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Peasants’ revolt – Romania at war with itself over fracking by Paraic O’Brien and Jim Wickens, February 18, 2014, Channel4.com Fracking has sparked protests in Britain, but these look subdued compared with a campaign in Romania by peasant farmers, who are fighting their own government. They are the unlikeliest of eco-protesters, a lifetime of hardship engraved ...

After fracking blast, Chevron offers pizza by Peter Moskowitz, February 18, 2014, Aljazeera A Chevron well in the preparation stages for hydraulic fracturing exploded last Tuesday 50 miles south of Pittsburgh, Penn., causing a fire that lasted for four days and left one Chevron contractor unaccounted for and another one injured. The fire is now out, ...

Association tells Peace River doctors it will support them in face of intimidation by Sheila Pratt, February 18, 2014, Edmonton Journal Doctors in the Peace River area must feel free to treat and advocate for local residents who fear their health problems are connected to heavy oil emissions, say both the Alberta College of Physicians and ...

Quebec’s backing of Anticosti oil drilling has changed the game, says industry spokesperson by Nicolas van Praet, February 18, 2014, Calgary Herald The Quebec government had to put some money in the game if it was to have any hope of stoking a domestic oil industry, says the head of the province’s oil sector lobby group. Political ...

71 Quebec municipalities defend their drinking water and municipal by laws from possible oil and gas industry lawsuits translation by Les Ami(s) du Richelieu, February 16, 2014 of Quelque 50 municipalités à la défense de l’eau potable by Lapress.ca About 50 mayors got together yesterday afternoon in Saint-Bonaventure, in Centre-du-Québec, to create a defence fund against the possible ...

THE DRILLING STOPS HERE by Garrett Simmons, February 16, 2014, Lethbridge Herald Concerned citizens gathered for a letter writing campaign Saturday in hopes of sending a strong message to government and industry officials that oil well drilling should not be allowed within the municipal boundaries of the City of Lethbridge. Held at McKillop United Church, the ...

Police attack Barton Moss anti-fracking protestors by Salford Star, February 16, 2014 After anti-fracking protestors scored an important legal victory at Barton Moss, Manchester Police responded with outright violence and intimidation. The message was clear: ‘Never mind the Courts and Judges. We are are the law.’ This is political policing, re-enforced with overt aggression – what took ...

Hydraulic fracking bans advance at Hawaii legislature by Big Island Video News, February 13, 2014 From the definitions section: “Fluid” means any material or substance which flows or moves whether in semi-solid, liquid, sludge, gas, or any other form or state. “Hydraulic fracturing” means a drilling operation into an underground geologic formation and the injection of fluids, gases, chemicals, sand, ...

Front Page: Politely spurn fracking, mom Diana Daunheimer urges Yukoners by Ainslie Cruickshank, February 14, 2014, Whitehorse Star Fracking: ‘Don’t make a hasty decision’  by Ainslie Cruickshank, February 14, 2014, Whitehorse Star “Courteously decline.” “Give it another 10 years … there’s a huge surplus in the system right now, so just sit on it for a little while, just sit ...

Impacted Landowners shocked by Wyoming Regulatory Conclusions on Pavillion Area Groundwater Investigation Press Release by Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens and Powder River Basin Resource Council, February 14, 2014  Pavillion, Wyoming—Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens (PACC) are shocked and disappointed by a Wyoming regulator’s conclusions that groundwater contamination in the Pavillion, WY area is not from oil and gas development. In December ...

Oil and drinking water: Gaspé is getting impatient  Translation by Les Ami(s) du Richelieu, February 14, 2014, of Pétrole et eau potable: Gaspé s’impatiente While the Marois government is promoting oil prospecting, the mayor of Gaspé is loosing his cool. “We are tired of patching holes that the government does not want to deal with”, said Daniel Côté, impatient ...

Quebec signals shift in support for oil and gas development by Shawn McCarthy and Sophie Cousineau, February 13, 2014, The Globe and Mail The Parti Quebecois government is embracing an oil economy, hoping to usher in an era of petro-riches for the province by drilling in the environmentally sensitive Gulf of St. Lawrence region. With an ...

Oil and gas company slaps City of Dallas with $30 million lawsuit by Claire St. Amant, February 13, 2014, dallas.culturemap Fort Worth-based Trinity East Energy is suing the City of Dallas for breach of contract and fraud related to the City Council’s denial of natural gas drilling permits. In 2008, Trinity East paid more than $19 ...

Bushmen are not ‘poachers’ – wildlife conference protest by The Ecologist, February 13, 2014 The anti-poaching conference in London today was disrupted by protests at the Botswana delegation – who call the indigenous Bushmen of the Kalahari ‘poachers’ and are forcing them into death camps. Loud protests at an anti-poaching conference in London today highlighted the ...

OriginOil to Open Houston Office for Cleaning, Recycling Fracking Water by Gene Lockard, February 13, 2014, rigzone The oil and gas sector is one of the largest water users of any industry, Approximately 3 to 5 million gallons of fresh water are used to frack a well, according to OriginOil, and about 35,000 wells are fracked ...

Fracking veteran reveals plans for first offshore shale well by Stephen Harris, February 13, 2014, theengineer.co.uk The world’s first offshore fracking well could be drilled in the Irish Sea following planned exploration by a new British firm. The founder of UK shale gas company Cuadrilla, Dr Chris Cornelius, has revealed plans to establish the first offshore ...

South Africa Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu wants two-year delay on fracking by Sue Blaine, February 13, 2014, Business Day Live Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has asked the oil and gas industry for comment on a proposed two-year extension of the moratorium on new applications for onshore and offshore exploration rights, and on the controversial ...

N.S. fracking review will be exhaustive — panel by Selena Ross, February 13, 2014, Chronicle Herald No one said it would be easy reviewing everything the world knows about fracking. Nine people starting an independent review of hydraulic fracturing in Nova Scotia will keep busy until May looking at more than 500 pieces of evidence. The ...

Lac-Megantic victims aim to sue Ottawa for allegedly failing to sanction railway by Andy Blatchford, February 13, 2014, The Canadian Press The lead lawyer for an existing class-action suit has now expanded the long list of defendants to include the Attorney General of Canada, which delegates regulatory powers to the Canadian Transportation Agency and Transport ...

RESISTING FRACKING AT ELSIPOGTOG, NEW BRUNSWICK: The Fire Over Water – SASKATOON EVENT! February 14, 2014 7:00 pm Part of Mi’kmaq Warrior National Speaking Tour Oskayak High School 919 Broadway Ave, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 1B8 View Map · Get Directions Come hear from Suzanne Patles of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society who has been on the frontlines of this inspiring grassroots Indigenous resistance ...

Health should take priority over jobs, profits by Stephen F. Kotch Jr., February 9, 2014, Lethbridge Herald To all persons involved in the proposed drilling/fracking in west Lethbridge: Having researched oil, gas, coal, lumber and agriculture Industries since 1956, I have garnered enough knowledge vis-a-vis drilling and fracking to know the inevitable damage those processes cause to ...

Quebec opens Anticosti to oil exploration by Sophie Cousineau, February 13, 2014, The Globe and Mail The Quebec government is giving the go-ahead to oil exploration on Anticosti Island, with $190-million in exploratory work starting as early as this summer. Two exploration programs will dig wells using the controversial “fracking techniques” that the Parti Québécois government ...

GoldenKey investment small compared to residents’ investment by Frances Schultz, February 13, 2014, Lethbridge Herald To Premier Alison Redford: I am writing to express my objection to the permit allowing GoldenKey Oil company to lease drilling rights under 10 sections in southwest Lethbridge. I find it incredible that your government would even consider allowing this area to ...

Anti-fracking groups petition N.W.T. legislative assembly, ConocoPhillips got permission to frack test wells without environmental review by CBC News, February 12, 2014 Three N.W.T. social action groups have launched a petition against fracking operations in the territory after oil giant ConocoPhillips began exploration without an environmental review. … The petition was created in an attempt to have ...

Holding One’s Own on Lost Circulation: A new fluid additive used to retain drilling mud could have significant cumulative benefits by Alberta Oil Magazine, February 2014 Issue In most cases, once drilling fluid seeps into the ground on the vertical section of a well, there’s no getting it back. And when drillers encounter an above-average decline ...

Fracking with Acid: Unknown Quantities Injected in Texas by Dave Fehling, February 12, 2014, State Impact Read about the history of oil drilling in Texas and you’ll find references to how wildcatters would pour barrels of hydrochloric acid into their wells. The acid would eat through underground rock formations and allow more oil to flow up ...

Forent Energy in fracking ‘grey zone’ on Alton project by Brett Bundale, February 11, 2014, Chronicle Herald A Calgary company planning to renew its licence to explore for oil and gas in Nova Scotia is eagerly awaiting the results of the province’s hydraulic fracturing review. Forent Energy Ltd. said Tuesday it has met the capital work ...

Workplace fatalities close to record numbers in 2013 by Darcy Henton, February 11, 2014, Calgary Herald Alberta workplace deaths increased dramatically in 2013 to a near-record provincial high of 188, led by a near doubling of fatalities caused by occupational disease. … Statistics quietly released on the Alberta Human Services website show 99 workers perished in 2013 of ...

EPA begins regulating the use of diesel in fracking, The EPA’s new guidance defines five substances as diesel that require a permit for use in fracking, but the move will have little overall effect by Neela Banerjee, February 11, 2014, Los Angeles Times The Environmental Protection Agency has little authority to regulate fluids used in hydraulic ...

One worker missing in Greene gas well fire by Bob Niedbala with contributions by Tara Kinsell, February 11, 2014, Observer Reporter The fire might be a little more difficult to extinguish than one involving a single well, Poister said. “Normally, you have a pipe situation with flames going out of a well pipe. They use an ...

A day in Alberta: Western Canada’s Oil and Gas Activity Map screen grabs taken on February 10, 2014, BOE Report Spudding Activity on February 10, 2014 Oil (green), Gas (red) and Other (blue) wells on February 10, 2014 Confidential wells on February 10, 2014 U.S. Energy Mapping System (mauve areas are energy wells) EIA map now shows individual well sites ...

More delays at ConocoPhillips fracking project by CBC News, February 7, 2014 Troubles continue to delay the first horizontal drilling and fracturing operation in the north. ConocoPhillips is drilling two horizontal holes 20 kilometres southwest of Norman Wells, N.W.T. It plans to hydraulically fracture…multiple times this winter. The first of those fracks was to happen on ...

Fracking raises groundbreaking questions by Michael Sheridan,  secretary of the Scottish Law Agents Society, February 10, 2014, The Scotsman Ownership boundaries can’t dig into the planet without treading on the rights of other descending boundaries, says Michael Sheridan. Though I have not yet seen any maps of the prospective fracking operations across Scotland, for a particular reason I ...

L’ennemie du fracking affirme que l’agence de l’Alberta doit respecter la Charte Translation of Nikiforuk’s article below by Les Ami(s) du Richelieu, February 8, 2014 Alberta Regulator Not Immune to Charter, Landowner’s appeal argument foreshadows what could become a major court battle this May by Andrew Nikiforuk, February 6, 2014, TheTyee.ca I wrote this ‘Fracking’ song after reading Andrew’s article. ...

Fracking the truth by Bill Bocock, Sturgeon County, February 7, 2014, Edmonton Journal Re: “Fracking in province ‘out of control,’” Feb. 5. I thank NDP Leader Brian Mason and the Journal for revealing what was “out of sight.” Environment Minister Robin Campbell says energy development accounts for 10 per cent of water use in Alberta. That’s an alarming revelation ...

Complaint filed over alleged spying on Northern Gateway pipeline opponents by RCMP, CSIS by Canadian Press, February 6, 2014, Calgary Herald Civil liberties activists in B.C. have filed complaints against Canada’s spy agency and the RCMP for allegedly snooping on opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline. Josh Paterson with the BC Civil Liberties Association alleges the spying activities ...

Canadian awaits verdict on fracking nightmare by David Kattenburg, February 6, 2014, Deutsche Welle Diana Daunheimer still finds it hard to believe that big mining companies have started fracking practically in her backyard. The Canadian vegetable grower sees a court case as her only way out. Diana Daunheimer at her home near Didsbury, Photo by David Kattenburg Diana ...

LISTEN: Health scare over backyard fracking in Canada; Locals sue fracking companies in Alberta 9:13 Min. Interviews by David Kattenburg on Deutsche Welle, February 5, 2014, World in Progress Fracking is huge in the Canadian province of Alberta, with tens of thousands of fracking sites, earning companies billions of dollars and securing energy needs. But people living close ...

EPA: Flammable Parker County water poses no threat by NEWS 8 INVESTIGATES, February 5, 2014 Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday at a congressional hearing; specifically how the agency handled complaints by Parker County residents that their water wells were contaminated with methane. “The EPA, falsely claiming the Commission had done nothing, decided to step in ...

Is the Yukon Government setting up a fracked territory? by Jacqueline Vigneux and Peter Becker, Whitehorse Yukon, and Jessica Ernst, Rosebud Alberta, submitted to The Whitehorse Star January 28, 2014, published February 4, 2014. Are the Yukon Legislative Assembly and its Select Committee (the Committee) willing to understand that fracking is not safe and that regulations, no matter how excellent, ...

Canadian regulator asks for fracking fluid info by UPI, February 5, 2014 The National Energy Board in Canada is asking energy companies to submit information about hydraulic fracturing fluid 30 days after work is completed. [How does anyone – owner of domestic water well or municipality – protect and test their drinking water supply if they ...

Presentation suggests intimate relationship between Postmedia and oil industry by Jenny Uechi and Matthew Millar, February 4, 2014, Vancouver Observer “Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Postmedia 2013 Energy Channel Sponsorship”: this was the title of a Prezi presentation. The presentation came to light on twitter today, on the same day that Postmedia downsized its parliamentary bureau ...

CAPP-funded Energy IQ project to tour Canadian schools this fall by Jenny Uechi, August 23, 2013, Vancouver Observer The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and Canadian Geographic have teamed up produce a new site called Energy IQ, intended to educate Canadians about the energy industry. With a focus on education for children, Energy IQ will ...

Former Obama official: Fracking never been an environmental problem by Ryan Holeywell, February 5, 2014, Fuel Fix Former U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar said Wednesday morning that he believes  hydraulic fracturing is safe, and the energy industry should work to convince the public that it doesn’t pose a ...

Broken trust: Alberta family without answers about oil sands’ health impact, When an Alberta mom met with an ear-throat-and-nose specialist in Grande Prairie about oil-sands emissions pollution, his advice stunned her by Mychaylo Prystupa, February 2, 2014, Vancouver Observer At an unprecedented Alberta Energy Regulator hearing for health complaints about oil sands emissions in the Peace ...

Environmental consultant disputes government’s fracking comments on contaminated drinking water by Jeremy Lye, February 4, 2014, 630 CHED In its response to the NDP’s revelations yesterday that it granted over 1500 fracking licenses in 2013, the Redford government described claims the controversial method of drawing oil and gas has contaminated drinking water in Alberta as “completely ...

Mason: Redford government is fracking out of control by Travis Dosser, February 4, 2014, 630 CHED Fracking is a contentious topic around the United States and eastern Canada but in Alberta there isn’t much said about the practice. But documents obtained by the New Democrats have the party sounding an alarm. Leader Brian Mason revealed documents ...

Subject:     Hydraulic Fracturing Review – Expert Panel Announcement Date:     Tue, 4 Feb 2014 16:01:39 -0400 From:     HFReview <email hidden; JavaScript is required> Hello, On Behalf of Dr. David Wheeler, Chair of the Hydraulic Fracturing Independent Review and Public Consultation in Nova Scotia, I am pleased to announce the appointment of nine independent expert panellists to the Hydraulic Fracturing Review. Panellists were ...

Is fracking ban unconstitutional? by Euroweeklynews, February 4, 2014 A Ban on the controversial gas extraction technique known as fracking is to be challenged in Spain’s Constitutional Court. The central government had decided to ask the court to decide on the legality of the ban brought in by the region of Cantabria. The government claims it ...

The gov’t we deserve by Paul Dubé, September 22, 2012, The Edmonton Journal The recent spy fiasco at the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board and the government’s cavalier attitude towards it (Energy Minister Mel Knight declares he “has no mandate … to start cleaning house”) bear witness to that fact.

