Global Frac News

McKillop Church gets in on fracking debate with information session by Nick Kuhl, October 7, 2013, Lethbridge Herald Opposition towards the possibility of oil exploration in the city continues to grow. Concerned with the idea of Calgary-based company GoldenKey drilling three oil wells on the westside, members of the McKillop United Church began a new awareness ...

Oil, gas must report hazardous materials, Ohio EPA requirement started Sept. 21 by Phil Foreman, October 8, 2013, The Marietta Times People who live near Washington County’s oil and gas drilling operations might be alarmed with what they might find on site. As of Sept. 21, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is requiring oil and gas ...

Lawsuit Challenges Second, Massive U.S.-Funded Fracking Project in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Press Release, October 7, 2013, ENEWSPF Conservation groups amended an existing lawsuit today to challenge U.S. funding for a second fossil fuel production and transport facility located inside Australia’s Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The U.S. Export-Import Bank has now committed nearly $5 ...

Fracking is ‘going to affect everyone’ by John Yeld, October 7 2013, iolscitech Experts in hydrology, geology and chemical pollution must investigate every proposed fracking site on land owned by indigenous communities in the Kimberley area of northern Australia before any drilling starts. So says lawyer and community member Wayne Bergman, who has also challenged executives ...

Environmental group says some Albertans want tougher cold heavy oil regulations by Canadian Press, October 7, 2013, Calgary Herald An environmental group says some Albertans want tougher rules for oilsands producers that operate close to where people live. Ecojustice says some people in northwest Alberta have moved away from their homes because of health concerns about ...

Communication Breakdown or Double Cross? Key anti-shale blockade meeting with New Brunswick Premier finds key invitees on the outside by Miles Howe, October 6, 2013, Media Coop Rexton, New Brunswick – A high-level meeting in Moncton, currently proceeding between Premier David Alward, cabinet ministers and representatives from the ongoing anti-shale gas blockade on highway 134, has ...

Semi carrying hydrochloric acid crashes near Swift Current by Braden Dupuis, October 4, 2013, Leader-Post Three homes were evacuated near Stewart Valley in southwest Saskatchewan on Friday after a semi-truck carrying 39 tonnes of hydrochloric acid was involved in a highway accident and spilled some of its cargo. According to the Swift Current RCMP, the accident ...

Marcellus gas facilities, near to one another or even linked, are evaluated individually for pollution by Don Hopey, October 6, 2013, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette More than 450 natural gas compressor stations and processing plants have been built in Pennsylvania since 2008, when Marcellus Shale gas development kicked into another, higher gear. Collectively, the rapidly multiplying facilities emit ...

Britain’s shale-gas revolution faces a tough sell by Eric Reguly, October 4, 2013, The Globe and Mail Lord John Browne, the former CEO of British oil giant BP, thinks Britain is on the verge of a shale-gas revolution, one with the potential to bring down energy prices, create scads of industrial jobs and reduce the country’s ...

Spain Suffers from Hundreds of Earthquakes Caused by Offshore Drilling; Largest Quake is Magnitude 4.2; Citizens Complain of Cracks and Tremors Whipping Their Home by Mike “Mish” Shedlock, October 3rd, 2013, Howe Street An investigation is underway in Spain as to the cause of hundreds of recent earthquakes in the Cataluña region in Spain. The energy minister ...

Pa. well site will be focus of fierce legal battle by The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 4, 2013 The Marquardt well site is indistinguishable from most Marcellus Shale drilling locations: It encompasses about five acres of graded farmland, covered with gravel, containing two active natural-gas wells. But this well pad was the scene of a crime, according ...

Shut It All Down: Report Calls for Nationwide Ban on Fracking, Hydraulic fracturing gas drilling turning America’s water into cancer-causing, radioactive waste by Jon Queally, October 4, 2013, Common Dreams The explosion of hydraulic fracturing in the last several years, according to a new report, is creating a previously ‘unimaginable’ situation in which hundreds of billions ...

