Using Tracers in Fracking Fluid – Ready for Prime Time?
What’s this: An anti-drilling idea MDN can endorse? Say it ain’t so! But it is…
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New Duke/USGS Study: Fracking Does Not Contaminate Well Water
A new study by Duke University researchers and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds “no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.” The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Applied Geochemistry (full copy embedded below), looked at samples from 127 water wells across the state. In those few cases where they found methane, it wasn’t methane from deep below (i.e. drilling) but rather naturally occurring methane from near the surface. No fracking chemicals were found in well water.
This study is yet another nail in the coffin of shrill, anti-drilling blathering that shale drilling “contaminates water supplies.” The science clearly says it does not.
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Poll: PA Residents Support Fracking & Moratorium Too…Say What?
Huh. Talk about schizophrenia… A poll of Pennsylvania residents conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College last fall Read More “Poll: PA Residents Support Fracking & Moratorium Too…Say What?” -
New EPA Rule Regulates Fracking via Back Door of Chemical Reporting
It appears that once again the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making a play at regulating oil and gas drilling, an activity specifically left to Read More “New EPA Rule Regulates Fracking via Back Door of Chemical Reporting”
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Onondaga County | Regulation
Landowner Rights in DeWitt, NY Die with Frack Ban Vote
With the raising of three hands, DeWitt, NY (near Syracuse) stripped away the Constitutional rights of their landowning citizens on Monday night. Freedom in yet Read More “Landowner Rights in DeWitt, NY Die with Frack Ban Vote”
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TX Gov. Perry Honors George Mitchell – Man Who Changed the World
On Monday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry made a rare appearance on the Texas House floor to honor the man most responsible for America becoming a net exporter of energy Read More “TX Gov. Perry Honors George Mitchell – Man Who Changed the World”
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Regulation | Statewide NY
NY Anti-Driller Admits Strategy is to Delay, then Ban
A member of the Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, a staunchly anti-drilling organization, makes what may be to some a startling admission in a recent editorial: Read More “NY Anti-Driller Admits Strategy is to Delay, then Ban”
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Moody’s Report: Shale is Here to Stay, Gives U.S. Huge Advantage
A 16-page, $550 report from Moody’s Investors Service released on Monday says shale drilling in the U.S. is here to stay, gives America an ongoing advantage over Read More “Moody’s Report: Shale is Here to Stay, Gives U.S. Huge Advantage”
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A Flaw in CSSD’s Strategy to Force Drillers to Adopt 15 Standards
What impact has the self-appointed, self-regulated Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) had so far? You may recall MDN covered the launch of Read More “A Flaw in CSSD’s Strategy to Force Drillers to Adopt 15 Standards”
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IEA Says American Shale Creating an Oil “Supply Shock” Worldwide
Earlier this morning in London, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) made some starting statements and predictions about the abundance Read More “IEA Says American Shale Creating an Oil “Supply Shock” Worldwide”
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New House Bill Puts EPA in Charge of Fracking Under SDWA
Under the category of “here comes more B.S. from Capitol Hill,” a Democrat and a RINO Republican (it’s only a ‘bipartisan’ effort if Republicans cave Read More “New House Bill Puts EPA in Charge of Fracking Under SDWA”
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Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Reserves (Proved and Unproved) | Statewide PA
Prof Terry Engelder: Marcellus Rock Star
Dr. Terry Engelder, geologist and professor at Penn State University, is one of two men who first calculated and publicized the enormous potential Read More “Prof Terry Engelder: Marcellus Rock Star”
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Broome County | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Regulation | Statewide NY
Bloomberg Hit Piece on Pro-Fracking NY State Senator
Bloomberg news service has published a yellow journalism hit piece about NY State Senator Tom Libous (Republican from Binghamton) Read More “Bloomberg Hit Piece on Pro-Fracking NY State Senator” -
BLM Rules for Fracking on Federal Land Criticized in DC
We’ve heard for months now that the Dept. of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is really really close to releasing their new “rules for fracking on federal lands” (see New Interior Secretary Jewell Says BLM Fracking Rules Coming Soon). These are the same rules that Barack Obama would like to see used as a model for the states to use on non-public lands too (see Feds ‘Hope’ States will Use BLM Rules for ALL Fracking).
Must be this time the new rule release really is close, because Congress is held a hearing yesterday and the new rules, still unreleased, are receiving fire from both Republicans and Democrats…
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Mahoning County | Ohio | Regulation
Youngstown, OH Votes Down Fracking Ban Amendment
Yesterday was D-Day, Decision-Day in the City of Youngstown, Ohio. Would the citizens of the city vote to commit economic suicide by adopting an amendment to the city’s charter that would not only ban fracking in the city, but also ban just about any activity related to shale drilling? A group of anti-fracking zealots, aided and abetted by Democrat city council members, were pushing for just that (see Youngstown, OH to Commit Utica Suicide with Vote to Ban Drilling).Good news: Wiser heads have prevailed in Youngstown. Rational-thinking people voted down the ban by a vote of 57% to 43%. Closer than we’d like to see, but a convincing win nonetheless:
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Susquehanna County
PA County Official Calls Local Anti-Driller “Stupid” at Meeting
Sometimes anti-drillers become unhinged and behave very badly. Case in point: Susquehanna County’s most famous anti-driller Vera Scroggins, who used her potty mouth on FrackNation filmmaker Phelim McAleer in January when Phelim tagged along to ask Yoko Ono and Susan Sarandon about fracking when they came to Susquehanna County (in a Mercedes bus) to promote Artists Against Fracking. Scroggins didn’t like McAleer posing tough questions to the goddesses she worships, so she made it her mission to use every foul word and anti-Irish, prejudiced comment she could think of to insult McAleer, making a video of it and posting it on Youtube (see “The Final Ploy of the Desperate” Natural Gas Opponents).
You can appreciate that the normally patient folks of rural Susquehanna County grow tired of Vera’s antics. At a recent county commissioners meeting, a Susquehanna County official had had enough of Vera’s tiresome antics and actually called her “stupid” before the assembled audience. Cool! Wish we had been there to video it and put it on Youtube. Here is what prompted the outburst:
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