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24 second clip by RCMP Imperial Metals shares plunge after spill at B.C. mine site by Jeffrey Jones and Rachelle Youngai, August 5, 2014, The Globe and Mail A mining company controlled by oil executive Murray Edwards lost nearly half its value after its gold and copper mine in British Columbia spewed waste into the surrounding lakes ...

THE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF A FORMER INDUSTRY INSIDER by Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald, uncorrected proof, New Solutions, EOV, 2014, Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. This is an interview conducted with an oil and gas worker who was employed in the industry from 1993 to 2012. He requested that his name not be ...

Shale gas: ‘The dotcom bubble of our times,’ Output from shale wells declines so quickly that they will never be profitable – when investors realise this, the industry will collapse by Tim Morgan, August 4, 2014, The Telegraph Public opinion has been divided very starkly indeed by the government’s invitation to energy companies to apply for licences ...

Alberta silent on decisions about who speaks at energy hearings by Bob Webber, The Canadian Press, August 4, 2014, The Calgary Herald and Medicine Hat News The Alberta government has refused to release documents on its decisions about who gets to speak at public hearings on energy development. The issue of public input has generated increasing concern ...

Scientists Find ‘Alarming’ Amount Of Arsenic In Groundwater Near Texas Fracking Sites by Emily Atkin, September 2, 201, Think Progress After testing 100 water wells atop one of the largest natural gas reserves in the U.S., scientists at the University of Texas have found that nearly 30 percent of them contain levels of arsenic above the ...

Fracking’s untold health threat: How toxic contamination is destroying lives, America’s natural gas boom has real consequences for children and animals, researchers tell Salon by Lindsay Abrams, August 2, 2014, Salon Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Robert Oswald, a professor of molecular medicine at Cornell, believe differently, and they have the research to back up their ...

Gas Minister’s Leaky Well Comments ‘Ignorant,’ Scientist Says, Cornell engineer takes issue with Coleman’s claim that BC is leak-free by Andrew Nikiforuk, August 2, 2014, TheTyee.ca One of North America’s top experts on well oil integrity and the mechanics of hydraulic fracturing says recent comments by Rich Coleman, British Columbia’s minister of natural gas development, are not only ...

Anti-fracking tractor run attracts 140 vehicles by Fermanagh Herald, August 3, 2014 The run began in Belcoo and travelled to Enniskillen where vehicle congregated at Holyhill car park in the town. They later made their way back to Belcoo. Opposition has been growing following the announcement that fracking company Tamboran are to begin test drilling at a ...

Companies Illegally Dumped Toxic Fracking Chemicals in Dawson Creek Water Treatment Systems At Least Twice, Officials Report by Carol Linnitt, July 31, 2014, desmogblog Although city officials from Dawson’s Creek won’t disclose the names of the companies involved, they are confirming that fracking waste has been illegally dumped into the city’s water treatment system on at least ...

Nova Scotia’s fracking pioneer doubtful province will lift ban, Peter Hill says critic’s fear-mongering has spooked politicians by Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press, August 03, 2014, CBC News [Why is the CBC reporting the views of an American frac CEO who doesn’t live in Canada and who irresponsibly left toxic frac waste for Nova Scotian’s ...

Law to Keep Fracking Outta Compton Challenged by Oil Industry by Mary Emily O’Hara, July 25, 2014, Vice News This week, Compton was hit with a lawsuit by the Western States Petroleum Association, a mega-bloc of some of the most powerful oil and gas companies in the nation. Although Santa Cruz and Beverly Hills both voted ...

Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® Shale Gas Summit took place April 24-25, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA Of the 28,000 members of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® (PAR), more than one-quarter are impacted by transactions stemming from development of the Marcellus Shale formation, one of the nation’s most abundant natural gas fields. … Guest speakers include some of Pennsylvania’s best and brightest thought leaders—shale ...

MUST WATCH: Nova Scotia Fracking Review July 28 Public session in Whycocomagh by Neal Livingston, August 2, 2014 Dr. Wheeler: “So, I am more than happy to answer, ya, why Maurice Dusseault, who is an engineer, who invents things all the time, might have a patent, that he believes might reduce the environmental impacts. Audience: He does have a ...

