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Everything you always wanted to know about acidising
This study was prepared for the Weald Action Group, a strategic umbrella for community groups across the Weald region. The study is based on scientific papers, industry training manuals, promotional literature for new, patented technologies, and discussions with engineers, geologists and scientists. It has been informally ‘peer reviewed’ and declared ‘scientifically literate’. But all comments […]
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County News: Have your say in oil and gas consultation
Anti-fracking campaigners have urged residents to have their say in a consultation which they warn could lead to the use of ‘corrosive and toxic chemicals’ for oil and gas extraction. New proposals from the Environment Agency would do away with site-specific permits for many onshore oil and gas activities. They would issue permits to oil […]
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Extreme Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found in State’s Fracking Wastewater
On the heels of reports quantifying for the first time how often California oil drillers use fracking and injection wells to blast into the Earth and deposit accompanying wastewater back into the ground, new analyses of data are finding dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals. The Center for Biological Diversity said its analysis found benzene levels […]
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Study: California using fracking in up to half of new wells
Hydraulic fracturing unlocked oil at about half of the new wells launched in California over the last decade, and the practice will likely expand in a chunk of the San Joaquin Valley, according to a new study required by the 2013 law to regulate the practice. Few topics have galvanized environmentalists in California like the […]
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Cuomo to Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks
Note from FAN: Hydrofluoric acid is used in many fracking operations. It is injected deep into the ground to break up shale to release the gas. The news from New York today is an historic decision made in favor of the health and environment of all New Yorkers. ALBANY — The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday […]
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L.A. City Planners Reject Council Request for Fracking Ordinance
Eight months ago, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously directed its Department of City Planning to develop an ordinance to prohibit oil and gas well stimulation techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking), within city limits. Last week, the planners said they couldn’t do it (pdf). Instead, they recommended that the city pursue “new land use […]
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An 85-year-old takes on big oil and the company burying the industry’s dangerous waste
Excerpts: Lupe Anguiano is working to stop fracking near the beautiful pacific beaches and fertile agricultural fields of her hometown, Oxnard, CA… A drilling field sits next to the site of two deep injection wells owned by Anterra, which has funneled almost 20 million gallons of wastewater deep underground in the first half of 2014. […]
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Santa Barbara County Fracking Ban Initiative, Measure P (November 2014)
A Santa Barbara County Fracking Ban Initiative ballot question is on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in Santa Barbara County, California. If approved, this measure would prohibit what are called “high intensity” oil and gas operations such as fracking, acid well stimulation treatments and cyclic steam injection. The measure would not impede […]
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Fracking’s big secret
The paper published two viewpoints on fracking in North Carolina under the title, The Good and Bad of Fracking. Below are excerpts from Ron Vigneri who identifies hydrogen fluoride (HF) as the “big nasty secret” in fracking. The second article, “Energy means jobs for N.C.” is by Erik Milito, group director for the American Petroleum […]
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Oil drilling near Everglades prompts worries about fracking, water
The Florida Everglades has become the latest region to react against oil drillers and fracking, a technique that has spurred worries about earthquakes and water contamination across the country. Concerns about an “enhanced extraction procedure” that conservationists in South Florida likened to fracking led an oil drilling firm to be slapped with a cease-and-desist order, face scrutiny from a […]
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