Concentrations
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Colorado-tightens-fracking-rules-2401144.php That’s cool, it’s nice to know what goes in. More important — what comes out, and what do they do with it.
View ArticlePublic comments on NY hydrofracking were 10-to-1 against
…with one day left in comment period. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120110/NEWS01/301100008/-Hydrofracking-energizes-New-York-residents?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|PoughkeepsieJournal.com|s
View ArticleFugitive methane
A new story in Scientific American by Frischetti. Fracking could release large quantities of methane into the atmosphere, accelerating global warming.
View ArticleShortage of fracking sand
…a.k.a. proppant. Didn’t see that one coming, Baker Hughes didn’t either apparently. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-24/baker-hughes-says-fracking-shortages-hurt-profit-margin.html
View ArticleTexas Railroad Commission says there’s enough water for Eagle Ford fracking
According to http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=114624&hmpn=1 But check the math. The figures below come from the article. – 540,000 acre feet in the aquifer when the fracking began. –...
View ArticleRace officials abscond with anti-fracking banner at Tour Down Under
Now see if I didn’t just describe this here video. Not too often that we run across something with both fracking and bike content.
View ArticleBig Oil vs. Big Gas
Kochs don’t like govt. picking winners and losers — especially if the losers are them. The idea of using the tax code to spur conversion of trucking fleets has support from many Democrats and...
View ArticleNPR repeats false fracking narratives
As NPR’s Tom Gjelten reports: “Petroleum engineers have always known about the untapped underground oil in the United States, but it was unreachable, trapped in tight shale rock. Then the engineers...
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