Texas agency responds to regulator’s firing claims by Mike Soraghan, October 4, 2013, E&E News Texas’ oil and gas agency is denying accusations that it fired one of its regulators for trying to enforce the rules on drilling companies. The Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas but not trains, has filed an answer to ...

Alberta minister says critics may have more say in energy project reviews by The Canadian Press, October 4, 2013, Calgary Herald Alberta’s energy minister is suggesting a court ruling that showed the province stopped critics of a proposed oilsands project from making their case won’t happen again. Ken Hughes says it would be unfortunate if the ...

Semi carrying hydrochloric acid crashes near Swift Current by Braden Dupuis, October 4, 2013, Leader-Post Three homes were evacuated near Stewart Valley in southwest Saskatchewan on Friday after a semi-truck carrying 39 tonnes of hydrochloric acid was involved in a highway accident and spilled some of its cargo. According to the Swift Current RCMP, the accident ...

Court Overturns Alberta’s Decision to Deny Pembina Institute Standing at Regulatory Hearings by Erin Flegg, October 4, 2013, Desmogblog.ca In a case that featured what Justice R.P. Marceau called “direct apprehension of bias” on the part of the Alberta government, the Pembina Institute has won its appeal to overturn the Government of Alberta’s decision to exclude ...

US judge OKs natural gas class actions in Virginia suits by Steve Szkotak, The Associated Press, October 1, 2013, NorthJersey.com A federal judge has certified a handful of class-action lawsuits accusing two energy companies of cheating southwest Virginia residents out of tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments for natural gas drilled on their land. The lead ...

NWT politicians tour Bakken fracking sites for taste of what North may expect by The Canadian Press and Lauren Krugel, October 3, 2013, News1130 Leaders from the Northwest Territories are touring the booming Bakken region of Saskatchewan and North Dakota to get a taste of what might be in store if the territory’s own shale oil ...

American company sues Canada over fracking moratorium by John Upton, October 3, 2013, Grist Quebec isn’t entirely sure about this whole fracking thing. Amid reports from across the continent of groundwater pollution, air pollution, deforestation, and other environmental side effects of hydraulic fracturing, the Canadian province has placed a moratorium on the practice beneath the St. Lawrence ...

Spain Suffers from Hundreds of Earthquakes Caused by Offshore Drilling; Largest Quake is Magnitude 4.2; Citizens Complain of Cracks and Tremors Whipping Their Home by Mike “Mish” Shedlock, October 3rd, 2013, howestreet An investigation is underway in Spain as to the cause of hundreds of recent earthquakes in the Cataluña region in Spain. The energy minister ...

‘Alarming’ presence of radioactivity found by Pennsylvania fracking wastewater study by RT, October 03, 2013 Radium is a radioactive metal that can cause diseases like leukemia and other ill-health effects if one is exposed to large amounts over time. … “The occurrence of radium is alarming – this is a radioactive constituent that is likely to increase rates of ...

Shareholders divest on vote of no confidence in Range Resources by TXSHARON, October 2, 2013, Bluedaze Bullies and thugs never win in the long run. Fracking Chemicals May Be Unknown, Even To Gas Drillers, Lawsuit Documents Suggest by Kate Sheppard, September 27, 2013, Huffingtonpost.com Critics of hydraulic fracturing, known widely as “fracking,” have been pushing hard for natural ...

Fracking critics praise new NEB rules for the North, Though chemical disclosure stays voluntary, requirements on human error could render projects economically unviable, says consultant by Meagan Wohlberg, September 23, 2013, Northern Journal Companies are required to begin following the new filing requirements immediately when applying for drilling operations that use hydraulic fracturing, a process by which water and ...

AGL seeks permission to begin fracking CBM (Coalbed Methane), CSG (Coalseam Gas) pilot wells near Gloucester in the NSW Hunter by Liz Foschia and staff, October 2, 2013, ABC News Energy company AGL has applied to begin fracking at four coal seam gas pilot wells near Gloucester in the New South Wales Hunter region. It says ...

