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Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking
13 Mar 2025 13:53 GMT
… wells after conventional drilling or hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. This liquid waste can … hydrocarbons like benzene, a known carcinogen, and water dislodged from deep … produced water is oftentimes radioactive, fracking companies send produced water to …
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Whistleblower Demands PA’s Gov. Fix ‘Completely Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network
23 Dec 2024 13:04 GMT
… in North Dakota, transporting fracking wastewater by pipeline has become … Pennsylvania topography that this unregulated fracking waste pipeline system traverses. “As … radioactive element thorium, a dangerous carcinogen, were also shockingly high.
“ …
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Greenpeace: fracking should be banned in Hungary
14 Dec 2024 05:23 GMT
… technology - known internationally as fracking - has been banned in … 23-metre-long "Stop fracking" sign on a … this hole they push the fracking fluid, which is mostly … countries these substances, including the carcinogen benzene, have been found in …
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In a state that could decide the election, fracking is far more than just a political issue
01 Nov 2024 17:45 GMT
… including benzene, a known carcinogen, into the ground at a … presidential candidate has discussed fracking in a way that … and still not ban fracking.”
Vice President Kamala Harris … based advocacy group that tracks fracking infrastructure across the country. …
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Trump and Harris back fracking, but what does that mean for Illinois, where sand mines provide a key ingredient?
29 Oct 2024 10:41 GMT
… -known side of the fracking industry that former President … to climate change, the fracking industry has also had … , this was an entirely fracking-driven proposition,” said Ted … improved protections against the airborne carcinogen.
Mining drops, but threat …
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Scientists skeptical of oil and gas company’s claim that its fracking ‘poses no public health risks’
22 Sep 2024 15:07 GMT
… gas, like benzene, a carcinogen.
“There is no indication … pointing to associations between fracking and public health risks, … in southwest Pennsylvania near fracking operations.
CNX’s website … requiring companies to disclose fracking chemicals before they start …
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After Partnering With the State to Monitor Itself, a Pennsylvania Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’
16 Aug 2024 21:17 GMT
… “radical transparency” around fracking operations that Gov. Josh … includes benzene, a known carcinogen. The company said … loophole.”
For anti-fracking activists and environmental groups … reviewed scientific studies on fracking document an “unfolding …
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Call on Cook government to ban fracking in the Kimberley before it’s turned into a Texan oil and gas field
12 Aug 2024 07:27 GMT
… water isn’t polluted by carcinogenic chemicals, landscapes aren’t destroyed … from industrialisation and pollution through fracking or not. The McGowan government … interest in pursuing fracking opportunities in the Kimberley. Fracking in the Kimberley …
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Can viruses help clean wastewater from fracking? It’s a “yes, but” from researchers.
25 Jul 2024 10:10 GMT
… bacteria in wastewater from fracking.
This wastewater, which … can include naturally occurring carcinogenic compounds and radioactive materials … kill plants.
During the fracking process, companies pump … of water used for hydraulic fracturing are used within the …
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Is Radioactivity the Key to Holding the Fracking Industry Accountable?
25 Jul 2024 16:04 GMT
… and a host of other carcinogens—as non-hazardous “special … Grand Jury investigation into the fracking industry released in 2020, … air; and exposing them to fracking chemicals, radioactivity, and other … what happened to the fracking waste impoundment on the …