Southern Maryland Online Fracking involves drilling thousands of feet vertically and then horizontally, then pumping water mixed with sand and toxic chemicals down to crack the shale and release gas. Thousands of ... Tests revealed arsenic, strontium and other toxics. After ...
Eyewitness News But the group suffers regular sabotage and theft from its onshore installations in Nigeria, where it is the biggest western producer, and has made little progress with its costly Arctic drilling programme in recent years. Like its big rivals, Shell is ... and more »
CounterPunch Bob once told me that his views on the environment were shaped by the fact that his father's death at the age of 56 may have been the result of working in a factory where his hands were often submerged in chemicals . ... to keep fracking legal in the ... and more »
Sandusky Register Eventually, large drilling rigs will be brought in so that water monitoring wells 80 to 100 feet deep can be set up to learn if the groundwater is being contaminated, Bowlus said. ... In limited tests done last year, analysts found PCBs and other ... and more »
KUHF-FM Earlier this week, StateImpact's Dave Fehling reported how it's important for communities and schools to know their neighbors when deadly chemicals are next door at industrial plants. It's also important for schools to prepare for an emergency. Loading ...
Socialist Resistance At the same time, there is the dash to use the opportunity of the melting of Arctic sea ice to open up the region for oil and gas exploitation, while Japan has recently developed the technology to recover methane clathrates from the sea bed. These ... and more »
LaSalle News Tribune In 1982 Illinois EPA found chemicals associated with gasoline in groundwater. A deeper well alleviated the problem but the EPA never found a source. .... Benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene and xylene are commonly found together in coal tar, crude ...
State Journal ... billion in investments, including in West. A new report from the American Chemistry Council says expansion in shale gas plays are driving investments in chemical manufacturing to the tune of bout $71.7 billion in investments, including in West ... and more »
Truth-Out These are the journalists who work for daily newspapers, broadcast and cable television, and the corporately owned platforms on the internet and other digital devices. Although there are many types of independent and alternative journalism of varying ...
Energy Collective One man said he could light his tap water on fire after energy companies put a drill pad in his neighborhood. Others tell me they worry their water is causing health problems for their families. People across the country share these concerns. From ... and more »
