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Government Study Shows Evidence Of Fracking Contaminating Groundwater by Rob Wile, September 27, 2012, Business Insider The EPA has confirmed a new USGS report published today supports an earlier study that groundwater near a Wyoming town may contain chemicals associated with fracking. … EPA representative Alisha Johnson said the new findings are consistent with results that ...

Proprietary Fluid Leaks Into Pine Creek by Morgan Myers, Seeking truth about the consequences of shale gas development RDA e-Newsletter September 2012 v.4 WATERVILLE, PA – A Minuteman Environmental Services truck released 3,600 gallons of HydroRecovery LP’s “Hydraulic Stimulation Fluid” into Pine Creek after crashing into a cliff along Route 44 yesterday afternoon. Firefighters placed booms in ...

Toxicological & Chemical Review, Exploration and Exploitation of Shale gas and Shale Oil (Parent Rock Hydrocarbon) by Fracking (New Edition, September 2012) by André Picot, Honorary Research Director C.N.R.S. (C.N.R.S : French National Scientific Search Center), Honorary French expert from the European Union, Specialist of Chemicals products in Workplace, Président of Toxicology-Chemistry Association (Paris) with Joelle ...

Fracking debate continues in Ohio by Bob Downing, Saturday, September 1, 2012, Akron Beacon Journal AKRON, Ohio — A new grass-roots movement across Ohio aims to convince lawmakers to once again allow local governments to decide whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and oil in their communities. The new effort is being coordinated by ...

Groups seek funding for drilling health impact studies by Kevin Begos, September 1, 2012, The Associated Press Geisinger Health Systems of Danville and Guthrie Health of Sayre are in the planning stages of examining how people might be affected by gas drilling activity. Geisinger spokeswoman Marcy Marshall said the company has received $100,000 from a local ...

The Fracking of Rachel Carson, Silent Spring’s lost legacy, told in fifty parts by Sandra Steingraber, September/October 2012 issue, Orion magazine 8. High-volume, slickwater, horizontal hydrofracking would be considered a crime if the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, which regulates underground chemical injections, pertained. … 11. You can think of fracking as a hostage exchange program. ...

Wyoming DEQ cites Cheyenne business for illegal oil dumping by The Associated Press, September 1, 2012 A Cheyenne company was cited for violating state water quality rules. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality cited Badger Daylighting for dumping crude oil onto private property. DEQ emergency response coordinator Joe Hunter said a manager at the company ordered ...

The sound and the fury: Gas flare wears on Shafter-area residents by John Cox, September 1, 2012, The Californian Walt Desatoff tries to keep a good attitude about the 50-foot-high natural gas flare that roars day and night across the street from his home north of Shafter. His family owns stock in the oil company that operates ...

Canada: New Canadian Environmental Assessment: A Rose By Any Other Name? by Dianne Saxe, August 31, 2012, Mondaq Officially, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, has abolished most federal environmental assessment screenings, but the practical effect is less than it appears. … The savage cuts to federal environmental staff make the new process twice as hard ...

Chesapeake Squeezes Landowners On Costs Amid Cash Crunch by Bradley Olson and Margaret Cronin Fisk, August 31, 2012, Bloomberg Donna Thornton made sure to include a no-cost provision in her contract with Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) that let the driller harvest natural gas beneath 2.5 acres of her property inLouisiana. Thinking she had excluded production and ...

The Celebrity Campaign Against Fracking How Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Rallied an Outcry, Yoko Ono, her son Sean Lennon, and more than 180 other artists have come together to lend their star power to the anti-fracking cause by Olivia B. Waxman, August 31, 2012, Time Magazine Earlier this week, they announced the formation of Artists Against ...

New Influential Anti-Hydraulic Fracking Movement Could Be Big Boost for CHMR’s New Non-Hydraulic Extraction by Marketwire, August 31, 2012 Cornell Engineering Professor Anthony Ingraffea, who appeared at the Artists Against Fracking conference, said industry data show one out of 20 wells leak. “No matter what the industry tells you, their own data … proves conclusively to ...