Study finds industry underreporting of oilsands pollutants by Andrew Nikiforuk, February 3, 2014, The Tyee.ca A new study has found that certain types of chemical pollutants emitted by Canada’s oilsands tailing ponds have gone underreported for years. Using a computer simulation model, two University of Toronto scientists also found the pollutants in question are blowing off mine sites or evaporating ...

Judge: Pair convicted in oil drilling scam must forfeit $33 million in cash, cars, property by Brett Barrouquere, February 4, 2014 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Two men convicted in an oil-and-gas drilling scheme in which investors lost millions of dollars have been ordered to forfeit $33 million in cash, cars and property. The decision by U.S. District ...

Insurers could demand info on fracking sites by Kate McCann, February 4, 2014, city am INSURERS could begin requesting information from homeowners about their proximity to fracking exploration sites if it looks likely that the process could cause damage to property. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said the industry is monitoring fracking exploration and data ...

Ex-BP oil disaster and fracking executive to lead big government projects, Government appoints John Manzoni as head of Major Projects Authority, which oversees HS2 and nuclear programme by Rowena Mason, February 3, 2014, The Guarian A former oil executive criticised for his role in the BP refinery explosion, and whose last company was fined over 50 ...

Swarms of Earthquakes Shake Up Shale Gas Fields, Do tremors plaguing industry in Texas, Holland, and beyond offer a glimpse of BC’s future? by Andrew Nikiforuk, January 31, 2014, TheTyee.ca House damage in central Oklahoma from the magnitude 5.6 earthquake in 2011. Research conducted by U.S. Geological Survey geophysicists suggests it was induced by injection into deep disposal wells ...

Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst February 3, 2014, CFAC 1070 Ian asks Jessica for an update on her legal case and if she thinks her case will ever be allowed to get to trial. Jessica discusses her completed Appeal Factum against ERCB, now AER, to be filed this week in Alberta Court of Appeal, and Chief Justice Wittmann ...

3 oil field workers die in collision with school bus by Pamela King, February 3, 2014, E&E News Three Eagle Ford Shale workers died Thursday morning after their van collided with a school bus. Following a 24-hour shift in the oil field, seven workers were traveling home when their vehicle struck the back of a school ...

New study details methane’s complexity in Northern Tier geology by Laura Legere, February 1, 2014, State Impact PNR Rural homeowners with sputtering faucets know that methane sometimes seeps into Pennsylvania groundwater naturally. Other times, the gas finds a path to drinking water supplies through flawed natural gas wells. Telling the natural condition from the man-made one ...

Satellite data sound alarm on safety of bitumen extraction by Jason Fekete, PostMedia News, February 3, 2014, Calgary Herald Satellite imagery used by the federal government to review a major bitumen leak last year in Alberta has found the project’s steam-based extraction caused “measurable levels of ground deformation in the area of the leak” at a ...

Julie Weatherington-Rice, PhD Soil Science, Drilling Radioactive Waste Alert Public Forum November 12, 2013 by RadioactiveWasteAlert.org Upcoming paper to be published at: Ohio Journal of Science (Ohio Academy of Science) [Refer also to: What to do with all the oil field dregs, some of it radioactive, some of it toxic, and there’s more and more of it Dangerous levels of radioactivity ...

French govt ‘clean fracking’ idea is ‘backdoor bid’ for public support by Anne-Diandra Louarn, February 1, 2014, France24 French Minister for Industrial Renewal Arnaud Montebourg wants to re-open the fracking debate in France, where the controversial method for extracting shale gas remains outlawed for environmental reasons. According to weekly newspaper Le Canard Enchainé this week, Montebourg ...

Yukon missing essential groundwater information: hydrologist, The Yukon needs a better understanding of its groundwater system before the government gives hydraulic fracturing a green light by Ainslie Cruickshank, January 31, 2014, Whitehorse Star The Yukon legislative select committee tasked with studying hydraulic fracturing opened two days of hearings this morning. The committee is being chaired by ...

