je.st

Home › fracking

Tag: fracking

Study: Water Use Skyrockets as Fracking Expands

2015-07-01 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Oil and natural gas fracking, on average, uses more than 28 times the water it did 15 years ago, gulping up to 9.6 million gallons of water per well and putting farming and drinking sources at risk in arid states, especially during drought. Those are the results of a U.S. Geological Survey study published by the American Geophysical Union, the first national-scale analysis and map of water use from hydraulic fracturing operations. USGS map of water use from hydraulic fracturing between 2011 and...

Tags: study water expands skyrockets

New Study Identifies Organic Compounds Of Potential Concern In Fracking Fluids

2015-07-01 06:45:40| oilandgasonline Home Page

A new University of Colorado Boulder framework used to screen hundreds of organic chemical compounds used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,shows that 15 may be of concern as groundwater contaminants based on their toxicity, mobility, persistence and frequency of use.

Tags: study potential concern organic

New York State First to Ban Fracking

2015-07-01 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: A statewide ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, was made official across New York State on Monday, nearly a year after communities won the right to ban oil and gas development locally. This action concluded New York Department of Environmental Conservation`s comprehensive, seven-year review and officially prohibits fracking anywhere in the state. Joe Martens, head of the Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC, said in a statement, "After years of exhaustive research...

Tags: state york ban york state

New blow to UK fracking is a delay but not the end of the road

2015-06-30 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: Opencast coal mines were once routinely delayed by local councils amid unfounded health concerns. The same is happening with fracking, warns a professor of energy engineering It is a relief to see that the pseudoscientific gobbledygook deployed against fracking has not prevailed. I say that despite the rejection of two high-profile attempts by energy firm Cuadrilla to win consent to explore for shale gas in Lancashire, UK. The reasons given for rejecting the planning applications are the classic...

Tags: the of end road