Wabanaki People Invite Solidarity in the Face of Threats to Their Land and Water, Long-standing alliance of Eastern indigenous peoples asks non-natives to join them by Tracy Glynn, August 31, 2012, Halifax Media Coop Alma Brooks, a familiar face in the movement against shale gas, wants non-natives to join the Wabanaki Confederacy Conference at the riverfront ...

WV DEP Monitoring Drilling Fluid in Dunkard Creek by Kim Freda, August 31, 2012, wboy.com The Department of Environmental Protection is monitoring a drilling lubricant leak into Dunkard Creek that happened Thursday evening near Blacksville. M3 Appalachia Gas Gathering System was installing a gas transmission pipeline when drilling fluid seeped into the creek, according to Tom ...

State Considering Studying Health Impacts of Fracking by Mireya Navaroo, August 31, 2012, The New York Times Late in its review process, New York state regulators are now considering an examination of the potential public health effects of hydraulic fracturing as part of its review of the controversial natural gas drilling process. What this means to ...

Ewart Author challenges conventional thinking about our resources by Stephen Ewart, August 31, 2012, Calgary Herald Andrew Nikiforuk may be the most-loathed man in the Canadian oilpatch. The award-winning environmentalist author cannot be easily dismissed – a problem for his critics – and his latest book, The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude, should ...

Calgary author Andrew Nikiforuk trains pen on Energy of Slaves by Eric Volmers, August 31, 2012, Calgary Herald Perhaps it’s because Andrew Nikiforuk has spent so much of his time addressing controversial issues — whether it be “eco-terrorist” Wiebo Ludwig, Alberta as a “Petro state”, or how Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s evangelical leanings affect his environmental ...

Potential for ‘fracking’ near Moab raises drinking water concerns, BLM to auction leases for energy exploration near the Moab Valley by Christopher Smart, August 30, 2012, The Salt Lake Tribune “We must insist on knowing the contents of all fluids used in the process, as well as requiring the highest standards and best practices to protect ...

New Brunswick measures air quality before shale gas exploration, Wants to set baseline, says environment minister by CBC News, August 30, 2012 New Brunswick’s Department of Environment has begun monitoring air quality in Sussex to create a baseline before any possible shale gas developments in the area. It’s a proactive step, said Environment Minister Bruce Fitch. The ...

Seismicity: natural gas producers take steps to ensure continued safe hydraulic fracturing operations Press Release by Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers , August 30, 2012 Canada’s natural gas producers today indicated support of the BC Oil and Gas Commission’s investigation into induced seismicity in the Horn River Basin, including its findings and recommendations for additional seismic ...

San Bruno Pipeline Explosion: Court Mistakenly Posts Secret Settlement by Associated Press, August 30, 2012, Huffingtonpost.com REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. agreed to pay more than $2 million to a teenager burned in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes, according to secret ...

Fracking and academic freedom II, Some professors shielded from oil/gas attacks, thanks to tenure by Jefferson Dodge, August 30, 2012, Boulder Weekly While certain faculty members around the country have felt the heat from the oil and gas industry for raising questions about the possible health impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” not all have been ...

Producer admits fracking causes “very small earthquakes” by Dan Healing, August 30, 2012, Calgary Herald Calgary-based Questerre Energy Corp., which has been prevented from developing its promising Utica shale gas resources by a ban on hydraulic fracturing in Quebec, takes an unflinching look at the relationship between earthquakes and ”fracking” in a new fact sheet. “Media ...

Frack this, time to review, NDP calls for a deeper look at fracking in Alberta by Suzy Thompson in News, August 30, 2012, Fast Forward The Alberta NDP has renewed its call for a scientific review of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology. NDP environment critic Rachel Notley says an independent, science-based review is necessary because uncertainty about ...

