The Southern The drill will begin at 1 p.m. and will test response times for hospital staff and emergency management crews in responding to a simulated chemical spill. Officials say the exercise will create a surge of additional people entering the hospital's ... and more »
BBC News The minister insisted renewable energy was "the biggest show in town" but said he had to "assess other options". Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, involves drilling a well in shale rock and pumping water, sand and chemicals down to push gas out.
Noozhawk “Oil and gas fields comprise large swaths of our local area and the rise of fracking means that stormwater runoff from these fields may contain additional carcinogenic chemicals and other hazardous materials that were not previously present. ... has ... and more »
Chicago Tribune Fracking is controversial because the wells can be drilled horizontally through the land of neighbors more than 100 football fields away. In addition, massive amounts of water, sand and chemicals are used in blasting through the rock. Other legislation ...
R & D Magazine Other concerns include increased air emissions of methane and hazardous pollutants as a result of drilling procedures and the lack of disclosure by th...
Vermillion Plain Talk Especially when you consider that in December 2011, ALEC adopted model legislation, based on a Texas law, addressing the public disclosure of chemicals in drilling fluids used to extract natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The ALEC ...
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Expanded drilling is unlocking enormous reserves of crude oil and natural gas, offering the potential of moving the country closer to its de...
ABQ Journal “Without the ability to explore extraction possibilities, Mora County residents are at a sincere disadvantage compared to other areas of the state.” Tens of millions of barrels of oil and gas are ... Local bans on drilling and the practice of hydraulic ... and more »
Hindustan Times The mock drill will involve the state government, civic body, police, hospitals, foreign embassies, airports and other agencies, with the BMC commissioner leading the drill . ... Even chemical and biological warfare will be simulated during the exercise ...
StateImpact Texas The tragedy led the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil and gas drilling in the state, to require operators to have warning signs and fences around oil- and gas-producing sites where hydrogen sulfide gas is a danger. Years later, a far ...