Judge hears claims BP lied to feds about oil spill by Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press, October 1, 2013, Global News The trial’s second phase opened Monday with claims that BP could have capped the well much sooner if it hadn’t ignored decades of warnings about the risks of a deep-water blowout or withheld crucial information ...

Legislative committee interrogates Wyoming’s baseline water testing rule by Stephanie Joyce, September 30, 2013, Wyoming Public Media Governor Matt Mead proposed the rule, which would require water testing before and after drilling. Industry estimates it would cost $9,000 to $18,000 per well. The governor’s natural resources policy advisor, Jerimiah Rieman, told legislators it’s worth the ...

Rural Minister Rules Out Fracking, Northern Ireland’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill has said that no fracking will take place on any land owned by her department by Northern Ireland News, September 30, 2013, The announcement followed a question by Minister O’Neill’s colleague in Sinn Féin, Phil Flanagan. The scope of the statement includes the Forest Service, ...

Fracking Advance That Cuts Water Use May Appease Some Opposition To Controversial Practice by David Kashi, September 30 2013, International Business Times In the latest development of the technology, fracking drills would use use propane, butane or pentane, or a mixture of those gases…. One company, GASFRAC Energy Services, Inc. (TSE:GFS), based in Calgary, Canada, claims ...

Horizontal drilling, fracking begin in shallow oil and gas fields by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 28, 2013, Buffalo News If we could take a tiny glass elevator down the trajectory of a Marcellus Shale well, we would see slabs of coal, sandstone, shale and siltstone alternating and colliding with one another for thousands of feet ...

Balcombe fracking protesters claim victory by Finn Scott-Delany, September 29, 2013, Protesters are claiming victory after an energy company dismantled its controversial drilling operation. Cuadrilla’s permission to drill in Balcombe expired on Saturday – though the firm has now submitted a fresh application at the site. Meanwhile the police operation, which has cost an estimated £4 ...

Oil drilling in Lethbridge city limits is cause for concern by Rebecca Many Grey Horses, board chair and Sheila Rogers, board member KLEW (Kainai Lethbridge Earth Watch), September 29, 2013, The Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge city council and many city residents have expressed concerns over Goldenkey Oil’s proposal to drill for oil within city limits. The proposed ...

Fracking a headache for Napthine by Farrah Tomazin, September 29, 2013, The Age The Napthine government is headed for a pre-election showdown with farmers, miners and environmentalists as it decides whether to lift a moratorium on the controversial practice of fracking. The government is expected to receive high-level advice recommending expansion of coal seam gas (CSG) ...

Society must doff its energy shackles, audience told, Humanity will be restored with the end of cheap energy by Ainslie Cruickshank, September 18, 2013, Whitehorse Star JUST SAY NO – To hydraulic fracturing that is. That’s the message Andrew Nikiforuk espoused at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre last night. The journalist and energy expert was invited ...

Duvernay well results pump Trilogy Energy stock, Investors bid up Calgary company’s shares after glowing report by Dan Healing, September 27, 2013, Calgary Herald SHARES LEAPED AS MUCH AS 15 PER CENT ON FRIDAY MORNING AFTER IT UNVEILED WHAT ONE ANALYST DESCRIBED AS “FANTASTIC” ALBERTA DUVERNAY DRILLING RESULTS. The $3.95 surge in share value to $29.90 ...

Researchers say Alberta drastically under-reports workplace injuries by Canadian Press, September 26, 2013 A University of Alberta research group says the provincial government is under-reporting workplace injuries. The Parkland Institute says the government only notes injuries that result in lost or reduced work — about 53,000 cases in 2009. But the institute says the actual number ...

Oil & gas regulators look at protecting state from bad actors by Irina Zhorov, September 26, 2013, Wyoming Public Media Oil and gas operators need more insurance, or bonding. That’s what the leaders of several state agencies told the legislature’s Minerals Committee at a meeting today. They said there’s a gap in how much money is ...

Is the Natural Gas Industry to Blame for the Toxic Sinkhole Devouring a Town in Louisiana? by Rod Bastanmehr, September 26, 2013, Alternet Currently, the sinkhole is roughly the size of 20 football fields, exhausting methane from deep inside its core – and growing daily. Ground Gives Way, and a Louisiana Town Struggles to Find Its Footing ...

