April 29, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Pennsylvania residents living near unconventional natural gas developments using hydraulic fracturing, known by the slang term “fracking,” attribute several dozen health concerns and stressors to the Marcellus Shale developments in their area, accordin… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 29, 2013
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Some residents living in areas in Bradford, Co, Pa., near natural gas operations, also known as hydraulic fracturing, are concerned their illnesses may be a result of nearby drilling operations. Twenty-two percent of the participants in a small pilot s… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 10, 2013
by Matthew McFeeley
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Matthew McFeeley, Attorney, Washington, D.C.
The Obama Administration is developing rules to require fracking chemical disclosure for operations on federal lands and a recent leaked draft of the new rules requires companies to dis… Continue reading
January 8, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Graphene oxide has a remarkable ability to quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water, researchers in the United States and Russia have found. The discovery could be a boon in the cleanup of contaminated sites like the Fukushima nuclea… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 19, 2012
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Brine water that flows back from gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region after hydraulic fracturing is many times more salty than seawater, with high contents of various elements, including radium and barium. The chemistry is consistent with brines for… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 5, 2012
by MoreRecycling
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In communities across the US, people are hearing more and more about a controversial oil and gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing – aka, hydro-fracking. Controversies pivot on some basic questions: Can hydro-fracking contaminate domestic wells? Does it cause earthquakes? How can we know? What can be done about these things if they are true? Continue reading
July 27, 2012
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
Linda Greer was quoted in a Wall Street Journal piece about its partnership with Wal-Mart, Patagonia, DuPont, and the apparel industry to make clothing material more sustainable …… Continue reading
May 19, 2012
by Thom Cmar
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Thom Cmar, Attorney, Chicago
A modern-day gold rush is on in Ohio. Oil and natural gas locked up in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations has attracted billions in investment from oil and gas companies ready to use new horizont… Continue reading
May 9, 2012
by Rebecca Hammer
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Rebecca Hammer, Project Attorney, Water Program, Washington, DC
A new report released by NRDC today shows that contaminated fracking wastewater is threatening people’s health and the environment, and none of the methods currently … Continue reading
March 28, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
NRDC today released a new report titled “Leaking Profits: How the U.S. oil and gas industry can reduce pollution, conserve resources, and make money by preventing methane… Continue reading
March 16, 2012
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
We disagree with the recent report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) claiming that the upcoming finalization of EPA’s proposed rule will stifle natural gas prod… Continue reading
March 7, 2012
by Briana Mordick
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Briana Mordick, Oil & Gas Science Fellow, Washington, D.C.
The technology used to get oil and gas out of the ground has evolved extremely rapidly but regulation has unfortunately not kept pace. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has rec… Continue reading
January 18, 2012
by Rocky Kistner
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Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC
The natural gas industry uses millions of gallons of fresh water for its hydraulic fracturing process, water that becomes contaminated with a witches brew of as… Continue reading
October 4, 2011
by Amy Mall
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Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.
It’s the worst single-year drought in the recorded history of Texas. There are water restrictions throughout Texas, but what about the oil and gas industry?
According to a recent a… Continue reading
April 15, 2011
by Richard Schrader
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Richard Schrader, New York Legislative Director, New York Now that Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have worked out an on-time new budget (an event as likely to happen as a spate of alien abductions in the Legislative Office Building) … Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 2, 2011
by Kate Sinding
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Yesterday, The New York Times released the second installment of its investigative series on the dangers associated with natural gas production using hydraulic fracturing. The latest piece looks at fellow Marcellus Shale states – Pennsylvania and… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 3, 2010
by Amy Mall
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NRDC is very concerned about the management of toxic waste generated by oil and gas exploration and production. In September, we petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new rules for managing this waste, because the old r… Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 22, 2010
by Eric Goldstein
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Alexander “Pete” Grannis, the former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation who was fired yesterday by Governor David Paterson, has been a friend of New York’s environment for more than 40 years.
A… Continue reading