Putting environment at risk by Trevor Richie, August 29, 2012, The Record Politics, they say, is the science of the possible triumphing over the power of ideology and optimism. When one looks at the policy the B.C. NDP has created in regards to fracking, one has to assume that this was what the saying meant. … ...

Shale gas drilling poses risk to public: French health group by Robin Sayles, August 29, 2012, Platts Shale gas drilling poses risks to human health, French environmental health association ASEF said in a statement Tuesday. ASEF, which is comprised of 2,500 medical doctors, highlighted the use of numerous “toxic” chemicals which are pumped deep underground in ...

France to Keep Shale Ban Until Fracking Alternative Emerges by Tara Patel, August 29, 2012, Bloomberg News, Business Week France isn’t prepared to tap its shale energy resources until “clean technologies” are invented to replace hydraulic fracturing, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said. The technique known as fracking causes “irreversible pollution” in some cases, the minister was cited as ...

No Rest for Retirees: Fractivism Becomes a Full-Time Job by Susan Phillips, August 29, 2012, State Impact NPR “I’m mind­ing my own busi­ness at home,” says Rick. “And this car comes, cou­ple guys get out. we’re here to test your water because they’re going to drill a dis­posal well on the other side of ...

Report warns of water damage due to oilsands, Oilsands industry could have affected tables by Karen Kleiss, August 29, 2012, Edmonton Journal The Cumulative Environmental Management Association released a 37-page report Tuesday that explains groundwater in the region, and warns that lower water levels and poor quality could have “farreaching consequences.” “The cumulative effects of mining and ...

Yoko Ono, son Sean Lennon announce anti-fracking coalition of artists in New York by Bebeto Matthews, Associated Press, August 29, 2012, Washington Post Ono and Lennon are calling on the governor to ban drilling in New York, which they said can cause gas wells to leak harmful methane into water supplies.

Yoko Ono’s Anti-Fracking Coalition Includes Lady Gaga And…Paul McCartney? by Alex Katz, August 29, 2012, Huffingtonpost.com Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, on Wednesday launched a coalition of artists, musicians and filmmakers who oppose hydraulic fracturing in New York state. The formation of the group Artists Against Fracking was announced at a news conference in Manhattan ...

States Fail to Enforce Their Own Oil, Gas Rules by News Editor, September 29, 2012,  Environment News Service WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2012 (ENS) – Janet McIntyre suffers from the blood cancer leukemia, and she has experienced seizures and renal failure since gas wells were drilled near her home in Connoquenessing Township, western Pennsylvania. McIntyre says she ...

Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Unite Artists Against Fracking in New York, Musicians urge Governor Cuomo not to reverse the state ban on hyraulic fracturing Patrick Flanary, August 29, 2012, Rolling Stone Magazine Ono and Lennon, who founded Artists Against Fracking in July, gathered the coalition on Wednesday at New York’s Paley Center for Media and ...

Company says no fracking for oil natural gas in Oakland County by Joseph Szczesny, August, 28, 2012, The Daily Tribune The northern Michigan company prospecting for oil and gas in the middle of Oakland County does not plan to use the water-intensive practice of “fracking” if the exploratory wells it is drilling are successful. Ben Brower, ...

Fracking ban committee sets sights on 2014 general election by Sean Dalton, August 28, 2012, The News-Herald Unable to meet the petition deadline to have a fracking ban constitutional amendment placed on the Nov. 6 ballot this year, the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan is now collecting petition signatures through to Nov. 6 of this year. ...

Environmental Defense Fund: Stop Your Sell-Out to the Gas Industry by Wenonah Hauter, August 28, 2012, Huffingtonpost.com I have news for the Environmental Defense Fund: the fracking activist community is shocked that you received $6 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies to advocate for fracking regulations. And we aren’t going to stand for it. EDF says that they’ll be ...

