Water Contamination

March 28, 2013

Dimock Water Problems Continue After 4-plus Years

Results of recent cases in fracking zone not yet released.
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, March 26, 2013

More than four years after the explosion of a residential water well called attention to the problem, Pennsylvania environmental officials are …

January 8, 2013

Drilling Spills Reaching Colorado Groundwater; State Mulls Test Rules

Oil and gas have contaminated groundwater in 17 percent of the 2,078 spills and slow releases that companies reported to CO regulators over the past five years.
By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, Dec. 9, 2012

Oil and gas have …

January 8, 2013

New Fears Over Fracking Groundwater Contamination

High concentrations of salts, including those of radium and barium, are present in the flowback waters from late-end fracking operations, lending fears over potential groundwater contamination.
By Professor Chris Rhodes, oilprice.com, Jan. 1, 2013

It is found that high concentrations …

December 12, 2012

How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply

Part of an Ongoing Investigation
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Dec. 11, 2012

Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help

November 14, 2012

Danger If Ohio Watershed Conservancy District Leases Reservoirs for Fracking

         Report Cites Dangers If MWCD Leases Reservoirs for Fracking: Calls for Immediate Moratorium on Fracking Wells in Watersheds with Reservoirs

CLICK HERE to download the press release as a pdf.

A report commissioned by citizens opposed to hydraulic fracturing for …

November 4, 2012

Well Casing Failures Explained

Casing failure leading to fluid migration is explained by Dr. Ingraffea in his latest paper. This is the same subject covered in Josh Fox’s “The Sky is Pink” – Though Fox’s short film also tackles aspects of how the …

November 3, 2012

PA Representative Calls for Probe of DEP Water Testing Reports

State Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, today called on state and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the DEP for “alleged misconduct and fraud”
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 1, 2012

CLICK HERE:  This article ties fracking and renewable …

October 15, 2012

EPA Fracking Investigation in Wyoming Revisited After Objections

Validity of initial water sampling results confirmed
By Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, October 11, 2012

In December of last year, Ars reported on a major EPA study in Pavillion, Wyoming that concluded hydraulic fracking operations there had contaminated the …

September 21, 2012

Shell Fracks Egypt, Threatening Scarce Water Resources; Egyptians Demand Moratorium.

Shell is bringing fracking to Egypt, threatening the North African country’s already limited water resources.

The company is using hydraulic fracturing technology to drill three wells in Egypt’s Western Desert, in the Alam El Shawish West concession. Concerned that scarce …

June 27, 2012

New Josh Fox Video: The Sky Is Pink

New Josh Fox Video: Gas Industry Documents Show Wells Leak and Gas Can Migrate

Another industry document on gas migration

The following introduction to “The Sky is Pink” was made at a celebration of short films at the Black Bear

June 25, 2012

Chesapeake to Pay $1.6 Million for Contaminating Water Wells in Bradford County

The case may be the first Mar­cel­lus con­t­a­m­i­na­tion law­suit to get resolved with­out a nondis­clo­sure agree­ment
By Susan Phillips, StateImpact Pennsylvania, June 21, 2012

Read the PA DEP Consent Order and Agreement with Chesapeake
CLICK HERE for an explanation and …

June 23, 2012

Fracking is Hardly Leakproof

Safe fracking is an impossibility, and the industry’s claims for it are knowingly based on false premises.
By Josh Fox and Barbara Arrindell, TimesUnion.com, June 20, 2012

Recently, politicians and publications have conditionally endorsed so-called “safe fracking” as a part …

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