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After anti-fracking protesters loudly disrupted a Boulder County
commissioners’ hearing last week, sheriff’s officials say they’ll provide
security Thursday afternoon when the elected leaders reconvene to make a
decision on whether to allow oil and gas drilling on county lands.
Fracking Pioneer Encourages More Regulation
The public radio show Marketplace, recently aired an interview with
the Godfather of fracking, George Mitchell. Mitchell talks about how the
birth of modern hydraulic fracturing for shale gas began with an act of
desperation. But perhaps even more significant is what Mitchell says
about his fracking colleagues at the very end of the piece.
The Oklahoman Disregards Mounting Evidence Linking
Fracking To Earthquakes
The Oklahoman relied on the “absence of compelling evidence” and
the comments of a single geologist to conclude that the largest recorded
earthquake in Oklahoma’s history was not tied to fracking, despite
mounting evidence that indicates otherwise. In doing so, the paper
dismissed mounting evidence linking underground injection of wastewater
to earthquakes at large, continuing its attempt to cast doubt on science and
shut down policy debates that could affect the paper’s owner, billionaire
oil and gas tycoon Philip Anschutz.
Fracking fights back
Most of the legal news about Colorado these days revolves around
whether or not the federal government will try to use the courts to prevent
the state from implementing its new marijuana law. That’s certainly an
important story, but arguably just as important is the impending — and
possibly precedent setting — legal battle here over the future of oil and
gas drilling after the city of Longmont voted to ban hydraulic fracturing
(aka “fracking”) within its boundaries.
Neither side happy with draft fracking rules
Hydro fracking in New York was first put on hold in 2008. Since
then, the state’s environmental regulators have been crafting regulations to
oversee the controversial drilling practice.
Maryland Residents Call for Moratorium on Hydraulic
Fracturing of Natural Gas