Destroying Precious Land to Drill for Gas by Sean Lennon, August 28, 2012, The New York Times A few months ago I was asked by a neighbor near our farm to attend a town meeting at the local high school. Some gas companies at the meeting were trying very hard to sell us on a plan to ...

Sean Lennon Protests Fracking in NY Times OpEd by Jordan Zakarin, August 28, 2012, Hollyood Reporter Citing a mix of chemical and geographic studies — methane from the wells leaks out significantly, causing more damage than carbon dioxide, he says — Lennon makes his case with science and celebrity. He is one of many New York-based celebrities ...

More Than Three Months Later, Methane Gas Is Still Leaking In Bradford County by Scott Detrow, August 28, 2012, NPR State Impact Ear­lier this month, Mike and Nancy Leighton received a cer­ti­fied let­ter from Pennsylvania’s Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Protection. The Leightons are the Leroy Town­ship, Brad­ford County cou­ple who have been deal­ing with methane gas leak­ing into ...

The Natural Gas ‘Ponzi Scheme’ by seeking alpha, August 28, 2012 From “Ponzi Scheme” to Huge Writedowns Around the same time, Arthur Berman issued an eye opening report on the overly optimistic estimates that the natural gas industry is using for shale gas reserves. According to Berman: Type curves that are commonly used to support strong hyperbolic flattening ...

Emerald Lakes well contamination still a mystery by Howard Frank, August 28, 2012, Pocono Record DEP representatives saw a petroleum-based substance in the water and began an investigation. The agency took samples from her and four neighboring wells on July 2. But testing of neighbors’ samples came back negative — meaning the contamination isn’t coming from ...

MVC councillors request well drilling information by Dan Singleton, August 28, 2012, Mountain View Gazette Mountain View councillors have passed a motion directing administration to provide an update on what fees the county is receiving for oil and gas drilling in the county. “It would be great to have that information and the sooner the better ...

Wyoming lawmakers eye help for natural gas vehicles by Adam Voge, August 28, 2012, Star-Tribune Among the possibilities proposed by Dill and representatives for Encana and the Wyoming Petroleum Marketers’ Association was allocating $5 million from the state’s challenge loan program to be used in CNG vehicle and filling station development. … However, a bill introduced ...

Methane Making An Appearance In Pa Water Supplies by Scott Detrow, August 28, 2012, NPR State Impact Audio, from Morning Edition Mike and Nancy Leighton’s problems began on May 19, just as Mike was settling in to watch the Preakness Stakes. A neighbor in Leroy Township, Pa., called Mike and told him to check the water ...

Long fight over fracking still divides Pa. town by Andrew Maykuth, August 27, 2012, Inquirer Staff Writer More than three years after residents in this Susquehanna County town complained that Marcellus Shale natural gas development polluted their private water wells, the lawsuits are getting settled, the activists are going away, and gas drilling is set to ...

Emotions run high in gas drilling debate by Rick Stilson, August 27, 2012, Times Shamrock This week news came that Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation has been cleared to resume drilling at existing wells in Dimock, having addressed the problem.

Fox’s fracking propaganda doesn’t compare to reality by Abby W. Schachter, August 27, 2012, New York Post The most infamous case of supposed water contamination from hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) happened three years ago in a tiny hamlet called Dimock, Pennsylvania and if you want to know how ugly and sordid the whole affair got, just ...

French PM: Shale gas future not settled, The question of tapping of shale gas reserves in France — where hydraulic fracturing is banned — is not yet resolved, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says by United Press International, August 27, 2012 France last year became the first country to outlaw the use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” ...

Doctors fight “gag orders” over fracking chemicals, A physician’s lawsuit over a Pennsylvania statute concerning chemicals used in natural gas drilling is the latest battle involving industrial disclosure laws by Alicia Gallegos, August 27, 2012, American Medical News When several unrelated patients visited McMurray, Pa.-based plastic surgeon Amy Paré, MD, she initially was unsure what to make of ...