The High Court has today confirmed the grant of permission for the Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association (FFBRA) to challenge the decision by West Sussex County Council to grant planning permission to Cuadrilla, to undertake works at Lower Stumble in Balcombe Press Release by BIFF, August 1, 2014 The judicial review will now take place in ...

Protection of drinking water – The province drops the town of Ristigouche Translation July 30, 2014 by Amie du Richelieu of Protection de l’eau potable – Québec laisse tomber Ristigouche, La municipalité gaspésienne est forcée de récolter des fonds pour se défendre contre la pétrolière Gastem by Alexandre Shields, July 29, 2014, LeDevoir The Gaspésie Peninsula ...

CECIL TOWNSHIP WARNS RESIDENTS OF POTENTIAL WATER CONTAMINATION NEAR FRACK PIT AFTER DEP REFUSES TO by Marcellus Monitor, August 1, 2014 ….Cecil Township called DEP and requested that they notify Cecil Township residents of potential ground water contamination. Unfortunately, the DEP declined to do so initially stating ‘the DEP will not make a general notification to ...

Craig Leonard defends shale gas advisory board appointment, Maurice Dusseault holds patents on fracking, raising questions of potential bias by CBC News, July 30, 2014 Energy Minister Craig Leonard says Maurice Dusseault’s knowledge of hydraulic fracturing will help the provincial government write tougher regulations. Energy Minister Craig Leonard is defending an appointment to the province’s scientific ...

Environment Agency urges fast fracking ban by August 1, 2014 Germany’s Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is encouraging lawmakers to hurry up and ban fracking in all but name, saying the process is too dangerous to even consider allowing. … The UBA report, which details the environmental impacts of fracking in Germany, came in at more than 600 pages. ...

Oil company hopes review will see through the politics of fracking issue by Gary Kean, August 14, 2014, The Western Star While all those interested in the issue want to see a truly independent external review of hydraulic fracturing, the oil company that may want to use the process says the whole debate is already fueled ...

Leitrim County Council calls for end to drilling work by mining firm Tamboran, Councillors vote unanimously to seek the intervention of Taoiseach and British prime minister David Cameron by Marese McDonagh, Aug 1, 2014, Irish Times A mining company was accused of “an act of aggression” at an emergency meeting of Leitrim County Council yesterday. Tamboran ...

Elsipogtog man says RCMP officers visited home with questions about Facebook comment by Jorge Barrera, August 1, 2014, APTN National News A man from the Mi’kmaq community at the centre of intense anti-shale gas protests says he was visited Wednesday by two plain clothes RCMP officers who were asking questions about a Facebook post calling for ...

Hydrochloric acid spill: Up to 20,000 gallons spilled in incident southwest of Hennessey by Phyllis Zorn, July 31, 2014, Enid News and Eagle Between 350 and 500 barrels — up to 20,000 gallons — of acid spilled Monday about four miles south and two miles west of the intersection of U.S. 81 and Oklahoma 51 in ...

German experts warn against fracking by Deutsche Welle, July 30, 2014 The country’s Federal Environmental Agency says the risk associated with fracking is too big. Ministries involved are pushing for an initial ban on the practice until 2021. In their 600 page document, the agency warns of the dangers of obtaining gas from underground layers of ...

Five gas wells leaked methane for years by Brendan Gibbons, July 30, 2014, The Times Tribune Five natural gas wells in Bradford County have leaked methane for years because of persistent casing and cement problems, according to state Department of Environmental Protection records. In May, a DEP inspector found combustible gas flowing through vents connected to ...

No Serious response provided to concern of water contamination by Nielle Hawkwood, July 30, 2014, Cochrane Times No serious response provided by Nielle Hawkwood, August 1, 2014, Cochrane Times (digital) re: “Suzuki image of Cochrane contrary to AER’s” July 16, 2014 … The Alberta Energy Regulators (AER) representatives note that excessive flaring was allowed in the Lochend district for ...