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance extolls virtues of hydraulic fracturing by Susan Hylton, September 11, 2013, Tulsa World Business As the CEO of ConocoPhillips, the largest independent oil company in the nation, Ryan Lance was happy to address the pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – but mostly the pros. At a forum in ...

EQT sues six landowners over water wells on planned gas well site by Associated Press, September 26, 2013 EQT Corp. is suing six West Virginia property owners who subverted the company’s plans to put five gas wells on a 1,000-acre farm by sinking water wells on the site first. Under state law, gas companies can’t drill ...

Slides of the presentation and photos of the tour available at The People’s Forum on Fracking in Stephenville Newfoundland Presents: Environmental Scientist Jessica Ernst Alberta Woman Warns West Coast Residents About Fracking by NTV, September 23, 2013 Wait for research before allowing fracking, scientist says by CBC News, September 24, 2013 An environmental scientist from Alberta says Newfoundland and Labrador should ...

Tapping a Valuable Resource or Invading the Environment? Research Examines the Start of Fracking in Ohio by Science Daily, September 25, 2013 A new study is examining methane and other components in groundwater wells, in advance of drilling for shale gas that’s expected over the next several years in an Ohio region. Amy Townsend-Small, a University ...

Farmer Fred Schwieger fighting Encana over water well gone bad after seismic blasting; Encana takes farmer’s cell phone away in negotiation meeting by Fred Schwieger, September 24, 2013, Rimbey Review

Order of Canada winner Louis LaPierre lied about Ph.D by Rosemary Westwood, September 26, 2013, McLeans When Maurice Dusseault heard the news, his reaction was, “Dammit, dammit, dammit. That shouldn’t happen.” Louis LaPierre—then chair of New Brunswick’s new Energy Institute, where he was Dusseault’s colleague, and an esteemed scientist—had lied about his Ph.D. in ecology. In revelations ...

Alaska fracking rules would boost public notice, disclosure by Yereth Rosen, Editing by Braden Reddall and Andre Grenon, September 23, 2013, Reuters The regulations, proposed by the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, would require the approval of regulators before fracturing is conducted, notification of landowners and testing of water wells within a half-mile radius, and ...

What’s Causing Mysterious Bitumen Seepages in Alberta? Spills show fragility of so-called in-situ, or steam-assisted, production, say experts by Andrew Nikiforuk, Septemeber 24, 2013, TheTyee.ca In 2006, Total, a French multinational company, over-pressurized one bitumen formation north of Fort McMurray. The accident allowed the steam to create or find a fracture in the cap rock and ...

State investigates new complaint of methane contamination in Parker County by Jim Juquay, September 24, 2013, Star Telegram A Parker County couple who live near natural gas wells told the Texas Railroad Commission their well water has become badly contaminated with methane. According to Railroad Commission inspection reports, Carroll Dawson and his wife said they have been ...

Province won’t be swayed by public opposition to buyouts in flood zones by James Wood, September 25, 2013, Calgary Herald The provincial government is sticking to its plans to buy out homeowners with properties in floodways despite public concern over the policy, Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths said Tuesday. A Leger poll commissioned by the Herald ...

Internet translation of La CRÉ dénonce Gastem by Antoine Rivard-Déziel, September 23, 2013, radiocnhc The Regional Conference of the Gaspésie-Îles-calls further gag the proceedings initiated by Gastem to-Restigouche East. The oil and gas exploration company filed a motion in the Superior Court to demand $ 1.4 million in the small village of 167 inhabitants. The firm claims ...

Will the French ban on fracking crack under industry pressure? by Christopher Werth, September 24, 2013, Public Radio International Hearings began on Tuesday on whether parts of the law that bans fracking are unconstitutional. The challenge comes from Dallas-based Schuepbach Energy. The company didn’t respond to a request for an interview, but in a nutshell, Schuepbach ...