Alberta residents raise oil spill cleanup concerns by CBC News, August 27, 2012 Landowners near Sundre, Alta., say they are being kept in the dark by the oil company responsible for cleaning up a spill on their property. Gord Johnston says while he’s pleased Plains Midstream Canada is cleaning up the 3,000 barrels of light sour ...

Fight Over Fracking and Flaming Water in Parker County Hits Snag in Appeals Court by Brantley Hargrove, August 27 2012 A Parker County man who can ignite a 2-foot flame with gas siphoned from his well water won’t get relief in a state appeals court under a law intended to stifle abusive litigation. Steve Lipsky says ...

Landowners Sue Gas Company Over Frack Fluid by Arkansas Business Staff, August 27, 2012 What happens when millions of gallons of fracking fluid are seeping into your property? A lawsuit, of course. A suit has recently been filed in the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of Robbie and Gwenna Hill and Joseph and Catherine Smith ...

Keepers of the Athabasca Press Release on LARP Press Release by Keepers of the Athabasca, August 27, 2012 The Government of Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP), which comes into effect on September 1, will allow the current irresponsible development of the oil sands to continue into the foreseeable future, according to the Keepers of the Athabasca ...

NEW SOUTH JOURNALISM: Fracking Investigation by J. Malcolm Garcia, August 27, 2012, Oxford American The bloody business of fracking in Arkansas. … “The industry says goes down and comes back up through pipes and is fine,” says Daniel Botkin, ecologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “In fact, stuff comes out and ...

Encana grant supports rural stories project by the Star-Tribune staff, August 26, 2012 Encana Oil and Gas Inc. recently gave $23,630 to the Wyoming Stock Growers Association fund a continuation of the RealRanchers.com initiative. RealRanchers.com shares rural Wyoming stories through social media, including a blog atwww.realranchers.com, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The additional funding from Encana will ...

Faculty Question SUNY-Buffalo About Fracking Institute by Jim Efstathiou Jr., August 26, 2012, Bloomberg State University of New York at Buffalo faculty are seeking more information on industry ties to an institute created to study fracking for natural gas. A group of 83 professors and staff have requested documents on the founding and funding of the ...

Officials to sinkhole evacuees Go home report new cracks sinking by Deborah Dupre, August 26, 2012, examiner After a U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyaircraft made aerial passes over Louisiana’s sinkhole and the Bayou Corne/ Grand Bayou area seeking natural gas leak plumes Saturday, and drilling recommenced into the failing salt dome, as south Louisiana residents brace for ...

Strictly Business Fracking issue divides communities near and far by G. Jeffrey Aaron, August 25, 2012, Star-Gazette Despite the economic boost, the drilling deeply divided the community. On one side were those who saw dollars. On the other side were those who felt the environment was being damaged. If the scenario sounds familiar, it should. But it’s ...

N.W.T. politicians keeping eye on ripple effects of shale oil development by Lauren Krugel, August 25, 2012, The Canadian Press If an emerging oil deposit in the Northwest Territories winds up being as massive as many expect it to be, a local politician says it’s going to take a lot of planning to make sure government ...

‘Promised Land’ to get Oscar-qualifying release by Pittsburgh Business Times, August 24, 2012 Focus Features will open the film in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 28 before expanding its release in January. Filmed in Apollo and other areas around western Pennsylvania, the movie was co-written by its stars, Matt Damon and John Krasinski, and ...

Fracking Bills Fail in California Legislature by Lauren Sommer, August 24, 2012, KQED State lawmakers have one more week to vote on bills this legislative session, but one issue they won’t be talking about is hydraulic fracturing. Efforts to regulate the controversial drilling technique failed. AB 972 would have banned hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – until the ...

Farmers praise Vic for banning fracking by NewsNineMSM, August 24, 2012 Farmers and environmentalists are united behind Victoria’s temporary ban on new coal seam gas exploration but are still pushing for further protections. The state’s ban, announced on Friday, will cover all new licences and approvals to use fracking until completion of a national plan for ...