Protecting Alberta’s ‘centre of gravity’: New energy regulator wants to restore trust by Claudia Cattaneo, July 23, 2014, Financial Post Jim Ellis, president and CEO of Alberta’s newly reformed energy regulator and a retired Canadian Army colonel, gets this question often: How can a former tank commander like him come out of war zones and segue into ...

Stoney Nakoda First Nation signs ‘huge’ oil deal with Chinese firm by CBC News, July 28, 2014, msn.ca Alberta’s Stoney Nakoda First Nation says it has signed a “huge” deal with a Chinese petrochemical company to develop oil and gas on its land. The First Nation is located 60 kilometres west of Calgary and has signed ...

Congressional watchdog urges EPA to step up actions on fracking by Michael Muskal, July 28, 2014, Los Angeles Times The Government Accountability Office is calling on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to step up enforcement of water contamination and seismic activity associated with fracking, the high-pressure injection of fluids into wells to extract oil and natural gas. In ...

Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst about the Harper government leaving frac chemicals off pollutant list and Denton Texas frac ban going to ballot July 28, 2014, CFAX 1070    

New-found Threat, TYEE EXCLUSIVE: Researchers discover ancient salt formation key factor in Alberta steam fracking disasters by Andrew Nikiforuk, July 28, 2014, TheTyee.ca David Schindler, a world famous water researcher and long-time critic of rapid bitumen development, called Cowie’s research clear and significant and urged provincial authorities to change how projects are approved and monitored. “Once again, the scientific ...

Chronicle Herald editorial cartoon, July 28, 2014 [Refer also to: Dr. Wheeler’s frac panel was selected in 2014. Dr. Maurice Dusseault filed his frac patent in 2011; it was issued to him in May 2013, long before he was selected to be on Dr. Wheeler’s frac panel. Description of Dr. Dusseault’s Patent on Canadian Intellectual Property Office website: As well, concerns have been ...

Federal Report Details Chemicals Used At Drilling Site by Rick Reitzel, July 22, 2014, NBC4i MONROE COUNTY, Ohio – For the first time, we are learning some of the chemicals used to frack an oil and natural gas well that was involved in a huge fire June 28 in Monroe County. But we’re learning about the chemicals ...

Fracking sand spill sparks health advisory in Bashaw, Alta., Children were seen playing in the fracking sand, which can be hazardous after repeated exposure – WHY DID THEY WAIT SO LONG TO ISSUE ADVISORY? by CBC News, July 25, 2014 AHS: Industrial spill confirmed in Bashaw: important precautions urged Officials are warning of a potential public health risk ...

Clean up started after fracking operation effects orphan well by Bob Niedbala, July 18, 2014, Observer Reporter A company hydro fracking a conventional oil well in Jackson Township Monday blew out the plug on a nearby unknown “wildcat,” or orphan well, forcing materials in the orphan well to the surface and requiring a cleanup of an ...

Municipalities, protect your sources of drinking water! translation of Municipalités, protégez vos sources d’eau potable! by Amie du Richelieu, July 21, 2014 Translation of an open letter from the Mayor of the town caught up in a legal case against Gastem. These days, companies show up where we live looking for hydrocarbons to extract. Some of their activities could ...

Fracking in Nova Scotia should be put on hold to allow for more study: expert by Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press, July 25, 2014, Winnepeg Free Press Hydraulic fracturing should not proceed in Nova Scotia until a broader public discussion is held and more research is completed, says the head of an expert panel reviewing the ...

Encana vows to fight Colorado offset vote, CEO Suttles says move to separate homes and wells is ‘detrimental’ by Dan Healing, July 25, 2014, Calgary Herald An initiative in Colorado to quadruple minimum offsets to 600 metres between homes and oil and gas operations would be “detrimental” to the industry and should be withdrawn, says the ...

Federal government criticized for leaving fracking chemicals off pollutant list by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, July 24, 2014, Calgary Herald Environmentalists and legal experts are criticizing the federal government’s decision to leave toxic fracking chemicals off a list of pollutants going into Canada’s air, land and water. “The government doesn’t know exactly which chemicals are being ...

‘No fracking – or we go to court’ by John Yeld, July 23, 2014, iol scitech Cape Town – It’s high noon for fracking, with anti-fracking lobby group Treasure the Karoo Action Group calling on President Jacob Zuma to place an immediate moratorium on this controversial shale-gas extraction method or face legal action. The group, supported by ...

Moratorium on fracking a ‘no brainer,’ Coun Liz Oades will put forward a notice of motion proposing a moratorium on fracking by Blackpool Gazette, July 23, 2014 A councillor’s proposal for a moratorium on fracking in the UK has been welcomed as a “no brainer” by campaigners against the controversial process. Coun Liz Oades, who represents ...

Wisborough Green becomes the first village in Britain to fight off fracking by Chris Green, July 22, 2014, The Independent West Sussex County Council’s planning committee refused an application by Celtique Energie for oil and gas exploration near the village of Wisborough Green, a conservation area just outside the South Downs National Park. The council announced ...

Yukon fracking committee hears an overwhelming ‘No,’ Overwhelming majority of people speaking to the committee are against fracking by Philippe Morin, July 23, 2014, CBC News A six-person, all-party committee of MLAs held two days of public hearings on fracking in the Yukon legislature this May before launching a territory-wide tour. So far 108 people in ...

People in Tatamagouche reject fracking by CBC News, July 22, 2014 The man hired by the Nova Scotia government to review fracking is touring the province — and David Wheeler now knows many people at the public meeting in Tatamagouche do not want it approved. Dozens of people packed into the Tatamagouche Centre Monday evening for ...

Federal Report Details Chemicals Used At Drilling Site by Rick Reitzel, July 22, 2014, nbc4i MONROE COUNTY, Ohio – For the first time, we are learning some of the chemicals used to frack an oil and natural gas well that was involved in a huge fire June 28 in Monroe County. But we’re learning about the chemicals ...

Fermanagh Protest, the day the Frackers Came, July 21st 2014 Mary-Jo Mullarkey A sad day for the island of Ireland, a sad picture of our ” western democracy” and a sad fact that fracking has already been proved to be dangerous. No need to wait to see if it’s safe – it’s not. My love will not ...

AER says Primrose bitumen leaks preventable, But regulator leaves limits in place on Canadian Natural Resources by Dan Healing, July 22, 2014, Calgary Herald Bitumen emulsion leaks to surface from the Primrose oilsands play near Cold Lake are preventable, says the Alberta Energy Regulator, but it won’t immediately lift limits placed on the producer. In a news release ...

209 Water Supplies Damaged By Drilling Since Late 2007 by Laura Legere, July 22, 2014, PA Environmental Daily The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported information from the Department of Environmental Protection Tuesday which shows 209 water supplies were affected by drilling since the end of 2007. Bradford County had the highest number of affected wells at 48, followed by ...

North Carolina legislators look to criminalize disclosure of fracking fluids by Laura E. Carlisle, July 15, 2014, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC As many states and the federal government look towards calling for greater disclosure and regulation of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, state senators in North Carolina appear to be pushing against ...

Australian Industry Wants Fracking Restrictions Lifted And More Competition To Counteract Soaring Gas Prices by Chris Pash, July 21, 2014, Business Insider Australia The boom in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports which is expected to triple domestic prices on the east coast of Australia is accompanied by serious side effects for manufacturing, agriculture and non-gas mining ...

CA Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning it May Be Contaminating Aquifers, State’s drought has forced farmers to rely on groundwater, even as California aquifers have been intentionally polluted due to exemptions for oil industry by Abrahm Lustgarten, July 18, 2014, Propublica California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection ...

Look beyond fracking to build energy future by Jonathan Langdon, July 18, 2014, The Chronicle Herald The Wheeler review on hydraulic fracturing will soon start sharing its draft recommendations through a series of public meetings. While speculation on the contents has been rife, especially as a result of the perceived lack of balance and evidence in ...

