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Gas drilling vs. drinking water: New York report sets stage for fight
By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica
A version of this story appeared in the Albany Times-Union [1] on Oct. 8, 2009.
A preliminary report [2] from a consultant hired by New York City warns that “nearly every activity” associated with natural gas drilling could potentially harm the city’s drinking water supply and that while the risk can be reduced with strict regulations, “the likelihood of water quality impairment…. cannot be eliminated [2].”
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Tags: · Bill Thompson, Drinking Water, gas drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Michael Bloomberg, natural gas, New York
Frack fluid spill in Dimock contaminates stream, killing fish
September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica
A drill site entrance near the spill site in Dimock, Pa., taken this past winter. (Photo: Abrahm Lustgarten /ProPublica)Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock last week.
The spills, which occurred at a well site run by Cabot Oil and Gas, involve a compound manufactured by Halliburton that is described as a “potential carcinogen” and is used in the drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, according to state officials. The contaminants have seeped into a nearby creek, where a fish kill was reported by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP also reported fish “swimming erratically.”
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Tags: · Cabot Oil and Gas, Dimock, Drilling, Halliburton, Hydraulic Fracturing, natural gas, Pennsylvania, water contamination
Repealing the Halliburton Loophole would be a vote for clean water
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
One of my pet complaints is finally being addressed, at least partly. Living here in the Barnett Shale region of Texas, where drilling for natural gas is making Swiss cheese of the ground beneath, say, my house, I’ve been sensitive to these reports coming out that link fracturing chemicals to groundwater contamination.
To be fair, natural gas advocates point out that the crevices they’re tapping are typically not at the same level as groundwater. Still, that means they’re either drilling through potential groundwater territory, or above it (think: gravity).
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Tags: · BarbaraKesslerBlog, fracturing, Fuel, Halliburton Loophole, natural gas, natural gas drilling, Natural Resources Defense Council
Natural gas, it’s green, but in what sense?
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Pity the American public trying to figure out where to stand on natural gas. There’s a cacophony of appeals to our patriotism, pocketbooks and desire to be eco-correct.
The latest twist comes from politicians in Congress, accompanied by oilman and clean energy trumpeter T. Boone Pickens, who are promoting big tax [...]
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Tags: · BarbaraKesslerBlog, carbon pollution, compressed natural gas, domestic fuel, Fossil Fuels, gas drilling, groundwater, Harry Reid, methane gas, natural gas, Orrin Hatch, pollution, Robert Menendez, Southern Methodist University, T.Boone Pickens, US gas
Wind power grew 29 percent in 2008; U.S. leads in wind capacity
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Global wind power installations grew by 29 percent in 2008, exceeding past performance and bringing the world’s commercial wind power capacity to 120,798 megawatts
Wind now produces 1.5 percent of the world’s electricity with 80 countries using commercial wi nd power, according to an analysis by the Worldwatch Institute released this week.
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Tags: · China, clean energy, Germany, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, India, natural gas, Spain, U.S., Wind energy, Wind Power, World Watch Institute
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