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Approval of LNG Exports Means More Money for Big Oil and Gas, More Fracking In U.S. 
House Subcommittee’s Approval of LNG Exports Means More Money for Big Oil and Gas, More Fracking In U.S. Communities...
Posted: Mon, Apr 14, 2014 12:00pm PDT
Trona, Bloody Trona 
Trona, Bloody Trona
A book review by Mike Rhodes...
Posted: Mon, Apr 7, 2014 9:16pm PDT
California Sunset: Future Of Fracking And Farming 
From Sunset Travel Magazine April Issue, Future of Fracking in California: The weakest links in the safety chain, according to experts, are the steel casings and cement that line the wells underground. They’re designed to isolate harmful chemicals from the surrounding environment, but they’re far from infallible 6 to 7 percent of new wells drilled failed within 3 years by “compromised structural integrity,” according to Ingraffea’s research. STOP. Now look at where the quotes appear. This is ...
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2014 2:41pm PDT
Gov. Brown Urged to Investigate Missing Acidizing Reports for Oil Industry Activity 
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity called on Gov. Jerry Brown on March 26 to investigate why dozens of legally required notices of a dangerous oil industry practice called “acidizing” are missing from the reporting website of a California agency responsible for collecting information on hydraulic fracturing, acidizing and other risky techniques used in oil and gas extraction. Acidizing uses dangerous acids to dissolve underground rock formations and release oil and gas....
Posted: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 7:53pm PDT
FracNatural The Unconventional Energy Boost 
Two studies: One study is based on algorithms of expansion under economic models with unquantified terms such as 'prudent development' of the Monterey Shale. And one study is based on the geologic strata, actual well numbers, production records per well, core analysis by industry logs, source rocks vs migration and trapping timescales, production trends over the course of time, maturity of fields and known reservoir assets vs new exploration, and shifting company profiles and investments....
Posted: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 1:44pm PST
Audubon California derides San Joaquin water bill (HR 3964) as ‘nothing but a step back’ San Francisco, CA - Audubon California on February 4 voiced strong opposition to a cynical legislative effort to take advantage of the ongoing drought to derail California water policy and environmental protections. House Resolution 3964, which is being rushed to the floor Wednesday without committee debate, would overturn years of negotiations over Central Valley water policy that have balanced the interests of communities, agriculture, and the environment....
Posted: Mon, Feb 10, 2014 2:26pm PST
Birth Outcomes and Maternal Residential Proximity to Natural Gas Development in Colorado 
Birth defects are a leading cause of neonatal mortality. Natural gas development (NGD) emits several potential teratogens and US production is expanding. We examined associations between maternal residential proximity to NGD and birth outcomes in a retrospective cohort study of 124,842 births between 1996 and 2009 in rural Colorado. (For full report see PDF)...
Posted: Fri, Jan 31, 2014 12:02pm PST
Shalefield Stories: Residents on the Frontlines of Fracking Tell Their Personal Stories WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Environment America Research & Policy Center joined residents living on the frontlines of fracking who recounted their stories of illness, water contamination, and damage to their livelihoods due to dirty drilling operations in a new booklet called Shalefield Stories. The new booklet was released today even as President Obama touted natural gas development in his State of the Union speech and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz asserted last week that the impacts of frackin...
Posted: Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:14pm PST
California Household Water Usage Is Miniscule Compared To Enhanced Oil Recovery By Steam Enhanced Oil Recovery is good to the last drop, and it's also Wellbore Welfare.
California water isn't in the rivers, so where is it? Reminds me of a question back in the 1990's - Where did all thee trees go? Too late. But there's a connection. Industry once blamed job loss on environmentalists. Like it was Earth First! or the Sierra Club, or the League of Conservation Voters that came in and stole all the trees. Trees connect the Earth to Sky. The trees are gone. What happens when the rock...
Posted: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 12:55pm PST
Atomic Fracking in New Mexico, Colorado The over-exploitation of Oil and Gas here at home, is not about “America's Resources For America". It is a kind of sinister 'new world order' of technology driven tactical diplomacy. One might call it more accurately a Right Wing Energy Plan For Destabilization of Key States throughout the world. As the U.S. and Canada production rises, some oil producing countries could face the threat of becoming "failed states" as their leadership grapples with greater pressure for economic and political r...
Posted: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 2:27pm PST
India innovating with solar PV, poised to become global solar leader says World Bank 
Yesterday I saw an image shared on my Facebook timeline. It was of solar PV panels installed over an irrigation canal in India. This has the obvious advantage of a double impact for sustainability. Low carbon power is generated by the panels feeding into the transmission grid, and the panels shade the water in the irrigation canal reducing evaporation loss thus saving a scarce resource used for drinking and agriculture....
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2013 2:41am PST
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Restores Local Control over Fracking (Pittsburgh) – “PennEnvironment applauds today’s decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that overturned sections of Pennsylvania’s controversial gas drilling law, known as Act 13. With this ruling, municipal governments will once again have the ability to determine when and where fracking occurs in their locality. This is crucial for protecting public health, our environment and our communities....
Posted: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 12:07pm PST
Groups Urge Air District to Protect Los Angeles From Fracking Pollution 
LOS ANGELES— On November 22, a coalition of health and environmental organizations called on the South Coast Air Quality Management District to better protect Los Angeles and Orange County residents from air pollution caused by fracking and other dangerous oil and gas extraction methods....
Posted: Sat, Nov 23, 2013 10:12am PST
Fracking, another wrong turn on the road to sustainability The anti-fracking movement is gaining momentum, thanks to documentaries and numerous University studies warning against the toxic chemicals used in the practice. My article urges Californians to join the fight against fracking, and to put pressure on Governor Brown into passing a moratorium. With midterm elections coming up next year, we have the opportunity to get our voice heard, and to elect someone that will represent what we want-- a future powered by clean, renewable energy....
Posted: Tue, Nov 19, 2013 3:49pm PST
Eating Disorders: Not Just a Teen Problem (audio/mpeg 21.9MB) Jennifer Lombardi, director of admissions and outreach for the Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program, discusses myths and realities of a deadly disease affecting 10 million or more women and girls in the United States. Audio 23:57...
Posted: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 8:38pm PST
Settlement Will Safeguard Endangered California Frog From Harmful Pesticides 
SAN FRANCISCO— A federal district court approved a settlement today (see PDF) requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better protect California red-legged frogs from seven common pesticides known to be highly toxic to amphibians. The settlement gives the agency two years to prepare “biological opinions” under the Endangered Species Act to analyze pesticide use in and near the frog’s aquatic and upland habitats....
Posted: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 12:47pm PST
Endangered Species Act Saves Once-threatened Mojave Desert Bird 
LOS ANGELES— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today (see PDF) that Endangered Species Act protections have successfully recovered the Inyo California towhee, a songbird found only near springs in the Mojave Desert. The towhee got federal protection in 1987 because its habitat around desert springs was being damaged by grazing, recreation and mining. Federal listing with critical habitat protection allowed the bird’s population to rebound from fewer than 200 birds in 1987 to more t...
Posted: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 6:51pm PDT
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