Pennsylvania appeals court affirms rights of towns to regulate drilling by Laura Legere and Don Hopey, July 18, 2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Pennsylvania appeals court on Thursday issued a split decision on the state’‍s oil and gas law, rejecting some challenges to the 2012 update to the drilling rules but affirming the rights of municipalities to ...

Un bizarre et dangereux monsieur translation by Amie du Richelieu of Public Advisor on Fracking Filed Fracking Patent by Andrew Nikiforuk, July 17, 2014, The Tyee Photo of Dr. Maurice Dusseault by Geraldine Brophy Description of Dr. Dusseault’s Patent on Canadian Intellectual Property Office website: As well, concerns have been expressed regarding the potential environmental impact from the use of synthetic additives ...

Orwell Twp: Still no cause in house explosion by Sara Shookman, July 17, 2014, WKYC Authorities think it could be natural gas that caused a fatal house explosion in Orwell. … Friends and neighbors tell me that Jamies Ortis lived here on Montgomery Road in a home his mother owned. His girlfriend, Malerie Nick, of Fairport ...

Shale gas – Officials will visit Alberta translation by Amie du Richelieu of Gaz de schiste: des intervenants visiteront l’Alberta de Sébastien Lacroix Publié le 16 juillet 2014 dans Le Courrier Sud A dozen people from the business circle, lay persons and elected municipal officials will go to Alberta from July 21 to 23 to learn ...

Public Advisor on Fracking Filed Fracking Patent by Andrew Nikiforuk, July 17, 2014, The Tyee.ca Maurice Dusseault, a prominent petroleum engineer now advising the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Fracturing review panel and the New Brunswick Energy Institute (NBEI) on related energy issues, filed for a patent on the controversial technology in 2011. But Margo MacGregor, program administrator for ...

I told him to turn the pump off, I can’t talk .. I told him turn the pump off. He said, “It’s been running all day.” I said, “Well, you’re going to have to wait to get water.” … I didn’t even think about the gas in the well. It must have filled the house up…. It shouldn’t have happened. ...

Texas could sue Denton if frack ban passes, Land Commissioner Patterson says by Nicholas Sakelaris, July 16, 2014, Dallas Business Journal Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has warned the city of Denton to back off state-owned minerals with its proposed ban on hydraulic fracking. Patterson wrote a letter to Denton Mayor Chris Watts warning that Texas would ...

Only a frac ban will protect health, livability by Dr. Adam Briggle, July 15, 2014, Denton Record Chronicle I’ve heard some crazy claims about fracking in Denton. The industry has said Denton residents are terrorists. The head of Texas’ oil and gas regulatory agency (a man who is funded by the very industry he is supposedly watching over) ...

Encana’s major fracking plans should be known by Liz Fisher, July 15, 2014, Daily Camera Last June, Erie’s board of trustees met with Encana to discuss the company’s pilot project. In the initial phase, a network of buried pipelines would be used instead of permanent storage tanks at a new fracking site. The pipelines would bring ...

Coca-Cola Forced To Shut Bottling Plant in India by Fatima Hansia, july 10, 2014, CorpWatch Blog Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverage producer, has been ordered to shut down its bottling plant in Varanasi, India following local complaints that the company was drawing excessive amounts of groundwater. After an investigation, government authorities ruled that the company had ...

Chevron’s Lithuania Pullout by Natural Gas Europe, July 15, 2014 If there was a glimmer of hope that Chevron Corp. would have gotten hooked by the more flexible new Lithuanian shale gas exploration and mining legislation and will stay in the Baltic country until a repeat tender is announced, now the hope-and Chevron-are gone. The US energy ...

7 Quakes Hit Oklahoma in Less Than a Day by Per Liljas, July 14, 2014, Time  The biggest temblor clocked in at 4.3 on the Richter scale Oklahoma was rocked by seven small earthquakes in a span of about 14 hours over the weekend, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Three quakes hit between Saturday evening and Sunday ...

