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Study on fracking health risks reinforces call for moratorium
By Bernhard Debatin, The Athens News
A new study, titled "The Impacts of Gas Drilling on Human and Animal Health," shows that fracking fluids, methane gas exposure and other gas-drilling related contamination can have a serious impact on the health of both humans and animals.
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A recent broadcast on Living on Earth by Bruce Gellerman reported on pollution discovered in Pennsylvania rivers related to fracking wastewater. Read the transcript of the program here.
New Report from Environmental Working Group:
Landowners being left in the dark about threats and risks - but not shareholders.
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Say No To Fracking in NC, TAKE ACTION NOW
State legislators are back in Raleigh and some anti-environmental legislators may again try to push forward legislation that promotes fracking, a controversial form of drilling for natural gas. Fracking has caused quite a stir in other states, where it has been connected to cases of contaminated drinking water, mysterious illnesses, animal deaths, and in some cases tap water that can be lit on fire.
Send a message to your state Representatives and the Governor, urging them to say NO to fracking in North Carolina
Recently, some legislators said that they planned travel to Pennsylvania to study fracking. However, media reports about their trips show that they were hosted by Chesapeake Energy, one of the nation's largest fracking companies. Chesapeake gave legislators a one-sided look at this controversial issue and we're wondering if they happened to mention some recent news1:
- In April, a blowout at a Chesapeake gas well in Bradford County, Pa. sent tens of thousands of gallons of toxic fluids flowing over farmland and into a nearby creek.
- Last September, Pennsylvania environmental regulators began investigating the source of methane gas found bubbling from the Susquehanna River and six private drinking-water wells in Bradford County, concluding that nearby wells drilled by Chesapeake were the source of the problem.
- In May of this year, Pennsylvania environmental regulators fined Chesapeake $900,000 for contaminating the drinking-water wells of 16 families.
A recent news editorial about these trips2, asks: “They need a good, balanced look at all the facts. So why did the two Republican legislators allow Chesapeake Energy, the leading shale gas producer, to drive them around and guide their two-day tour?”.
Get the Facts on Fracking
Clean Water for NC has produced a new video detailing the facts about fracking and its potential impact in North Carolina. View the video here to see if your town is in peril.
NEW INFO: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat
EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer
Pavilion, Wyo. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)
As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a place where residents have long complained [1] that drilling fouled their water has turned up alarming levels of underground pollution.
A pair of environmental monitoring wells drilled deep into an aquifer in Pavillion, Wyo., contain high levels of cancer-causing compounds and at least one chemical commonly used in hydraulic fracturing, according to new water test results [2] released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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What will fracking do to your food?
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(Additonal Resources and recent articles on Francking are also featured below introduction.)
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a means of natural gas extraction used in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand, and chemicals are injected, under high pressure, into a well to allow natural gas to flow more freely out of the well. Fracking uses a mixture of chemicals and millions of gallons of water per frack. This waste water then becomes contaminated.
Additional internal documents now available reveal that company officials were aware of their violations.
Fibrowatt LLC is owned by Homeland Renewable Energy of New Hampshire. Fibrowatt wants to build poultry litter incinerators with steam-driven turbines in North Carolina. These plants will generate a relatively small amount of energy (somewhere between 40 to 55 Megawatt per plant, which is enough to power about 30,000 homes).