Refer also to! 2019: Teck reportedly rakes in $12 Billion in revenue 2017-2018; Teck, Suncor, CNRL take top spots in annual ranking of mining company revenues Teck Resources confirms chemical spill into Columbia River in B.C. by The Canadian Press, February 1, 2014, The Globe and Mail Teck Resources is confirming that its smelter in Trail has ...

WATCH: Freedom Industries Has Another Spill by Bob Aaron, Heath Harrison, January 31, 2014, WCHS-TV, EYEWITNESS NEWS ONLINE Another spill has been reported at Freedom Industries facility near Charleston. An excavator ripped into a pipe containing water and crude MCHM Thursday night. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection said the material spilled into a cutoff trench and did not reach ...

Canadian National Farmers Union warns against fracking January 31, 2014, National Farmers Union in Fracking, Shale Gas and Health The following article on the dangers of extracting oil or gas through fracking was published in April 2013 by the National Farmers Union. There are shale gas or coal bed methane formations in northern BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Nova ...

A Report on the Harris Center’s “Facts about Fracking” by Conor Curtis, January 31, 2014, 4 O’clock Whistle “Memorial Presents: The Facts About Fracking,” a public forum at the Greenwood Inn organized by the Harris Center in co-operation with the Environmental Policy Institute (EPI) on the 30th of July, was billed as a chance to hear ...

Offshore Fracking Injuries by Jeffrey Raizner and Doyle Raizner, LLP, September 13, 2013 Although offshore hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may be receiving less exposure and scrutiny than its land counterpart – the California Coastal Commission was not even aware that fracking occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel until recently – offshore fracking is just as dangerous, ...

Peace River hearings test new oilpatch enforcer by Sheila Pratt, January 31, 2014, Edmonton Journal In a slightly drafty conference room just off main street, far from oil company office towers, hearing commissioner Brad McManus and three panellists face the first big test of Alberta’s new oilpatch enforcer. For eight days in late January, the panel ...

Canada’s spy agency faces tough questioning over snooping, CSEC accused of digitally tracked Canadians through free Wi-Fi zones by Jordan Press, PostMedia News, January 31, 2014, Calgary Herald Canada’s super-secret cyberspy agency will be on the hot seat Monday, expected to face tough questioning from the Senate’s defence committee after revelations it allegedly spied and digitally ...

Showering in Formaldehyde? Fresh Fears in West Virginia, Scientist says there’s ‘a lot more we don’t know’ about the safety of West Virginia water by  Lauren McCauley, January 29, 2014, Common Dreams “What we know scares us, and we know there’s a lot more we don’t know,” a West Virginia environmental scientist said Wednesday after revealing ...

POETIC JUSTICE Minority Interests by John Allemang, May 20, 2006, The Globe and Mail News item: Commons committee rejects former oil-and-gas executive Gwyn Morgan for a federal position after questioning remarks he made about violence among Jamaican and Asian immigrants. Forgive our best-loved CEO Whose best-laid plans were soon laid low By MPs who smelled some disgrace In his home truths on crime and race. Gwyn ...

Federal judge excuses Shell’s pollution of Illinois town with chemical benzene by L. J. Devon, January 28, 2014, Natural News Roxana, a village of 1,550 people in southern Illinois, now sits on many acres of benzene-contaminated soil, including toxic groundwater that contains benzene levels 26,000 times greater than allowed by state law. Thanks to multiple chemical ...

Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in Rural Colorado by Lisa M. McKenzie, Ruixin Guo, Roxana Z. Witter, David A. Savitz, Lee S. Newman, and John L. Adgate, Received February 27, 2013, Accepted and Advance Publication January 28, 2014, Environmental Health Perspectives; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1306722 Abstract Background: Birth defects are a leading cause of neonatal ...

Live Streamed: NL: Memorial University to host public forum on fracking by The Western Star, TC Media, January 28, 2014 The forum will focus on how fracking works and its effects, the risks and mitigating factors that might make it safer for humans and the environment. – People in the Corner Brook area will have ...

More drilling wells? by Caroline Zentner, January 28, 2014, Lethbridge Herald On the heels of Friday’s report by No Drilling Lethbridge about the size of Goldenkey Oil’s mineral leases, Lethbridge NDP spokeswoman Shannon Phillips wonders what MLA Greg Weadick knew about it. Goldenkey Oil’s mineral interests encompass an area of roughly 23 square kilometres in the ...

