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! 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
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? [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.
Quakes
It’s called a “permit” because our society is accepting as necessary, something that is not otherwise desirable.
They don’t want to pay for the harm they do
The Invisible hand of Fossil Energy Punishes
Letter to the editor: Fracking’s destruction
Here is an excellent letter posted to western Pennsylvania’s “Trib Live” Tribune-Review | Saturday, May 17, 2025 5:00 a.m. Contrary to industry cheerleading, gas is not a better energy option than other fossil fuels. Fracking destroys agricultural and forest land, pollutes air and water and poses serious risks to public health, e.g., seven times the risk of