Tag Archives: Volatile Organic Compounds

Learning from neighborhood states where Fracking is allowed: Water Contamination & Health Problems

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/23178

Posted in air pollutants, Barnett Shale, Benzene, biocides(antimicrobial poisons), Brine, Chemicals, Colorado, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Diesel, Dimock, Dish, EnCana, Environmental violations, Flowback water, Fracking Fluid, Hydraulic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Marcellus Shale, Methane, Moratorium NY State, New York State, Pennsylvania, Poisons, Produced Water, pyridines (potential carcinogens), spilled fracturing fluid, Texas, Toxicity, Wyoming | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

PA: Your “natural” gas well exploded? Please wait for the crew of specialists to fly from Texas…

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/23/police-killed-natural-gas-explosion-western-pennsylvania/

Posted in air pollutants, Benzene, biocides(antimicrobial poisons), Chemicals, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Diesel, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas explosion, Hydraulic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Marcellus Shale, Methane, naphthalene (a blood poison), Pennsylvania, Poisons, Produced Water, pyridines (potential carcinogens), spilled fracturing fluid, Strontium, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds, xylene and carbon disulfide (neurotoxicants) | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why Pennsylvania Needs Clean Energy, Part I: Fracking Out of Control

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/08/why-pennsylvania-needs-clean-energy-part-i-fracking-out-of-control

Posted in air pollutants, Barnett Shale, Benzene, biocides(antimicrobial poisons), Bush Cheney, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Clean Air Act, Colorado, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Diesel, Dimock, Dish, Energy, Environmental violations, EPA, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas explosion, Gas Lobby, Gasland, Hydraulic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Marcellus Shale, naphthalene (a blood poison), Pennsylvania, Poisons, Politics, Produced Water, pyridines (potential carcinogens), Special interests, spilled fracturing fluid, Strontium, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds, Wastewater tanks or pits, Wayne County, xylene and carbon disulfide (neurotoxicants) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Risks to NYC’s Water Supply Prompt Short-Term Ban on Gas Drilling

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-rose-levy/risks-to-nycs-water-suppl_b_670110.html?ir=New%20York

Posted in Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas explosion, Gas Lobby, Gasland, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Legislation, Lobbying, Marcellus Shale, Moratorium NY State, Produced Water, Sullivan County, Toxicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Gas Industry Ire

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

An 18-month investigation by ProPublica, however, has shown more than 1,000 cases [6] in which various aspects of the fracturing lifecycle have affected water supplies, including spills of fracturing fluid waste, cracking of underground cement and well casings meant to enclose the fracturing process, and methane gas traveling large distances [7] underground through faults and fractures. Continue reading →

Posted in Benzene, Contamination, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas Lobby, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Legislation, Lobbying, Produced Water, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Fracking and Food Don’t Mix

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

http://www.alternet.org/food/147634/fracking_with_food_how_the_natural_gas_industry_poisons_cows_and_crops

Posted in Benzene, Bush Cheney, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Food, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania, Produced Water, quarantine, Strontium, Sullivan County, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fracking Robs Owners of Land

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

•Oil and gas companies are exempt from the Safe Water Drinking Act. (It wasn’t always that way—thank the 2005 Energy Policy Act, passed under Bush and now known as the Halliburton Loophole.)
•Waste related to oil and gas exploration and production is exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. (So there are no regulations on its disposal, meaning it can be handled in any way a company pleases, from being injected into the ground—regardless of its proximity to water supplies, animal habitats, etc.—to just being left on the land.)
•Because of loopholes in the Clean Air Act, oil and gas wells are not subject to restrictions on hazardous air pollutants. Garfield County, Colorado, for example, a site where a lot of fracking has taken place, has shown elevated levels of several hazardous air pollutants. Continue reading →

Posted in air pollutants, Barnett Shale, Benzene, biocides(antimicrobial poisons), Bush Cheney, Chemicals, Clean Air Act, Colorado, Contamination, Diesel, Earthquakes caused by fracking, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, EPA, Fort Worth, FRAC Act, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas explosion, Halliburton, Halliburton Loophole, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydrolic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Legislation, loopholes, Pennsylvania, Safe Water Drinking Act, spilled fracturing fluid, Texas, Toxicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Frack Off Now – The Animated Short Film

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

The first animated film in a series on the dangers of fracking.

Posted in Benzene, Delaware River Basin, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydrolic Fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Produced Water, Volatile Organic Compounds | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Award-Winning HBO Doc Examines CO Fracking

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

Everyone was a film critic Monday at a somewhat tense screening of the new anti-gas-drilling documentary “Split Estate” for the Garfield County commissioners. Most of the reviews — surprisingly, even from the industry — were glowing.

“Split Estate,” an award-winning documentary detailing the environmental conflicts between surface property owners and mineral-rights holders allowed to extract natural gas from their land, was screened for the commissioners at the request of the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance, which hopes to get a resolution from the board supporting greater federal oversight. Continue reading →

Posted in air pollutants, Benzene, biocides(antimicrobial poisons), Chemicals, Colorado, Contamination, Diesel, Energy, Environmental violations, FRAC Act, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Garfield County, Gas Drilling, Gas Lobby, Halliburton, Hydraulic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Legislation, loopholes, naphthalene (a blood poison), Poisons, Politics, Produced Water, pyridines (potential carcinogens), Safe Water Drinking Act, Special interests, spilled fracturing fluid, Split estate, Strontium, Toxicity, Wastewater tanks or pits | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Sad State of Dimock, PA, post-Cabot

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE52C07920090313

Posted in Benzene, biocides(antimicrobial poisons), Cabot Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Diesel, Dimock, Endocrine Disruptors, Environmental violations, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Marcellus Shale, naphthalene (a blood poison), Pennsylvania, Poisons, Produced Water, pyridines (potential carcinogens), spilled fracturing fluid, Strontium, Toxicity, Volatile Organic Compounds, Wastewater tanks or pits, xylene and carbon disulfide (neurotoxicants) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment