Tag: hydraulic fracturing
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U.S. judge halts oil leases due to lack of federal study of water impacts
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water.…
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Trump plan to allow new fracking on California coast, Central Valley moves forward
Photo: Hydraulic fracturing is currently used on between 10 to 20 percent of all oil and gas wells on public lands in Central California managed by the Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office. COURTESY OF BLM, BAKERSFIELD FIELD OFFICE. The Trump administration moved forward Thursday with its plan to open up federal land in…
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Fracking linked to increased hospitalizations for skin, genital and urinary issues in Pennsylvania
Rashes, urinary tract infections, and kidney stones requiring hospital stays are more common in areas with more drilling, according to a new study Fracking may put Pennsylvania communities at greater risk for skin, genital, and urinary diseases, according to new research. The study, which will be published in the March issue of the journal Public…
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Texas energy group takes issue with Duke University water study
Dusty Read checks the clean water tank Dec. 5, 2017 at Challenger Water Solutions’ water recycling system demonstration facility. Consisting of a control room container and two containers that do the actual water cleaning, the entire system can be transported on two semi trucks. The system, primarily focused on oil fracking operations at the moment,…
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Intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing
Abstract Unconventional oil and gas exploration in the United States has experienced a period of rapid growth, followed by several years of limited production due to falling and low natural gas and oil prices. Throughout this transition, the water use for hydraulic fracturing and wastewater production in major shale gas and oil production regions has…