Water Polluted From Fracking Divides Wyoming After EPA’s Finding by Mark Drajem, Edited by Jon Morgan and David Ellis, August 24, 2012, Bloomberg Louis Meeks held a mason jar under his laundry-room faucet, filling it with the cloudy liquid that flows from his backyard well. It smelled like diesel fumes. “Would you want to drink it?” ...

Evidence of Fracking Risks Grow in Texas and Other States, Scientists and the government do not yet know the full extent of the hazards of hydro fracking, but increasing evidence suggests that fracking is not as safe as was once thought Press Release by OIl and Gas Injury Lawyers, August 24, 2012, Ditgital Journal The testing ...

Encana donates $62,000 to NEAT by Energetic City, August 24, 2012 After a day teaching the community about water, the Northern Environmental Action Team was presented with a cheque for $62,000 from Encana Corporation. The donation took place Saturday, August 18, at the “It’s NEAT Wave” event at Rotary Park in Dawson Creek, part of the ...

Government imposes fracking moratorium by ABC News, August 24, 2012 The State Government has announced a ban on any further approvals on fracking in new coal seam gas exploration wells. Fracking uses high pressure gas to fracture coals and rock seams deep underground to release natural gas. There is no coal seam gas production in Victoria at ...

Australia’s Victoria state bans coal seam gas “fracking” by Rebekah Kebede, August 24, 2012, Reuters Australia’s southeastern state of Victoria on Friday put a hold on hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to produce hard-to-reach gas deposits, and a halt on new coal seam gas exploration licenses. The moratorium would remain until a national regulatory framework for regulating ...

Range Wins Appeal In Suit Against Texas Landowners by Tom Korosec, August 24, 2012, Bloomberg Range Resources Corp. (RRC)’s lawsuit against Texas landowners who accused it of contaminating their water by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can’t be halted under a state law that bans litigation meant to stifle public protest, an appeals court said. The landowners, ...

Energy In Depth Makes Massive Mistakes by Deborah Rogers, August 24, 2012, Energy Policy Forum Energy in Depth (EID), a site funded by the Oil and Gas industry, published a series of articles written by Dr. Scott Cline in an effort to discredit my presentations on shale gas economics. I found EID’s articles perplexing. Perplexing because ...

Hein signs ban on use of fracking wastewater by Midhudson News, August 24, 2012 Roads maintained by Ulster County will not be treated with brine used from fracking wastewater. County Executive Michael Hein signed legislation Thursday at the county highway garage in New Paltz banning the brine from being used on county roads. The byproduct of ...

Abandoned CSG (Coalbed Methane) wells ‘time bombs’ by Troy Rowling, August 23, 2012, Queensland Country Life A SLOW-burning fire in an abandoned coal exploration well west of Dalby has raised serious concerns potentially thousands of similar abandoned test holes littering western Queensland could become “ticking time bombs” as coal seam gas production increases. Minister for Natural ...

Bulk water policy under review by Erika Stark, August 23, 2012, Cochrane Times Within the last year, much attention has been focused on Cochrane’s bulk water sales after it was announced that the town was selling some of its bulk water to oil and gas companies for fracking. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is used by oil ...

Canadian Medial Association calls for shale gas health checks: Doctors want access to govt and industry data on potential health effects by Adam Huras, August 22, 2012, Moncton Times and Transcript FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government’s health report on shale gas needs to include a plan to continually monitor the potential health effects ...

Alberta farmer to be compensated for oily water spill, The clean-up is underway after thousands of litres spilled into a canola field east of Red Deer, Alberta by The Canadian Press, August 23, 2012, CTV News An Alberta energy company plans to fully compensate the farmer who owns a canola field where thousands of litres of ...

