness for it to occur here,’’ says Andrew ...

Careers: Liability Management Coordinator (14-330) Alberta Energy Regulator Date Posted  Jan 06, 2015 Profession Specialist (SP) Experience Level(s) Not Specified Job Type(s) Permanent Education Level(s) University – Bachelors, College – Diploma Job ID job-1654 Position Summary Join the Alberta Energy Regulator and Be In ...

February 1, 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador: Public Forum on “The Gulf of St. Lawrence, oil and fracking” to provide some balance Hosted by Fossil Fuel Divestment at Grenfell 2:00pm in UTC-03:30 Grenfell Campus, Memorial University 20 University Drive, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador A2H 5G4 Expert panelists will be making connections between the issue of fracking in NL and broader ...

Alberta could owe a private duty of care to individuals harmed by hydraulic fracturing by Steven Evans, Miller Thomson LLP, January 7, 2015, High Beam Research Jessica Ernst’s claim against Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (“Alberta Environment”) for negligently carrying out its regulatory regime will be allowed to proceed after the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ...

Yukon legislative committee split on fracking, Environmental activist says report adds up to a moratorium in all but name by CBC News, January 19, 2015 More than 100 people attended a public hearing on fracking in Carcross, Yukon, in September 2014 where speakers were overwhelmingly against the practice. After months listening to Yukoners, the legislative committee on fracking ...

Fracking Brings Ammonium and Iodide to Local Waterways, Researchers find alarming levels of these new contaminants in wastewater released into Pennsylvania and West Virginia streams by Marianne Lavelle, Daily Climate, January 14, 2015, Scientific American Two hazardous chemicals never before known as oil and gas industry pollutants—ammonium and iodide—are being released and spilled into Pennsylvania and West Virginia waterways ...

Utahn’s documentary nominated for Academy Award by Natalie Crofts and Kat Thornburgh, January 17th, 2015, KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Christian Jensen said he is still in shock after learning his documentary short was nominated for an Oscar. His film “White Earth” shows what life is like in North Dakota for three children and an immigrant mother during ...

Tioga County project would use gas drilling cuttings by G. Jeffrey Aaron, January 16, 2015, Star Gazette  Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a public meeting to discuss an application seeking permission to store and use treated natural gas drilling cuttings for the expansion of Johnson Airport in Tioga County. … “The department has received a significant ...

Thought Leaders Forum on Natural Gas: Health, Climate and Economic Impacts Shifting to a Clean Energy Economy Where:  MacHall Ballroom (3rd Floor); MacEwan Student Centre, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW. Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada When: Friday, January 30, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM (MST)  Register: FREE! FEATURED SPEAKERS: Dr. Michelle Bamberger, Co-author of “The Real Cost of Fracking: How America’s ...

Frack Loophole Closes Itself as Napalm Clusterfracker Goes Bankrupt by Chip Northrup, January 17, 2016, No Fracking Way The New York Frack Babies thought they were going to make an end run around the proposed generic guidelines by fracking themselves with gelled LPG (ie. Napalm) instead of water. But the contractor they were negotiating with, Gasfrac, just filed for bankruptcy – ...

Explosion near Grande Prairie under investigation by OHS by Jo Ann Lawrence, January 12, 2015, Beacon Energy News No injuries reported in explosion near Grande Prairie on Monday morning. Grande Prairie RCMP along with members of the Grovedale Fire Department responded to a tank explosion at a secure well site on Monday morning. Cst. Ellen Archibald of the Grande ...

Midwife Attacked for Asking Why Babies Are Dying in Oil Boomtown by Anastasia Pantsios, January 12, 2015, Bill Moyers.com Utah oil town turns against midwife who asked about infant deaths by John M. Glionna, January 10 2015, LA Times Veteran midwife Donna Young prides herself on delivering healthy babies. In 20 years, she has coached hundreds of pregnant ...

Settlement money announced for victims of Lac-Mégantic rail disaster by Justin Giovannetti, January 9, 2015, The Globe and Mail The families of those who died in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster will have access to a $200-million (U.S.) fund, according to details released Friday from the bankruptcy case of the railroad responsible for the 2013 tragedy in ...

Please help prevent the extremists from winning by Linda Leon, Whitehorse, December 31, 2014, Whitehorse Star Ed. note: this is an open letter to Yukon MP Ryan Leef. On Nov. 17, CBC’s The Current had a feature on the Keystone XL pipeline and its potential effect on Canada’s ability to achieve its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets. Anna Maria Tremonti ...