Welcome Home to a “Natural Drilling Platform” by Jessica Ernst at the People’s Forum, September 22, 2013, Stephenville, Newfoundland “What’s missing?”  Jessica asked the audience. “Water contamination!” yelled the audience. 2013, Jessica still living without safe water: trying to load the water tank. Hard and heavy work for one person. Data in the above slides snapped directly from Encana’s data ...

Activists press parties on fracking in Nova Scotia by Davene Jefrey, September 20, 2013, The Chronicle Herald Nova Scotia’s three largest political parties appear to be moving closer to saying no to fracking, says a coalition of environmental activists. On Thursday, the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition released the results of a hydraulic fracturing-related questionnaire ...

The Netherlands puts temporary ban on fracking ahead of further research, A decision on whether to begin fracking for shale gas in the Netherlands will not be taken for another 18 months until further research has been done, Dutch economic affairs minister Henk Kamp has confirmed by Ilaria Bertini, September 20, 2013, Blue and Green Tomorrow    A ...

Fracker’s Legal Defense: “We’re Not Frackers” by Chip Northrup, September 20, 2013, Shale Shock Media “We’re stimulators” – according to Encana, who is being sued by my pal Jessica Ernst, Canadian Fractavist Folk Hero. In their nano-pleading, Encana denies that they fracked the well that contaminated her water – they use the industry euphemism for it – “they stimulated the gas well” that contaminated her water. ...

Defiant Hotel Owner Won’t Give Up Fighting Decades-Long Gasoline Spill Press Release by Tweeti Blancett, September 17, 2013 “It should have been easier than this,” Tweeti Blancett reflects as she looks out across her land on Aztec Boulevard in Aztec, New Mexico. “After all, there are laws, regulations, pages upon pages of them, that simply shouldn’t allow ...

Sir David King warns against fracking, Former UK scientific adviser says gas from unconventional sources could have huge environmental consequences by Fiona Harvey, September 16, 2013, The Guardian Fracking protesters can remain at Balcombe until October, court rules by Fiona Harvey, September 16, 2013, The Guardian High Court Judge in London UK rules WSCC eviction case flawed. Adjourned. Council to ...

Fracking Worth the Risk? Panel in East Vancouver on September 19, 2013 by WildernessCommittee.org and Council of Canadians

Citizens Forum 17-Jul-13 – Jack Etkin interviews Jessica Ernst about Fracking by Canadacitizensforum, September 13, 2013

Filing Requirements for Onshore Drilling Operations Involving Hydraulic Fracturing by The National Energy Board, September 12, 2013 The NEB does not request details on frac chemicals to be injected or their toxicity, and does note require disclosure of drilling, perforating, acidizing, cementing or servicing chemicals. What the NEB asks on chemicals is copied below: Describe the design basis ...

FRACKING AWARENESS WEEK by The Port au Port/Bay St. George Fracking Awareness Group, September 14, 2013, The Western Star Place : Bay St. George Time : 11:00 Details : The Port au Port/Bay St. George Fracking Awareness Group will kick off Fracking Awareness Week with a Walk-the-Block on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. with everyone gathering at the Lion’s Club parking ...

Attorney general files criminal charges against Marcellus gas drilling company for apparent intentional waste dumping by Donald Gilliland, September 10, 2013, The Patriot News Central PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Tuesday afternoon filed criminal charges against a Pennsylvania subsidiary of ExxonMobil for illegally discharging more than 50,000 gallons of toxic wastewater from a Marcellus Shale gas ...

Open Letter to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers by Will Koop, September 10, 2013, BC Tap Water Alliance I respectfully request that the Association apologize, in writing, to all Canadians for falsely stating that there has never been a documented/proven case of hydraulic fracturing contaminating groundwater.

Fracking firm stops drilling in Balcombe after “rattling” noise complaints by Bill Gardner, September 9, 2013, The Argus Work has stopped at the Cuadrilla exploration site in Balcombe after nearby residents complained the noise was rattling their windows and disturbing their sleep. … But officials from the energy firm claimed the delay would only be temporary. ...

