Banning of CO2 Fracking
No, it’s not a clean way to frack. Fracking, but whatever it means, does nothing to improve the environment. New York should ban it.
Families Dislocated
I’ve observed that fracking does nothing good for the locals. Here another story that gives a face to the research statistics.
Fracking and Premature Births
Radioactive?
Justin Nobel asserts that radiation levels at some oil and gas facilities within small American towns are higher than those at the exclusion zone around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
CO2 Fracking?
It would seem an obviously bad idea to use a greenhouse gas for fracking, wouldn’t it?
Evidence of Harm
It’s not news to us, but the evidence continues to build that nothing good comes of allowing fracking. Here’s a report from our Bucks County Courier Times, that adds to the irrefutable evidence. The industry continues to assert that fracking can be done safely. Still, the evidence shows that profit-driven businesses are not up to
Why Closing Orphan Wells Matters
“A new peer-reviewed study from PSE suggests that prioritizing plugging wells closest to people may bring extra health benefits. Gas leaking from wells is known to be mostly methane, a potent climate pollutant. Scientists tested gas from 48 abandoned wells in western Pennsylvania and found that gas leaking from wells can contain benzene and other volatile organic
Abandoned Wells Will Cost Us Billions
They are orphans because the people who profited from them left it for the rest of us to be responsible and close them. It looks like even $4.7 Billion won’t be enough to plug the orphans.
Irresponsible
The ongoing and expensive problem of orphan wells should remind us NOT to allow environmental costs to become “externalities” in the energy economic model. The industry continues to exploit it’s political power and economic dominance, leaving the rest of society to clean up the mess and suffer the health consequences. Fossil fuels are killing us
“DRILL AND DITCH”
Lest you be lulled into thinking that energy companies have seen the light and turned over a new leaf, this was just published by Spotlight PA: A new report by Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection says conventional oil and gas drillers improperly abandoned thousands of additional wells here between 2017 and 2021 — often with impunity. Abandoned wells leak