Earthquakes Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing in Poland Township, Ohio by Robert J. Skoumal, Michael R. Brudzinski, and Brian S. Currie, Published online before print January 2015, doi: 10.1785/0120140168, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America January 2015 Abstract Felt seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing is very rare, with only a handful of reported cases worldwide. Using an optimized multistation cross‐correlation template‐matching routine, ...

Refer first to: Updated because the frac quakes go on & on & on: Oklahoma again orders oil & gas drillers to reduce amount of frac waste water injected. Why? The natural gas leak & home explosion in Oklahoma City? Where will the frac waste go? NINE STUDIES: US Geological Survey (USGS), University Colorado (UC), Oklahoma Geological ...

Judge: No Proof of Contamination in Southern Tier Fracking Lawsuit by The Warner Cable News, December 29, 2014 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A U.S. District Court Judge in Rochester ruled several Southern Tier homeowners failed to prove their drinking water was contaminated by fracking wells. The nine home owners filed suit against a Denver based drilling company ...

Ireland  Newfoundland and Labrador Quebec, Ensemble contre les sables bitumineux ! Lethbridge, Alberta Think what your life would be like with toxic water.

State sides with oil companies in lawsuit by landowner over saltwater spills by Andrew Brown, December 21, 2014, Billings Gazette As North Dakota’s government faces criticism for its alleged failure to regulate the oil and gas industry, state officials have sided with three oil companies in an ongoing lawsuit. The case, which has been in the works ...

CNRL finds contaminated water at steaming site by Sheila Pratt, December 19, 2014, Edmonton Journal A mix of chemicals has contaminated groundwater on the Wolf Lake project run by oil giant Canadian Natural Resources Limited near Cold Lake. CNRL reported the contamination of the aquifer to the Alberta Energy Regulator on Oct. 29. The regulator did not make ...

After Living Next to Drilling Activity, 100 W.Va. Residents Sue Companies by Glynis Board, December 18, 2014, wvpublic.org Nuisance and negligence lawsuits have been filed this year throughout West Virginia related to horizontal drilling activities. Noise, air, and water pollution, traffic and debris are among complaints. It’s a new industrial world for many West Virginians living ...

Shale gas moratorium details unveiled by Brian Gallant, Five conditions will need to be met before government lifts moratorium on all forms of fracking by CBC News, December 18, 2014 A moratorium on all forms of hydraulic fracturing in New Brunswick is being put in place by Brian Gallant’s government. The bill to impose the moratorium is ...

Communities nationwide react to NY fracking ban Press Release by Earth Works, December 17, 2014 Quotes from fracking impacted citizens in NY and around the country. After health review, NY Department of Health commissioner declares he wouldn’t want his children to live near fracking; DEC Commissioner says risks outweigh any benefit. … “Would I let my child play in ...

Couillard rules out fracking by Geoffrey Vendeville, December 16, 2014, Montreal Gazette Premier Philippe Couillard closed the door on shale gas development in Quebec after an environmental review said its risks outweighed the economic benefits. “I don’t think there is a big interest in developing this resource on the economic or financial levels. Anyway, the social ...

Theo Colborn, 1927-2014 It is with a heavy heart that I bring you the news that yesterday, at the age of 87, Theo Colborn passed away. She was at home, surrounded by her family. As with all great leaders, Theo’s inspiration lives on – in her published works, in the scientists she mentored and the activists she ...

‘We have learned our lessons’: Alberta’s energy regulator seeks to improve environmental regulations by Yadullah Hussain, December 11, 2014, Financial Post and as Environment no longer on back burner in Calgary Herald Alberta’s energy regulator is working on improving a number of environmental regulations and rolling out new programs during the next two years as it looks ...

Health Professionals, Scientists Release Analysis of 400 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Fracking along with Major Scientific Compendium Update Press Release by Concerned Health Professionals of New York, December 11, 2014 New Analysis and Science Answer Governor Cuomo’s Concerns about Science: Studies Overwhelmingly Show Public Health Hazards and Risks Health Professionals Urge Governor Cuomo to Enact 3-5 Year Moratorium on ...