Auditor general hints at DEP water monitoring problems by Bory Krawszeniuk, September 6, 2013, Citizens Voice An audit of the way the state Department of Environmental Protection protects water from pollution by Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling should be done by January, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said. Meeting Thursday with reporters and a member of ...

Canadian territorial government cracks down on what goes into the ground during fracking by CBC News, Eye on the Arctic September 6, 2013, Alaska Dispatch Canada’s Northwest Territories government says the public has a right to know what chemicals are being put into the ground by petroleum companies. ConocoPhillips must disclose all chemicals used while fracking ...

Cabot Oil Demolishes Sautners past home in Dimock, PA, 9/4/13 by dearsusquehanna.blogspot.ca, September 4, 2013 Cabot bought the Sautner House through an investment company and Cabot’s name is on the demolition permit posted out front of the house. Cabot made a settlement with the Sautners with a gag order in August 2012. Sautners moved out to ...

Disinfection of Energy Wastewater Can Lead to Toxic Byproducts Press Release by USGS, September 4, 2013 Wastewater treatment plants that process waters from oil and gas development were found to discharge elevated levels of toxic chemicals known as brominated disinfection byproducts, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Disinfection byproducts are created by ...

Mitigating the prospect of mercury in hydrocarbons in exploratory drilling by Erica Knear, King & Spalding LLP, September 3 2013, Lexology Today’s oil and gas exploration increasingly involves drilling deeper, increasing the likelihood of encountering elevated levels of naturally-occurring mercury in hydrocarbons found at these advanced depths. Hydrocarbons with elevated mercury levels traditionally have been associated ...

The Fuss over Fracking, An Examination of the Insurance Issues A Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton White Paper, August 2013

After North Sea Gas Leak, Drillers Fear Corrosive Fluid Could Threaten Deep Sea Wells Across The World by Stephen Eisenhammer, Oleg Vukmanovic and Muriel Boselli, additional reporting by Michel Rose in Paris, editing by Andrew Callus and Will Waterman, September 5, 2013 A corrosive drilling fluid that triggered the North Sea’s worst gas leak in 20 ...

Fracking’s More Dangerous Bedfellow: Acidizing by Robert Collier, September 3, 2013, The Next Generation But in California, at least, the obsession with fracking may be misplaced. In recent months, policymakers have begun to realize that the debate about fracking may be a distraction from the technology that’s the more likely candidate for tapping the Monterey Shale: ...

Residents fret over oil and gas industry fluid used for dust control, Is it frac flow back or waste or molasses? by Derek Cloutier, September 5, 2013, Cochrane Eagle A pair of residents who dwell north of Cochrane have voiced concern over how a section of road has been maintained by a Calgary energy company operating a hydraulic ...

Fracking Coalbed Methane in Scotland: Dart ‘desperate’ to revive Airth plan by Shan Ross, September 5, 2013, The Scotsman Responding to the Australian energy firm’s announcement today that it was placing new shares on the Australian Securities Exchange to raise £12 million for its UK operations, Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) claimed the company had ...

Fracking opponents welcome review by Bruce Erskine, September 4, 2013, The Chronicle Herald A coalition opposing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, welcomes an independent review of the practice in Nova Scotia — with reservations. “We see some positive elements with it,” Mark Tipperman, a member of the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition, said Wednesday in an ...

LISTEN: Ian Jessop interviews Jessica Ernst, Environmental Consultant 30 Min, September 3, 2013, CFAX 1070 Ian and Jessica chat about: Resident pressure on officials reveals Alberta’s new two class “safety” system as Kaiser Exploration scraps plan to frac near Calgary community of Royal Oak. Energy well(s) now proposed 2.3 kilometres east;  Do companies only frac deep? What their ...

Fracking firms could drill under homes without telling the owners: Green groups’ fury over horizontal drilling plans by Rob Davies, September 4, 2013, The Daily Mail Companies will be allowed to ‘frack’ for shale gas underneath people’s homes without telling them, if government proposals go ahead. Shale gas firms drill straight down into the earth before redirecting ...

