Energy industry at odds over US onshore future
Fracking is propelling the US ahead of Saudi Arabia in output – but has that growth peaked?
Save the planet. Leave it in the ground.
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Activists Resist
Activists pledge to resist any federal effort to lift fracking ban in Delaware River Basin • Pennsylvania Capital-StarFears that the Trump administration is looking for ways to lift a longstanding ban on fracking for natural gas in the densely populated Delaware River Basin—which includes part of Pennsylvania—have prompted environmentalists to seek public support for a commitment to defend the regulation.Permian Basin
Bloomberg reports that fracking is being adversely affected by tariffs and lower-cost alternative sources. The Bloomberg article is behind a paywall, but the take-away is clear. Fracking isn’t thriving with the glut of gas. Yet energy producers refuse to leave it in the ground.
Fossil energy is expensive to produce even with fracking, and that production cost does not include pricing in the costs and damage from burning it as fuel or making it into plastics.
Trump Accelerates Climate Crisis
Fossil-fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fearsThe EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc’s climate fight — should the mammoth pledgesIt’s evil. It’s IBG/YBG. . . the attitude that says, “I’ll be gone and you’ll be gone,” so we needn’t worry about long-term consequences. Enjoy the money, exploit the moment, “Devil take the hindmost. I don’t have to outrun the ravenous bear; just be a bit faster than you.
Environmental Dashboard
Managers have a practice of arranging a set of benchmark statistics into a “dashboard” to have a way to provide critical performance information at a glance. Tracking benchmarks is an early warning system for emerging problems. This article discusses monitoring such a dashboard for those who drill for oil and gas.
There are thousands of “Notices of Apparent Violation” or NOVs. Pennsylvania is not known for being strict or strong on enforcement action. This record speaks volumes about the Energy Industry and lack of Stewardship.
PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard – July 5 to 11 – Shale Gas Wastewater, Fracking Chemicals Release; Water Pipeline Rupture; Crude Oil Spills; More Abandoned WellsFrom July 5 to 11, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 559 inspection entries. Follow these l…Nothing Good for Locals
Injection wells are blamed for small earthquakes and, if not done right, the waste water can migrate to the aquifer. The injection well itself is a puncture of the layers of strata that would otherwise isolate the aquifer from the nasty stuff in the fracked layers below. The energy industry thinks it has the right to put produced wastewater back into a frack hole they don’t use for production. What could possibly go wrong?
Plum fracking injection well battle continues as company appeals rejectionThe years-long battle over a second injection well in Plum will continue. That’s because oil company Penneco Environmental Solutions filed an appeal in Allegheny County Court on Friday to the Plum Zoning Hearing Board’s rejection of the well last month. The Delmont-based firm has been attempting to convert a naturalBad 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 ..
