May 21, 2013
damascus citizens for sustainability
clean water, air & land are basic human rights
By Lenny Bernstein and Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post published: April 22
The Environmental Protection Agency objected Monday to the State Department’s latest review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, suggesting that more work must be done before the Obama administration can determine whether to approve the 1,179-mile northern leg … Continue reading
Federal scientists have uncovered evidence that contaminants wafting out Alberta’s oilsands operations are collecting on the bottom of remote lakes up to 100 kilometres away.
The chemical “legacy”
WSIL — Pennsylvania farmers visit our region to warn people about the dangers of a controversial drilling process.
The process is called hydraulic fracturing or, fracking, and it’s done … Continue reading
EVANS CITY, Pa. (AP) — A woman says state environmental officials refused to do follow-up tests after their lab reported her drinking water contained chemicals, but it’s unclear where the pollutants came from.… Continue reading
The Brine referred to is from gas or oil wells and though the paper is from 1986 and of course does not deal at all with the materials that are introduced by slickwater hydraulic fracturing, it is an excellent … Continue reading
Pollutants such as Arsenic, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Mercury, and Volatile Organic Compounds such as Acetone, Benzene, and Toluene are known to be used in the gas extraction process. Click here to view the known negative health effects of these substances.… Continue reading
Jim Hope-Ross, the lawyer for Barbara and Larry Graff and their adult son, Darrell, said he found it “disturbing” that the court considered the Graffs “the authors of their own demise.”
“If it’s something cumulative, as it is with the Graffs, how can you ever establish that?” he said. … Continue reading
Chesapeake Energy Corp., whose gas well blew out during hydraulic fracturing last month in northeastern Pennsylvania, hasn’t publicly disclosed chemicals that spilled, setting up the first test of an industry-backed voluntary disclosure program.
An official in charge of the disclosure registry said … Continue reading
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Excerpt
Last Congress, the Committee on Energy and Commerce launched an investigation to examine the practice of hydraulic fracturing in the United States. As part of that inquiry, the Committee asked the 14 leading oil and gas … Continue reading
EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Technical Workshop 3, Fate and Transport March 28-29, 2011, EPA Potomac Yards Conference Facility
Implications for Disposal of Oil and Gas Flowback Fluids from Brine Treatment Plants
See Images and Description Here… Continue reading
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