Exxon battles anti-fracking attorney general in Pennsylvania criminal case by Petro Global News, July 14, 2014 Exxon Mobil is facing criminal charges over a wastewater spill in Pennsylvania. As a defense, it is arguing that the state’s attorney general illegally singled it out to stop hydraulic fracturing. Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Wednesday Exxon’s claims are ...

Judge dismisses lawsuits challenging fracking delay by Jon Campbell, July 14, 2014, Lohud The Journal News A state judge on Monday dismissed a pair of lawsuits that sought to force Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration into deciding whether to authorize shale-gas drilling in New York. The Binghamton-based Joint Landowners Coalition of New York and Mark Wallach, the ...

There are proven cases of fracking contamination by Jessica Ernst, July 14, 2014, Rocky View Weekly Re: “Documented cases of fracking contamination are not proven” June 23 There are proven cases documented and industry admits they don’t know what their frac’s do. 1987 Report to Congress: Kaiser frac’d about 4,000 feet deep “allowing migration of fracture fluid from ...

Tarrant jury awards $20,000 to homeowners in nuisance suit against Chesapeake by Jim Juquay, May. 24, 2014, Star Telegram Fort Worth – As the natural gas leasing boom swept through Tarrant County in 2007, Sam Crowder warily eyed the vacant land south of his Fort Worth home. Could it be a possible drill site? No, he ...

Episode 626 28:02 Min. July 12, 2014, RT.com In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the one-two punch of cryptobullion. They also discuss the crowd coming together to fight fracking in Texas (for fear of ever-increasing magnitude earthquakes) and Canadians delivering water for Detroit because ‘our water is their water.’ In the second ...

Locals object to plan for Pavillion water reports by Mead Gruver, Associated Press, July 11, 2014, SFGate.com People dealing with polluted groundwater in the Pavillion area have objected that a gas developer can review and comment on two state investigations involving the contamination before the public is allowed to see the reports. Representatives of Pavillion Area ...

Exxon Mobil Says Pennsylvania Prosecutors Unfairly Picking On Oil Firm In Criminal Fracking Case by Maria Gallucci, July 11, 2014, International Business Times Exxon Mobil Inc. (NYSE: XOM) says that Pennsylvania prosecutors are unfairly picking on the oil behemoth in an effort to stop hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the gas-rich state. The company’s subsidiary, XTO ...

Oil Field Worker Critical After Being Burned in Robertson County Explosion by Clay Falls, July 10, 2014, kbtx.com NEW BADEN, Texas – An oil field worker is in critical condition after an explosion in Robertson County. Wednesday afternoon some oil tanks caught fire just east of Franklin off Highway 79 near New Baden on Rabe Cutoff. ...

Toxic water, vomiting children living near fracking operation by Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, July 11, 2014, Sky Valley Chronicle A few years ago, Tammy Manning and her family moved to Franklin Forks, Pennsylvania, 10 miles from the New York state border. Unbeknownst to her, energy companies had started ramping up natural gas drilling operations near her home. ...

COMPENDIUM OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND MEDIA FINDINGS DEMONSTRATING RISKS AND HARMS OF FRACKING (UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AND OIL EXTRACTION) by Concerned Health Professionals of New York, July 10, 2014 70 pages Fully referenced with well over three hundred citations, it covers fifteen compelling topics that emerge in reviewing the data, opening with sections on two of the most ...

Most Alberta freedom of information requests get no results, ‘No records exist’ for two-thirds of users by Karen Kleiss, July 10, 2014, Edmonton Journal Jessica Ernst has been locked in access-to-information battles with government and industry for a decade, trying to figure out why her well water is so contaminated she can light it on fire. Photograph ...

Families’ well water disrupted near Ligonier, Families cite Shale wastewater contamination by Don Hopey, July 4, 2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Route 711, designated a “Pennsylvania Scenic Byway,” wends through the countryside south of Ligonier. The bends in the two-lane road mirror the twists that three families living along it have traveled in trying to replace water supplies ...

Oil boom and fracking cause spike in energy industry workplace deaths by Business Insurance, July 6, 2014 Employers, safety professionals and insurers are working to promote workplace safety as the fast-growing energy industry tries to stem fatalities among employees who work long hours while operating heavy machinery and vehicles. … An energy industry high of 142 ...

Four Of 10 Fracked Wells In Pennsylvania Are Projected To Fail by Joseph Romm, July 6, 2014, The Energy Collective This undated handout frame grab taken from video, provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shows bubbling due to impaired cementing in an unconventional gas well in Pennsylvania. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection A ...

Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity since 2008 induced by massive wastewater injection by K. M. Keranen, M. Weingarten, G. A. Abers, B. A. Bekins, and S. Ge, Received for publication 8 May 2014, Accepted for publication 24 June 2014, Science ABSTRACT Unconventional oil and gas production provides a rapidly growing energy source; however, high-production states in ...

Metgasco in court to fight licence suspension by Darren Coyne, July 5, 2014, Echo.net.au Mining company Metgasco will face off against the state government in the NSW Supreme Court today in a last-ditch bid to lift the suspension of its drilling licence for Bentley, just outside Lismore. The Office of Coal Seam Gas suspended the company’s ...

Market applauds Calfrac capital plan boost, Well completion company to expand in Argentina, Canada, U.S. by Dan Healing, July 4, 2014, Calgary Herald Shares in Calfrac Well Services Ltd. continued to rise Friday after it more than doubled its capital spending program for 2014. The well completion company said Thursday morning it would add $210 million ...

Germany Shelves Shale-Gas Drilling For Next Seven Years by Jan Hromadko and Harriet Torry Connect, July 4, 2014, Wall Street Journal Germany plans to halt shale-gas drilling for the next seven years over concerns that exploration techniques could pollute groundwater. “There won’t be fracking in Germany for the foreseeable future,” Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said ...

New ‘play-based’ fracking rules to reduce industry footprint by Sheila Pratt, July 4, 2014, Edmonton Journal Oil and gas companies fracking in the Fox Creek area will be first to operate under new rules requiring plans for an entire region, not individual wells, says the Alberta Energy Regulator. The Duvernay shale reservoir west of Whitecourt was chosen ...

Study maps fracking methane risk to drinking water by David Shukman, Science editor, July 3, 2014, BBC News A major study into the potential of fracking to contaminate drinking water with methane has been published. The British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency have mapped where key aquifers in England and Wales coincide with locations of ...

Aggressive Tactic on the Fracking Front, A Pennsylvania gas company offers residents cash to buy protection from any claims of harm by Naveena Sadasivam, July 2, 2014, ProPublica For the last eight years, Pennsylvania has been riding the natural gas boom, with companies drilling and fracking thousands of wells across the state. And in a little ...

Florida County Goes To Court Over ‘Acid Fracking’ Near Everglades by Greg Allen, July 2, 2014, npr.org In southwest Florida, county officials are fighting the state over a new oil drilling process that’s known by many different names: acidification, acidizing, acid stimulation and acid fracking. Collier County has charged that state regulators have been lax in ...

What’s Missing from Canada’s Fracking Debate? This is a long read. Because the current ‘debate’ leaves out so much by Andrew Nikiforuk, July 2, 2014, TheTyee.ca A number of academic papers of varying quality have contributed to the nation’s growing debate about hydraulic fracturing, a form of brute force mining for unconventional hydrocarbons. The federally funded Council ...

Supreme Court favors landowner in dispute over old oil and gas leases by Michael Hricik, June 27, 2014, Dakota Resource Council On Tuesday, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled in favor of a McKenzie County man in a dispute over old oil and gas leases. The decision may affect other landowners in the Bakken with old ...

Assessment and risk analysis of casing and cement impairment in oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, 2000–2012 by Anthony R. Ingraffeaa, Martin T. Wellsc, Renee L. Santorob, and Seth B. C. Shonkoffd june 30, 2014, Edited by William H. Schlesinger, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, approved May 30, 2014 (received for review December 17, 2013),doi: ...