N.W.T. government calls for more fracking disclosure, Environment Minister Michael Miltenberger wants to know what chemicals are used by CBC News, September 3, 2013 The Northwest Territories government says the public has a right to know what chemicals are being put into the ground by petroleum companies. ConocoPhillips must disclose all chemicals used while fracking two ...

Can You Silence a Child? Inside the Hallowich Case by Caitlin Dickson, September 1, 2013, The Daily Beast A Pennsylvania family made national headlines when it was alleged that fracking companies put their young children under a gag order. Could it really be? Peut-on empêcher un enfant de parler? Le cas des Hallowich Translation by Ami(e)s du Richelieu Gagged ...

Second Glennifer Lake incident plagues Plains Midstream by Lea Smaldon, September 3, 2013, Mountain View Gazette “It doesn’t present a public safety hazard,” Barter said.

41st PARLIAMENT, 1st Session Standing Committee on Natural Resources EVIDENCE presented by Encana, February 12, 2013 Mr. Richard Dunn (Vice-President, Canadian Division, Regulatory and Government Relations, Encana Corporation): In addition to our own internal focus on innovation, we support external R and D efforts through third-party partnerships with academia. Recently, for example, Encana made a five-year pledge of $1 million ...

Pennsylvania home values worrisome 
for Coloradans who live near drilling by Bill Grant, September 3, 2013, Grand Junction Sentinel As oil and gas drilling in Colorado, both on the Front Range and, more recently, the Western Slope, moves into urban areas, a recent report in Grist.org sends a chilling message to homeowners in communities like Parachute, ...

WATCH: Kaiser kills Royal Oak drill, Residents in a Calgary community are celebrating after Kaiser Energy scrapped its plans for an urban drill site near their homes by CBC News Calgary, September 1, 2013 “I think it is definitely something that is important to everyone here, that it is a further distance. I think ...

Queensland farmers warn Victorians about fracking CBM or coal seam gas by Kath Sullivan, September 1, 2013, ABC Rural When it comes to dealing with the controversial mining practice of fracking, the words of advice from Queensland are “go cautiously.” Queensland farm lobby group AgForce is warning Victoria to do its homework before permitting fracking for coal ...

Dryden supervisor: Gas industry ‘not used to not getting their way’ by Jon Campbell, August 29, 2013, Politics on the Hudson Mary Ann Sumner, supervisor of Dryden, Tompkins County, said she’s confident the panel of judges will uphold the town’s ban, which was implemented through zoning laws. “We are confident that the Court of Appeals will affirm, as two other ...

Youngstown man admits dumping toxic fracking waste into Mahoning River by James F. McCarty, August 29, 2013, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — An employee of a Youngstown company that stored, treated and disposed of oil and gas drilling liquids admitted this morning to dumping tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste on at least ...

Hazleton students could get gas class paid for by Cabot by Kent Jackson, August 28, 2013, Citizensvoice.com Ninth-graders in a new magnet school would study the technology, economics and environmental issues surrounding natural gas drilling, according to a proposal before the Hazleton Area School Board. Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania will supply the materials, and Cabot ...

Arkansas homeowners settle fracking lawsuit by Mica Rosenberg, Reuters, August 28, 2013, MSN Five Arkansas residents who sued two oil companies claiming wastewater disposal wells from fracking caused earthquakes that damaged their homes settled with the companies for an undisclosed sum on Wednesday, according to U.S. court documents and the plaintiffs’ lawyers. Several similar suits against the two companies, Chesapeake Energy’s ...

Federal Judge Halts Attempt to Frack Land that Was Protected by Permanent Conservation Easement byJPZenger, August 28, 2013, Democraticunderground.com A permanent conservation easement is often placed on a property by a property-owner to make sure that a property can never be developed or subdivided. It is often done in return for payment from a county or a conservation ...