Over 200 Groups Call on President Obama to Re-Open Investigations into Connection Between Fracking and Water Contamination in Parker County, Texas, Duke University Water Tests Show Water Contamination Linked to Drilling and Fracking Persists by Americans Against Fracking, January 28, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 27, 2014 – Pressure on the Obama administration to take decisive ...

‘Black Spots’ drilling protests planned by Garrett Simmons, January 28, 2014, Lethbridge Herald When it comes to oil drilling, black is the colour of money. For a group of Lethbridge protestors, however, the dark shade is nothing but a black mark in terms of Goldenkey Oil Ltd.’s plans to drill exploratory wells inside city limits on ...

‘This is about money’ by Dave Mabell, January 28, 2014, Lethbridge Herald There’s no reason the Alberta government should even consider allowing oil or gas drilling in urban areas. Its negative health and environmental impacts are well-documented, Dr. David Swann said here Monday. Health critic for the Alberta Liberals, Swann cited long-term effects as well as ...

University of Alberta looks for oil and gas expertise for board of governors by Sheila Pratt, September 16, 2013, Edmonton Journal The University of Alberta is looking for people with expertise in the oil and gas industry to fill positions on the board of governors this fall. Board chair Doug Goss downplayed the advertisement, which contains ...

Canada’s fractured view of fracking by Charlotte Santry, January 27, 2014, Canadian Lawyer Magazine As Canada’s largest natural gas producer defends itself in court against allegations linked to its fracking operations, several provinces are expressing increasing unease with the practice and, in some cases, banning it. Concerns over fracking — the practice of injecting rocks with pressurized ...

MLA David Swann Speaks Out About Dangers Of Proposed Drilling Project by Tristan Tuckett, January 27, 2014, Country 95 News MLA David Swann is in town for a discussion on the dangers of drilling for oil and gas in an urban setting. The former Liberal leader says one concern is that there’s lots of evidence that ...

Proposed fracking fluid plant raises safety concerns among residents, Company’s Louisiana plant destroyed by explosion and fire in 2011 by Mark Harvey, Lisa Mathews, January 27, 2014, CBC News Residents of a rural neighbourhood in Leduc County are worried a proposed chemical plant will lower their property values and present a health and safety risk. Multi ...

Hydraulic Fracking Challenged by Jan Rose, December 28, 2013, Green Action News ROSEBUD, ALBERTA – What started as a multi-million lawsuit against an Alberta energy producer following hydraulic fracturing has the potential to work its way to the Supreme Court of Canada on constitutional grounds. Jessica Ernst, 56, is appealing Alberta Chief Justice Neil Wittman’s court decision ...

what you wish you didn’t have to know about FRACKING by Judith Cockman, December 17, 2013, judithfire For every link I’ve supplied, there are a dozen more I could have included. I encourage you to just read through the article, and if you have a longing for proof, go back to the explorations. Then keep digging – it’s endless. … p.s. When I ...

Oil well erupts near Wellington *Update* by Terry Willis, January 25, 2014, etv10news.com A  DEQ report states  that 500 gallons of crude oil was released to surrounding soils due to a pressure blowout at the well site. Cleanup is underway to remove impacted gravels for removal. Action is about 80 percent complete. … At approximated 10 ...

Barton Moss fracking protest – in tweets by Channel4, January 26, 2014 Hundreds of protesters gather in Barton Moss, Greater Manchester to voice their anger over plans for fracking in the area. Channel 4 News charts the protest in tweets. The protest, organised by Frack Free Greater Manchester, has seen hundreds of protesters from across the ...

EPA Defends Three Fracking Investigations, Will Work With States to Prevent Pollution by Alan Kovski, January 24, 2014, Bloomberg The Environmental Protection Agency is working with states and will continue to do so to prevent or investigate groundwater contamination from shale gas drilling, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told a prominent environmental advocate. McCarthy in a letter ...

