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Squeezing Blood From Stone
SQUEEZING BLOOD FROM STONE By Paul Bermanzohn, MD The development, in 1993 after years of research and trial and error by Texas oilman George Mitchell, of a new technique called hydraulic hydrofracturing was combined in 2002 with horizontal drilling, another new technique, to make possible the extraction of so-called “natural gas” from long-coveted Marcellus Shale […]
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Why regulation cannot protect us
• No regulation can prevent the extraordinary squandering of fresh water, 5½ million gallons average per well, 100% of which becomes contaminated — permanently — and removed from the natural water cycle. This in an era of critically diminishing supplies of fresh water in the US and around the world. According to Prof. Tony Ingraffea, Cornell rock […]
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Promises, promises
No economic boom, inadequate tax revenues, low royalties, wrecked roads, bad water. So what else is new? From NewsInferno.com 9/13/2010: Fracking in Arkansas Falling Short of Promise It appears that hydraulic fracturing in Arkansas’ Fayetteville shale isn’t living up to past promises. According to a report in Arkansas Business, depressed natural gas prices have eaten away at royalties […]
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Every agency has its price
Side-by-side sampling reveals that the Texas Department of Environmental Quality air monitor in Dish, Texas is under-recording toxic VOC levels in the air. Now why d’ya suppose it’d do that?
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Ignore Pickens’ shilling for shale
Excerpted from Dubious Path to a Green Future Originally published on 6/28/10 Many energy experts contend natural gas is the ideal fuel as the world makes the transition to renewable energy. But since much of that gas will come from underground shale, potentially at high environmental cost, it would be far better to skip the […]
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A glass of Pennsylvania lemonade, Mr. Gill?
Governor Rendell, Governor Paterson, will you join us?Mr Grannis? Mr. Gruskin? There’s plenty for all. I live in Hickory, PA… just to update what is going on here, we had our water sent to an independent lab. The amount of toxic chemicals found were off the chart. We had the DEP come to the house […]
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Alberta, Canada: A glimpse of New York’s future
‘Petro-pirates’ robbing Alberta’s resources Flushing justice down the pipeline with Wiebo Ludwig’s arrestPublished January 14, 2010 by Jack Locke in Viewpoint Corey Pierce . . . . . Alberta is not a democratic province. It is a province controlled by international corporations that see profit and extraction of natural resources as their prime object. In order to accomplish their […]
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Too much of a good thing is too much
Mono Lake, in California, is about twice as saline as ocean water. Very few species can survive there for long. The exceptions are an algae, brine shrimp, and alkali flies. Mark Twain found Mono Lake to be a “lifeless, treeless, hideous desert… the loneliest place on earth.” (Wikipedia) Brine from gas wells is six to ten times as […]
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Investors: what is it the natural gas industry doesn’t want you to know?
The editor of the O&G industry magazine World Oil was fired for defending a petroleum geologist’s columns indicating shale gas yields are overstated (that wells aren’t actually producing as industry advertised… not even close). Below are 3 links to articles regarding this incident. The 1st reports on the firing; the 2nd is the editor’s explanation for his firing […]