Fracking

Tremors Interrupt First UK Fracking Attempt in 7 Years

Tremors Interrupt First UK Fracking Attempt in 7 Years

A little over a week after fracking restarted in the UK, it’s been paused again due to seismic activity, The Guardian Reported. Cuadrilla Resources, the company fracking two wells at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire in northwest England, confirmed Tuesday they had paused operations for the day after a tremor registered a magnitude […]

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    Fracking to Restart in England Within Weeks

    Fracking to Restart in England Within Weeks

    Shale-gas company Cuadrilla announced Wednesday it would begin fracking in northwest England within weeks following government approval of a second well at its New Presto Road site, Reuters reported. British energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry approved the first well in July, the day before parliament headed to summer recess, The Independent reported. The […]

    Atlantic Coast Pipeline Work Restarts as Opponents Decry ‘Rushed Decisions’

    Atlantic Coast Pipeline Work Restarts as Opponents Decry ‘Rushed Decisions’

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ruled Monday that work could resume on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which opponents call “unnecessary and a boondoggle,” the Charlotte Business Journal reported. Work on the controversial pipeline halted last month after a federal appeals court vacated two permits required for the project to complete its 600 mile route […]

    Trump Lets Fracking Companies Release More Climate-Warming Methane

    Trump Lets Fracking Companies Release More Climate-Warming Methane

    As expected, the U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday released a final rule that reverses Obama-era restrictions on methane emissions from oil and gas operations. President Obama’s 2016 methane waste rule, which never went into effect, required fossil fuel companies on tribal and public lands to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas […]

    Injecting Wastewater Underground Can Cause Earthquakes Up to 10 Kilometers Away

    Injecting Wastewater Underground Can Cause Earthquakes Up to 10 Kilometers Away

    By Emily Brodsky Earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities. Enhanced oil recovery techniques, including dewatering and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have made accessible large quantities of oil and gas previously trapped underground, but often result in a glut of contaminated wastewater […]

    Fracking Wastewater Spikes 1,440% in Half Decade

    Fracking Wastewater Spikes 1,440% in Half Decade

    By Sharon Kelly Between 2011 and 2016, fracked oil and gas wells in the U.S. pumped out record-breaking amounts of wastewater, which is laced with toxic and radioactive materials, a new Duke University study concludes. The amount of wastewater from fracking rose 1,440 percent during that period. Over the same time, the total amount of […]

    65 California Cities, Counties Oppose Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

    65 California Cities, Counties Oppose Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan

    At least 65 California cities and counties have taken action opposing new fossil fuel leasing in the Pacific Ocean since President Trump proposed a massive expansion of drilling in federal waters last year. That ongoing campaign now represents communities with 21.3 million Californians—more than half the state’s population. These actions, combined with recent public opinion […]

    Trump Moves to Open 1.6 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Fracking

    Trump Moves to Open 1.6 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Fracking

    The Trump administration took the first steps on Wednesday towards opening up 1.6 million acres of public land in California to fracking and oil drilling, The Sacramento Bee reported. In a notice of intent published on the Federal Register Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said it would prepare an environmental impact statement on […]

    Second Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline Runs Into Legal Trouble

    Second Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline Runs Into Legal Trouble

    August is off to a good start for environmental groups and communities in Virginia and West Virginia who oppose two pipelines that would carry fracked natural gas through the region. Three days after the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered work to pause on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, its sister pipeline also ran into […]