Leaking pipeline soaks field by Lana Michelin, August 23, 2012, Red Deer Advocate Another environmental cleanup is underway in Central Alberta after nearly 2,000 barrels of mostly contaminated water from a leaking pipeline soaked a canola field east of Red Deer. The Energy Resources Conservation Board revealed on Wednesday that it’s investigating the latest pipeline break after ...

Penn West cleaning up pipeline leak east of Red Deer by Sarah O’Donnell, August 23, 2012, Edmonton Journal Up to 300,000 litres of water previously used in an oil well spilled from the line, according to estimates by Penn West Exploration, the Calgary-based company that owns the line. … The Energy Resources Conservation Board, which regulates Alberta’s ...

Texas family vows to fight on after court rules for TransCanada by Ramit Plushnick-Masti, The Associated Press, August 23, 2021, Globe and Mail The ruling came down in a brief, late-night e-mail, 15 words that slammed the years-long effort of a Texas landowner to prevent TransCanada Corp. from occupying part of her family’s 65-year-old farm to ...

Pipeline pitch: Registry reveals Enbridge’s heavy presence in halls of power by Dene Moore, The Canadian Press, August 23, 2012, Montreal Gazette “Enbridge is the perfect example of a success story from lobbying,” said Roger Harris, a former Liberal member of the B.C. legislature and former vice-president of aboriginal and community partnerships for Enbridge Northern Gateway ...

Leak sends 300,000 litres of oily water onto farmer’s field by The Canadian Press, August 23, 2012, CBC News The spill is mostly produced water — an industry term for the water which travels up well heads along with oil. It can contain high levels of salt. Penn West Spokesman Greg Moffatt said Thursday initial tests ...

Concerns raised over possible damage caused by fluid leak, Officials are concerned over how much damage has been done, after thousands of litres of produced water leaked from a pipeline near Red Deer by Sonia Sunger, August 23, 2012, CTV News While crews work to clean up a pipeline leak south of Edmonton, officials are raising concerns ...

Outlook on local gas industry, Encana says it’s looking to expand the company in the future despite some other companies sending people to work in the oil fields on North Dakota by Janelle Ericsson, August 23, 2012, kjct8 A local oilfield services provider is sending 70 employees to work in North Dakota, but companies like Encana ...

The toxic hell of fracking (children welcome) by Paul Danish, August 23, 2012, Boulder Weekly Cliff Willmeng, a member of East Boulder County United, characterized Encana’s project as “drilling five holes into the earth and injecting it with 50 million gallons of industrial waste.” Cyndi Nusbaum, another one of the demonstrators, said she was “worried about the ...

No timetable for fracking decision in N.Y. – Cuomo by Reuters, August 23, 2012 New York has no timetable for issuing new regulations on the fracking drilling technique, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday, keeping environmentalists and drillers in suspense as he has since June, when he said a final report would be released shortly. The ...

Is Fracking ‘Legitimate’? by Russell Mendell, August 23, 2012, ecowatch When I heard Missouri Rep. Todd Akin say that “legitimate rape doesn’t cause pregnancy,” my jaw dropped. This is a member of the House Sciences committee who is bending the truth to fit his viewpoint. Or should we say inventing a truth that is at odds ...

Amending Michigan’s Constitution to Ban Fracking, Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan by LuAnne Kozma, August 23, 2012, ecowatch We need this particular fix in Michigan. Our state legislators and governor will not pursue a ban. Exploratory frack wells have already started in Michigan. Michigan has the most private water wells of any state. More than ...

Antero cited for violation in W.Va. gas well fire by AP News, August 23, 2012 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has issued a notice of violation to Colorado-based Antero Resources for a drilling rig fire that injured three workers. … Last week, a spark ignited methane gas several hundred feet ...

Energy companies ‘rigging the market’ and overcharging by £600million, costing every British household an extra £25 by Martin Robinson, August 22, 2012, The Daily Mail • Companies accused of deliberately ‘overloading’ national grid in return for cash • They can claim compensation if they shut down power stations and windfarms if electrical network is full • Claims have ...

