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Fracking secrets keep Americans clueless
A subsidiary of Nabors Industries Ltd. pumped a mixture of
chemicals identified only as “EXP-F0173-11” into a half-dozen oil wells
in rural Karnes County, Texas, in July.
Detectors find methane leaks from the air
Five hundred feet above California’s Central Valley, a line on Stephen
Conley’s laptop screen jumped.
Conley peered over from the pilot seat of his single-engine plane. The
line showed methane levels in the surrounding air as he flew downwind
from a natural gas pipeline buried in the green hills below. A sharp spike
could mean that the pipeline had sprung a leak, venting gas into the sky.
Methane, which is the fuel’s main ingredient, is a potent greenhouse gas,
trapping heat far more effectively than carbon dioxide.
Proposed path of liquid fuel pipeline frightens
North Huntingdon neighborhood
Bob Kaczynski bought a home in North Huntingdon in October, and
he’s wondering whether he made a mistake. He just learned that his house
lies along the path of a proposed and potentially dangerous type of gas
pipeline.
Archaeological concerns slow natural gas pipeline
Already delayed by slow permit approval, the proposed Tennessee
Gas pipeline from West Milford to Mahwah is now being held up by
federal officials because it would either run through or near historic areas,
including Native American burial grounds.
Rockaway Pipeline Project Set to Move Forward
A pipeline operator is moving forward with plans to build a natural
gas pipeline through the Rockaways and under Jamaica Bay, despite
concerns about the area’s vulnerability to storms like Sandy.
Fracking ‘exploitation’ report dismissed by energy department
The energy department has dismissed a report that “60% of the UK
countryside could be exploited” for fracking, the controversial gas
extraction method.
Anti-fracking activists drill home message with parliament protests