Lack of precipitation and heat reflected in The Drought Monitor-
Twelve years ago the National Drought Mitigation Center created the Drought Monitor. Drought Monitor blends various indicators of drought to create a U.S. map showing if any of the country is experiencing drought. It also shows how severe the drought conditions […]
Continue Reading →Earthquakes, water pollution, political pollution, and now toxic chemicals in the air near fracking wells-
It seems every day the news about the negative side effects of fracking gets worse (and the TV ads run by the American Petroleum Institute and others more manipulative). Aside from the methane in the natural gas, a number of […]
Continue Reading →Hundreds of thousands of faults, most poorly mapped, just waiting for a bit of lubrication-
We all know what causes earthquakes — preexisting long cracks in rock layers (faults) and enough pressure to make them slip. Most don’t slip very often though. Some will never slip because the pressure is just not, or ever will […]
Continue Reading →Resources chair pushes through oil and gas legislation that may make his oil and gas leases valuable-
Part of Idaho is like so many other places in America where a tsunami of fracking is about to hit. Five years ago this seemed very unlikely. Idaho has always been regarded as an unlikely place for oil […]
Continue Reading →Closed Process Highlights Need For Meaningful State Environmental Review, Public Involvement
With the recent discovery of natural gas in southwest Idaho many residents are concerned about their local watersheds. They should be, fracking is an ugly business :
Before 2005, regulation of fracking took place under the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA was […]
Continue Reading →“Fracking” is the latest assault on our land, water, wildlife and health-
Hydrofracking injects water and toxic chemicals deep into the rock to create pockets of volatile hydrocarbons (natural gas of a variety). Unfortunately, the toxic mess underground often doesn’t stay there. It comes out into surface waters, often carrying the original chemicals plus new […]
Continue Reading →The practice of fracking, or hydraulic fracture drilling has been a highly damaging practice wherever it is used and now Congress is asking the EPA to take a harder look.
Diesel Use in Gas Drilling Cited as Violation of Safe-Water Law.
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