United States: Fracking Trade Secret Rules: A Tug Of War Without Winners by Elizabeth A. Howard and Derek F. Knerr, October 29, 2013, Mondaq Trade Secrets Watch prepared a state-by-state chart  that highlights the key provisions of the states currently requiring disclosure. … Not only does California now require disclosure of “each and every” chemical used, including ...

Local doctor talks of ‘catastrophic’ CSG health impact by Andy Parks, November 21, 2013, Northern Star After an extensive examination of the worldwide literature available on the health impact of unconventional gas mining, local clinical psychologist Dr Wayne Sommerville has concluded that there is a “high likelihood of catastrophic health impact from operating gas fields in ...

In Canada, a Stern Critique of University-Industry Collaborations by newscience.org, November 25, 2013 All together now. Universities that get involved in applied research partnerships with industry, such as companies that extract oil from mines like this one in Alberta, need to make sure agreements protect academic freedom, a new report argues. Canadian universities aren’t doing enough ...

Manufacturing Consent by David Broadland, November 2013, Focus Online Victoria’s Magazine of People, Ideas and Culture “Between 2005 and the 2013 election, EnCana Corporation made 52 contributions to the BC Liberal Party totalling $791,270. … The company is second only to mining giant Teck in the amount of money it gives to the Liberals. EnCana isn’t ...

Grapes of wrath as vineyards resist fracking by Sarah Martin, January 27, 2014, The Australian One of the nation’s most prestigious wine regions – the Coonawarra, on South Australia’s Limestone Coast – has emerged as the latest battleground in the conflict between mining interests and agriculturalists. The area’s shale gas deposits are being targeted by the ...

Are exploratory wells tip of iceberg? by Caroline Zentner, January 24, 2014, Lethbridge Herald Volunteers with No Drilling Lethbridge say Goldenkey Oil’s mineral lease covers far more land than the company has ever let on. They delved into information available on the Alberta Energy website and learned Goldenkey’s lease includes 23 square kilometres within city limits, ...

Pipelines can throw wrench into city planning by Dave Mabell, January 25, 2014, Lethbridge Herald More than 100 years ago, noting their rival city’s success, Lethbridge city officials approved plans to drill for gas in and around their coal-mining town. But little was found, the city’s planning director points out. So Lethbridge never developed a natural ...

Texas Town Sues over Earthquakes caused by Fracking by opednews, January 24, 2014 Dozens of residents from a rural Texas community traveled to the state capital on Tuesday to demand that regulators act immediately to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, amidst allegations that it is to blame for a spate of recent earthquakes. The Azle, TX ...

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FMC) wants ‘polluter pay’ system by The Canadian Press, January 22, 2014, Red Deer Advocate Municipal leaders emerged from a meeting with Transport Minister Lisa Raitt on Wednesday determined to see railways, shippers and producers of dangerous goods assume full liability for accidents and spills. Ensuring rail companies are properly insured for even ...

Chipewyan chief vows fight will continue until treaty issues in oilsands area are resolved, This country will never be the same again’ by Marty Klinkenberg, January 24, 2014, Edmonton Journal Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam on Friday promised the Alberta band will continue to wage a fierce battle over its treaty rights in the oilsands. ...

Spain To Fight Province’s Fracking Ban In Court by Igor Kossov, January 24, 2014, Law360 The government of Spain will challenge the provincial government of Cantabria’s ban on hydraulic fracturing in that region, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s cabinet said Friday. In December, Spain made changes to its environmental rules, speeding up the project review process and specifically addressing shale ...

Fracking dialogue is needed by Don Roberts, January 24, 2014, Whitehorse Star “Clearly the public isn’t included in this conversation.” [Refer also to: Fracking through the back door? Will “The Facts About Fracking, An Engineering Perspective” presents facts or industry propaganda? Fracking presentations in the Yukon by MGM Energy Corp and CAPP included misleading statements; Yukon Select Frac Committee ...

Breaking ground on a state-of-the-art water treatment facility in Wyoming’s Moneta Divide by Encana on Encana’s webite, story accessed and screen snap taken on January 25, 2014 Encana held a special groundbreaking ceremony on November 6 to mark the initial construction of a world-class Neptune Water Treatment Facility in Wyoming’s Moneta Divide. When completed in mid-2014, the ...