Lessors Sue Chesapeake Energy for $5 Billion by Erin McAuley, June 25, 2014, Court House News HARRISBURG, Pa. – Chesapeake Energy Corp. and its subsidiary Access Midstream Partners cheated Pennsylvania landowners of more than $5 billion in gas and oil royalties through inflated and unreasonable fees, a RICO class action claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff, ...

Federal court dismisses doctor’s lawsuit over Act 13 “gag rule” by Katie Colaneri, July 1, 2014, State Impact Pennsylvania Federal District Judge Richard Caputo found Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez lacked standing to sue the Department of Environmental Protection and Public Utility Commission because he failed to meet certain criteria to show he suffered an “injury in fact” ...

Fracking initiatives advance after Colorado Supreme Court ruling by Megan Verlee, June 30, 2014, Colorado Public Radio Supporters of ballot measures to give more control to local governments over fracking will be able to gather signatures for all six of their proposed measures after rulings from the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday. The state Supreme Court ...

Towns elated, gas industry dismayed by fracking ruling by Jon Campbell, June 30, 2014, Politics on the Hudson Mary Ann Sumner, town supervisor of Dryden, Tompkins County, was elated with the decision. Dryden was first sued over its ban in 2011, as was the town of Middlefield, Otsego County. She said she hopes the ruling spurs ...

Fish kill in eastern Ohio might be linked to fire at fracking well by Jim Woods, June 29,2014, The Columbus Dispatch The state is investigating a fish kill in an eastern Ohio creek near where a fire occurred at a shale-well fracking site on Saturday. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources learned today of the fish ...

Couple wins suit against drillers by Christin Coyne, June 28, 2014, Weatherford Democrat A Parker County jury last week awarded $36,000 to an Aledo-area couple, who sued an oil and gas operator for nuisance conditions caused by drilling activity near their home. Titan Operating drilled six wells at a pad site within 200 feet of the ...

AER looks to courts, government for clarity by Stephen Ewart, June 28, 2014, Calgary Herald Jim Ellis remains a plain-spoken military man. A year into his tenure as chief executive of the Alberta Energy Regulator, and after several years working in the provincial government bureaucracy, he retains the direct manner and frank demeanour that would’ve served ...

Discussion Paper: Potential Socioeconomic Effects of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development in Nova Scotia Communities, Nova Scotia Hydraulic Fracturing Independent Review and Public Engagement Process June 26, 2014 Lead Author: Dr. Shawn Dalton Expert Panellists: Dr. Frank Atherton, Dr. Michael Bradfield, Kevin Christmas, Dr. Maurice Dusseault, Dr. Graham Gagnon, Dr. Brad Hayes, Constance MacIntosh, Dr. Ian Mauro, ...

Proof, A geologist says the evidence leads directly from polluted water wells to fracking activity by Peter Gorman, June 25, 2014, Fort Worth Weekly A geologist who has spent years studying the effects of natural gas drilling on water sources said last week that he has “no doubt” that Range Resources gas drilling activity has ...

‘Peoples Lawsuit’ launched over shale gas, 18 citizens suing New Brunswick and federal governments and SWN Resources in bid to stop industry by CBC News, June 26, 2014 Eighteen New Brunswickers are suing the provincial and federal governments and SWN Resources for allegedly violating aboriginal, Constitutional, environmental and international laws. The so-called Peoples Lawsuit was filed in ...

Uninvited guests by Dave Mabell, June 24, 2014, Lethbridge Herald Tony Hall, along with a group of protesters, express their concerns to officials including Greg Weadick, Lethbridge-West MLA and Minister of Municipal Affairs, after walking in before the start of an invitation-only Alberta Energy session Tuesday morning at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre. Herald photo ...

Fracking Flowback Could Pollute Groundwater with Heavy Metals Press Release by Cornell University, June 25, 2014, Newswise still images and video The chemical makeup of wastewater generated by “hydrofracking” could cause the release of tiny particles in soils that often strongly bind heavy metals and pollutants, exacerbating the environmental risks during accidental spills, Cornell University researchers have found. Previous research ...