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Opponents of the process of Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,’ made
their voices heard as the county debates new regulations for the oil and gas
industry.
It will take more than Matt Damon to make fracking sexy
In the hierarchy of sexy environmental issues, fracking ranks pretty
low.
The process by which natural gas is extracted from shale deposits
miles below the surface has none of the adorable pandas of the endangered
species movement, no oil-covered birds and no picturesque glaciers
disappearing before our very eyes.
ALEC, CSG, ExxonMobil Fracking Fluid “Disclosure”
Model Bill Failing By Design
Last year, a hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) chemical fluid
disclosure “model bill” was passed by both the Council of State
Governments (CSG) and the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC). It proceeded to pass in multiple states across the country soon
thereafter, but as Bloomberg recently reported, the bill has been an abject
failure with regards to “disclosure.”
Ohio once again approving injection wells for fracking waste after
earthquake scare
Following a moratorium sparked by an earthquake, The Ohio
Department of Natural Resources is once again approving permits for
injection wells for fracking wastewater.
Fracturing can cause small quakes, Oklahoma researcher says
Hydraulic fracturing, not just wastewater injection wells, has likely
caused small earthquakes in Oklahoma, a research scientist with the state
said Wednesday. Austin Holland, speaking at the American Geophysical
Union annual meeting in San Francisco, said his studies suggest that about
2 percent of the oil and gas wells hydraulically fractured in that state in the
past 2 1/2 years were followed within 21 days by a quake within eight
kilometers, or about five miles, of the well. While some likely were
coincidental, not all were, concluded Holland, who is with the Oklahoma
Geological Survey.
Portage County: Fracking blamed for home damage