fracking
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Fracking is the “Latest Cause of Silly People” and is Great for the Economy!
I cannot pretend to be an expert on fracking. Not even close. Yet, I can't help the feeling that drilling thousands of feet into the earth, pumping millions of gallons of chemical-laden water -- with many of the chemicals being known carcinogens -- multiple times over several days into the ground in earthquake fault zones can't be great for the environment. Even if that makes me a silly person.
March 15, 2013
Extra! Extra! “Fracking is Safe!” Says New Study
Not unlike most of you, I imagine, I am no expert in hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
October 12, 2012
“Frack Off, Folks!” Says California Legislature in Killing Anti-Fracking Bills
It's been a disheartening summer for those seeking to regulate fracking in California.
August 22, 2012
The Artful DOGGR: DOGGR Embarks on a Listening Tour, is Told to Take a Fracking Leap
WHERE THE WORKSHOP ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, or "fracking," drew a record (and raucous) crowd in Culver City Tuesday night, the scene Wednesday night in Long Beach was more subdued. There was a steady stream of speakers ready to voice their concerns about the practice, but there were fewer of them and they were more reserved in their presentations.
June 14, 2012
Go Frack Yourself, Part II: PXP Blames Cracked Home Foundations on Pesky Earthquake Faults
(Part 1 of the series is here.)
March 23, 2012
Go Frack Yourself: neighbors in Baldwin Hills turn out to talk fracking with Plains Exploration & Production and DOGGR
Last night, representatives from the Department of Conservation's Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), Plains Exploration & Production (PXP), the oil company in charge of the Baldwin Hill Oil Field, and other officials went head to head with members of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance and a highly a skeptical community in a standing-room-only meeting at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area Community Center.
March 9, 2012