Hydraulic fracturing fluids from nearby natural gas wells probably harmed endangered fish in a Kentucky creek, according to two federal agencies by Jennifer A. Dlouhy, August 28, 2013, FuelFix In a joint study, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Fish and Wildlife Service said fracturing fluid…caused the threatened Blackside dace minnow and other fish to die off when it was spilled ...

Against Shale Gas and Oil and Coal Bed Methane exploitation: Soutien aux opposants au forage de Balcombe, Support for Balcombe’s drilling opponents Communiqué de presse international / International Press Release by French, British, Italian, German, Polish, Swiss, Colombian and Californian groups and organizations, August 28, 2013 British citizens have been showing peaceful but determined opposition to ...

Fracking industry shouldn’t decide whether it is safe by Kathy Hartman, August 27, 2013, The Coloradoan In 2008, my husband, age 52, died of lung cancer. He started smoking cigarettes at 14, quit many times, kicked the addiction in his 30s. Cigarettes are addicting and cause cancer because big tobacco enhanced the nicotine and added as ...

A Texas Rebel’s Fight for Her Land by Suzanna Andrews, September issue More, For Women of Style and Substance How a down-on-her-luck single mother in a ramshackle trailer reinvented herself as the bright, bold, unapologetically outrageous voice of the antifracking movement Sharon Wilson is slouched in a comfortably worn brown leather armchair in the cozy, light-filled living room ...

The real lesson from Gwyn Morgan’s SNC experience, A failure of responsibility by Duncan Hood, Editor Canadian Business Magazine, Aug 27, 2013, The Globe and Mail To many who follow business in Canada, Gwyn Morgan is a hero. After all, he represents everything that is good about commerce in this country. The youngest of four children, ...

Statement on Preliminary Findings from the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Study Press Release by Larysa Dyrszka, MD; Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL; and Sandra Steingraber, PhD, August 27, 2013 Early results from an on-the-ground, public health assesment in Washington County, Pennsylvania, indicate that environmental contamination is occurring near natural gas drilling sites and is the likely ...

Alberta study reviews pipeline rules, not leaks by Graham Thomson, August 23, 2013, Edmonton Journal You can’t judge a book by its cover — and you can’t judge a government-sponsored report by its title. The 900-page report released on Friday entitled Alberta Pipeline Safety Review is not a review of pipeline safety. It is a review ...

Groundwater Contamination May End the Gas-Fracking Boom, Well water in Pennsylvania homes within a mile of fracking sites is found to be high in methane by Mark Fischetti, September 12, 2013, Scientific American In Pennsylvania, the closer you live to a well used to hydraulically fracture underground shale for natural gas, the more likely it is ...

Jury still out on whether fracking affects drinking water by David Israelson, August 22, 2013, The Globe and Mail We are still learning about what it means to inject millions of litres of water into the earth to unleash unconventional gas. Here in Canada, a comprehensive, independent scientific report on water use in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and other unconventional ...

Is Fracking Causing Big Sinkholes in the South? by Sean Brady, August 23, 2013, Carbonated TV While the South’s soil has been known to be weak enough that sinkholes are not that uncommon, the increase of sinkhole activity, especially in places like Louisiana and Florida, may have something to do with one new development in oil and gas that ...

Two sides continue to be at odds on fracking safety by Celia Ste Croix, August 22, 2013, Whitecourt Star Oil industry experts and Alberta government regulators, on the other hand, have defended the process as tried and true with the world’s best safeguards in place to prevent possible water contamination. This summer another voice entered the discussion, that of ...

Contamination by fracking is a risk by Ginny Carnes, August 21, 2013, Reporter Herald BJ Nikkel tells us that the EPA said that “fracking” does not contaminate water. That was one site that they investigated, it was not a blanket ruling on “fracking.” There currently are other lawsuits across the country pending on water contamination. … I retired from ...

Grand jury indicts Pa. man over drilling leases by wtrf, August 20, 2013 A Pittsburgh grand jury has indicted a man on mail and wire fraud charges related to natural gas drilling leases. Prosecutors say in a Tuesday release that 33-year-old Derek A. Candelore of Jeannette worked as a landman, trying to get mineral rights owners ...