Natural gas, oil company QEP pays $1.2M fine for inaccurate energy production reports by Associated Press, August 23, 2012 Natural gas and oil company QEP Resources Inc. has paid a $1.2 million fine for inaccurate royalty and production reports for oil and gas wells in Colorado and Utah. … QEP issued a statement saying it was committed to ...

Louisiana Sinkhole Spurs Evacuations, Lawsuits and a Resignation by Susan Buchanan, August 22, 2012, Huffingtonpost After a sinkhole formed in Assumption Parish early this month, hundreds of neighbors fled, lawsuits were filed and Louisiana Dept. of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle resigned. A hole on the edge of a salt dome near Pierre Part, La. — about ...

Dawson Creek faces joys, challenges of second boom by Troy Media, August 22, 2012 But the increased oil and gas activity has a darker side. … Many people – often single men – are in the area only temporarily and never become a part of the fabric of the community. Sure, they contribute to the local ...

Fracking causes water worries for NDP, Wants review of extraction process by James Wood, August 22, 2012, Calgary Herald “We understand the economic interests behind extraction but at the same time, if we put our water supply at risk, at the end of the day there will be no net benefit,” … Mark Cooper, spokesman for ...

Wall Street Tightens Grip on Public Water as Local Residents Suffer by Common Dreams, August 22, 2012 Vulture capitalists are increasingly facilitating the privatization of public infrastructure, taking control of public utilities while skimping on services and causing steep price hikes — all the while making massive profits. According to the report, private equity firms show ...

Fracking Review Sought By Alberta NDP Environment Critic Rachel Notley by The Canadian Press, August 22, 2012 “If we don’t get a better … understanding of what’s safe for Albertans, we run the risk of doing some really long-term damage,” Notley said Tuesday. “In Alberta, we have no regulation — at all — that specifically covers ...

NDP renews fracking review call by The Canadian Press, August 22, 2012, Calgary Herald

Energy conservation initiatives require major attitude change by Judy Stewart, August 22, 2012, Cochrane Eagle Albertans regularly use more energy per day than most people around the world. In fact, we consume more than our fair share of everything the Earth provides, including food, water, land, resources, etc. Everything we consume takes energy to produce. The ...

Town’s bulk water supply ‘secondary’ source for LIPG by Derek, August 22, 2012, Cochrane Eagle The Lochend Industry Producers Group (LIPG) want to ensure Cochrane and area residents that the use of the town’s bulk water supply is simply an alternative source of water for hydraulic fracturing operations. … LIPG members — made up of six oil ...

Rolf Wiborg’s Tough Love for Canada, A top petro engineer for wealthy Norway says Canada is ‘a fantastic country’ that’s ‘totally mismanaged by design.’ by Mitchell Anderson, August 22, 2012, TheTyee.ca “One litre of gasoline in most developed nations costs less in a gas station than one litre of bottled water. What the hell is going ...

Broome medical agency asks Vestal to support health study on fracking by David Robinson, August 22, 2012, Star Gazette VESTAL — Broome County Medical Society officers on Monday asked Vestal town officials and residents to support an effort to seek funding for a health impact study on hydraulic fracturing. Dr. Niru Anne, a Vestal resident and ...

Leaking Tanker Truck Causes Lengthy Evacuations Near Carnegie by Mike Jones, August 22, 2012, Chartiers Valley Hazardous material crews were at the scene to transfer what was left of the chemical into a new truck. Lewis said they weren’t sure what the truck was carrying, so they took extra precautions at the scene. “They got the ...

Niles Bans Injection Wells by wkbn, August 22, 2012 A pair of proposed deep brine injection wells in Weathersfield Township got the attention of residents and trustees. Now, opposition is growing next door in Niles. “The property’s adjacent right to Niles, also it’s five blocks from downtown so we’re very concerned,” Niles Mayor Ralph Infante said.  ...