It’s a scam. We should not be investing in recovering Lithium from wastewater that we should not be creating in the first place–full stop.
Oh Wait, That stuff might be valuable someday
Produced water, now expensive to dispose of, may become a valuable byproduct in the future. So the industry is pleased to have won a court battle over who owns it. I wonder if they’ll pony up the cash to pay for the harm it does when it pollutes local wells and streams.
Texas Supreme Court Rules on Produced Water Ownership – Inside Climate News
The justices ruled Friday that the company holding the oil and gas lease also lays claim to the produced water. The ruling comes as more companies are seeking to turn a profit on what has long been considered a vexing waste stream.
Produced Water is a Hazardous Byproduct of Fracking
The energy industry is notorious for doing the bare minimum in terms of ethical and legal protection of the environment. Here’s more news of environmental concerns.
More Quakes Reported
Fracking Advocates are Relentless
They want to overturn the ban on fracking in the Delaware Watershed. Support Delaware Riverkeeper!
Non-profits advocate for maintaining fracking ban in Delaware River watershed
The non-profits urged the commission, during public comment, not to overturn a ban on fracking that was implemented in 2021.
Texas is making a big mistake. (Not their first.) Shall we stop buying food grown in Texas?
Is your Town Protecting Your Property?
Land use ordinances and other municipal constraints can be employed to protect citizens from the ravages of fracking. Read about it.
Bad Actors make Bad Press
The Energy Industry has long spread disinformation and done cover-ups to avoid public outrage at their actions. That’s why it is important to note reports of wrongdoing, even though they may not be here in Pennsylvania. Citizens should not trust or rely on fossil fuel producers to be responsible for the far-reaching costs and effects of their operations.
Texas warns of fracking waste risk – PressReader Texas regulators are warning that wastewater from fracking in the biggest U.S. oil basin is causing a “widespread” increase in underground .. |
Who Needs Protection?
So you’d like to contribute the water your wells produce to help alleviate the water shortage, but you need a bit of protection? Why?
Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers
As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in agriculture.
[T]he oil and gas industry is hesitating to expand this effort [to reuse produced water] unless it can be sure it is shielded from liability after it hands off the water. You could be forgiven for doubting that anything good would come of “shielding from liability.” After all, these are big powerful companies, the backbone of American enterprise, they would certainly be ethical and honest in such matters.
Yes, I am being facetious. Big Oil and Gas have a terrible record for social and environmental responsibility. Giving them protection from liability would be naive and stupid. The cost of insurance, the cost of cleaning up the toxic byproducts should already be priced in, but it isn’t. That’s just another example of the hidden ways the public subsidizes fossil energy.
Quakes
ODNR links earthquakes to fracking operations in Noble County – Farm and Dairy
Several earthquakes in Noble County, Ohio were linked to hydraulic fracturing operations at a well pad; the Ohio Department of Natural Resources halted operations.
Ohio fracking operation suspended in connection to recent earthquakes
An ODNR official said some of the quakes were strong enough to be felt.
It’s called a “permit” because our society is accepting as necessary, something that is not otherwise desirable.