As of Oct 13, 2019, interview available at Green Planet Monitor LISTEN: Living Planet: Fracking and ill health, Alberta residents take fracking head on 9:55 Min. by David Kattenburg, December 11, 2014, Deutche Welle … Bob Willard, Senior advisor at the Alberta Energy Regulator, agreed to speak about current regulations. David Kattenburg: Why aren’t these things being monitored for in ...

PART 1; Leaking wells a burning issue, Critics see energy industry’s plumbing problems as a threat to climate, water, safety by Margaret Munro, Postmedia News, December 8, 2014, ocanada.com Methane gas venting from a pipe on one well in Ste-Francoise, Que. Photo courtesy CMAVI Serge Fortier has been trying for years to raise awareness about leaking wells along ...

Alberta Won’t Appeal Decision to Allow Jessica Ernst to Sue, Landowner’s landmark lawsuit against the fracking industry continues by Andrew Nikiforuk, December 10, 2014, TheTyee.ca Jessica Ernst, the businesswoman and oil patch scientist defiantly challenging the regulation of hydraulic fracturing in Alberta, has scored another legal victory. The Alberta government will not appeal a recent ruling that allows ...

Shell Oil May Nix $90M Settlement With Polluted Town Because It Wasn’t Kept Secret by Emily Atkin, December 8, 2014, Think Progress Shell Oil Co. is reportedly reconsidering its offer to pay $90 million to residents of a California town with widespread soil contamination, saying they had wanted the settlement to be kept confidential. According to ...

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Part 1: The Nightmare of Ann Craft: Fracked, then Poisoned, Albertan says drilling buckled her property. Then the real misery started by Andrew Nikiforuk, December 4, 2014, TheTyee.ca Translation of Part 1: Le cauchemar d’Ann Craft: fracturée, puis empoisonnée by Amie du Richelieu, December 5, 2014 Part 2: Ann Craft’s Fracking Nightmare: A Top Lawyer’s Startling Counsel, Albertan’s son, seeking legal help, ...

Energy Co. Tells Texas Justices Anti-SLAPP Law Unclear by Paul DeBenedetto, December 4, 2014, Law360.com An ambiguous Texas anti-SLAPP statute led an appeals court to wrongly dismiss most of a Range Resources Corp. defamation suit against two homeowners who alleged fracking contaminated their water, the company told the Texas high court on Thursday. In oral arguments to the ...

Environmental Groups File Motion to Intervene in Defense of Denton Fracking Ban by Steve Horn, December 4, 2014, Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog Just days after attorneys representing Denton, Texas submitted their initial responses to two legal complaints filed against Denton  — the first Texas city ever to ban hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) — environmental groups have filed an ...

SAFETY: Feds warn of danger from well-site chemicals by Mike Soraghan, December 4, 2014, E&E News HOUSTON — Federal officials are trying to sound the alarm about the dangers of airborne petrochemicals that blow out of tank hatches at oil well sites. They say they have found startlingly high levels of the chemicals, which can quickly ...

2 Of America’s Important Shale Basins Are Now In The Red by Walter Kurtz, Sober Look, November 30, 2014, Business Insider Although OPEC’s decision to maintain current crude production quotas was not entirely unexpected (see post http://soberlook.com/2014/10/the-saudis-have-staying-power-to.html), the market reaction was violent. WTI crude fell by 10% over the last two days of the week. At $66 per ...

Aboriginal group takes Newman Government to United Nations over fracking in the Lake Eyre Basin by Stephanie Smail, December 3 2014, ABC News The United Nations has been asked to intervene in a battle over oil and gas development in the Lake Eyre Basin. Traditional owners in Queensland’s Channel Country say the State Government is putting ...

Natural gas: The fracking fallacy, The United States is banking on decades of abundant natural gas to power its economic resurgence. That may be wishful thinking by Mason Inman, December 3, 2014, Nature 516, 28–30 (04 December 2014) doi:10.1038/516028a Companies are betting big on forecasts of cheap, plentiful natural gas. Over the next 20 years, US ...

How a ruby-red Texas town turned against fracking by Suzanne Goldenberg, December 2, 2014, The Guardian The fracking ban that comes into effect on Tuesday in the heart of Texas might never have happened at all, if industry had not insisted on fracking beside a local hospital, a children’s playground, and the 100-year-old farmhouse that was ...

Tracking fracking from above with SkyTruth by CBC News, November 27, 2014 The controversial practice of ‘fracking’ has been touted as a boon to some Canadian communities while other parts of the country remain cautious. After residents living close to drilling sites in Pennsylvania began complaining of various health ailments, an organization called SkyTruth used satellite ...

Annual Report of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser 2014. Innovation: Managing Risk, Not Avoiding It. Evidence and Case Studies by David Bennett, Graeme Collinson, Mike Edbury, Elizabeth Surkovic and Jack Wardle for UK Chief Scientific Advisor Mark Walport, November 2014, Government Office for Science. … History presents plenty of examples of innovation trajectories that later proved to be problematic — ...

OVER 700 SUE NAM OVER EARTHQUAKES by Janene Van Jaarsveldt, November 28, 2014, nltimes.nl 700 private homeowners and 12 Groningen housing corporations are taking the Netherlands Petroleum Company (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij – NAM) to court. The individuals and housing corporations want NAM to reimburse the depreciation of their homes caused by gas extraction. This involves a total of ...

Stephen Harper Failing To Protect Charter Rights, Lawyers Claim by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press November 26, 2014, Huffingtonpost.ca The Harper government is falling short in its duty as a guardian of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Bar Association will be told Friday in a major speech. Simon Potter, a past president of the ...

Canada: Alberta Chief Justice Keeps Fracking Lawsuit Against Environmental Regulator Alive by Alan Harvie, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, November 25, 2014, Mondaq                 Also in Lexology in Association with Corporate Counsel as: Alberta Chief Justice keeps fracking lawsuit against environmental regulator alive Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, by Alan Harvie, November 24 ...

Oil Company Sues Over Neighbor’s Fracking by Victoria Prieskop, November 25, 2014, Court House News GALLUP, N.M. (CN) – One oil company has sued another in Federal Court, claiming the defendant’s fracking is ruining the wells from which the plaintiff extracts its oil and gas. Parko sued Encana Oil & Gas on Nov. 21. Both companies ...

The Trade by w&m Anne Hills, April 14 2012, Raven Heart Music. Instrumentals and help recording by Don Richmond of Howlin’ Dog Studios in Alamosa, Colo. What good is a job with no safe place to settle What good is a big paycheck without clean water to drink Chevron tells us that fracking’s safe, and we need the fuel So won’t ...

BREAKING: SFU scientist Lynne Quarmby arrested in Kinder Morgan protest on Burnaby Mountain by Jenny Uechi and Mychaylo Prystupa, November 21, 2014, Vancouver Observer … Scientist Lynne Quarmby —  the chair of SFU’s molecular biology and biochemistry department, and face of public opposition against pipeline giant Kinder Morgan — has just been arrested at Burnaby Mountain. “The reason we’re in this ...

“Have you been fracking?” by Mike Baldwin, November 19, 2014, Cornered

Why US fracking is biggest red herring in history of oil by Giles Parkinson, November 19, 2014, reneweconomy.com Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham has delivered another stinging assessment of the global oil industry, suggesting that it is in inevitable decline. Grantham, the UK investor who founded the $130 billion Boston-based GMO Asset Management, says the US fracking ...

Canadian Claiming Fracking Contaminated Water Can Sue Government, Court Rules by Jeremy Hainsworth, November 19, 2014, Bloomberg NBA Nov. 14 — A Canadian woman who claims hydraulic fracturing contaminated her groundwater can sue the Alberta government for allegedly failing to properly investigate her claims and fix any issues, a superior court judge ruled. An Alberta court Nov. 7 ruled that Jessica ...

Canada: Alberta Court Rules Novel Fracking Claim Against Province Has Reasonable Prospect Of Success by John Georgakopoulos, November 18 2014, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP On November 7, 2014, a decision by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta dismissed the Government of Alberta’s application to strike portions of Jessica Ernst’s claim against Alberta for ...

4 workers die after chemical leak at Texas plant by Gettysburg Times, November 16, 2014 LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — Four workers were killed and one was injured Saturday during a hazardous chemical leak at a DuPont industrial plant in suburban Houston, company officials said. The chemical, methyl mercaptan, began leaking from a valve around 4 a.m. in ...

Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst on her win against the Alberta Government’s Motion to Strike  November 14, 2014, CFAX 1070

Landowner Will Take Well-Water Fight To Supreme Court by James Mahony, November 13, 2014, Daily Oil Bulletin (subscription required) An Alberta landowner who is suing the Alberta government in a case arising from claims of well water contamination has vowed to fight all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. Thursday’s Editorial: A victory for the ...