Comments on: Busted! Fracking Chemical Found in Wyoming Water Supply

By: USGS Finds Fracking Water Contamination in Wyoming

USGS Finds Fracking Water Contamination in Wyoming — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:56:19 +0000

[…] look good for the natural gas industry. The findings, which appear to confirm an earlier study of water contamination in Pavillion by the U.S. EPA, provide more hard evidence that the chemicals used in fracking are getting into […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:14:00 +0000

well said. and very sorry to hear.

unfortunately, it’s happening all over the place.

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:06:00 +0000

Let me tell you a few things about our well water. When w first moved here a guy showed up wanting to sell us a watersoftener then he told us that are well water was the best water is ever seen or tasted. then the idiot decided to put oil well all around our home. since that happened my dad got severely sick my mom got sick my children got sick me and my husband got sick. my dad died from the water because it was contaminated. we sent a sample to the EPA last week and we just lost my dad Saturday.These oil companies don’t care about nobody but their self. we are going to take them to court and sue them for everything they have. it’s a crying shame my father had to died because of this. take me at my word the oil company will pay

By: Cornell Researchers Make Biofuel from Willow Shrubs

Cornell Researchers Make Biofuel from Willow Shrubs — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:28:11 +0000

[…] Water contamination from fracking is the main concern. The propensity of fracking to cause earthquakes is also a major concern for New York’s sprawling reservoir system, which involves enormous reservoirs and hundreds of miles of aqueducts. […]

By: BEST Climate Change Study Supports Koch Gas Fracking Investments

BEST Climate Change Study Supports Koch Gas Fracking Investments — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:00:31 +0000

[…] drilling method that involves pumping a toxic chemical brine underground. It has been linked to water contamination, greenhouse gas emissions, and even earthquakes.Be that as it may, Koch Industries is heavily […]

By: Solar Powered Plastic Molding from LightManufacturing

Solar Powered Plastic Molding from LightManufacturing — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:00:33 +0000

[…] Conventional roto-molding poses a particular dilemma for manufacturers of green products such as recycling bins and water barrels. The typical roto-molding oven is heated with natural gas, and that involves the manufacturer in a raft of unsavory issues associated with the natural gas drilling method known as fracking. […]

By: New Report Links Earthquakes to Carbon Sequestration

New Report Links Earthquakes to Carbon Sequestration — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:01:18 +0000

[…] go. Back in March, officials in Ohio put new restrictions on the natural gas drilling method called fracking after seismologists linked it to earthquakes, and last Friday the National Research Council issued […]

By: Deltaman

Deltaman — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:09:00 +0000

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/35714

By: Fracking Caused Ohio Earthquakes

Fracking Caused Ohio Earthquakes — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:18:13 +0000

[…] (Almost) Official March 12, 2012 By Tina Casey Leave a Comment SharePin It Remember those earthquakes in Ohio seismologists from Columbia University thought could be caused by activities related to natural gas […]

By: ARPA-E has $150 million in new funding for transformational energy

ARPA-E has $150 million in new funding for transformational energy — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:24:22 +0000

[…] cars and other small vehicle. Given the water contamination issues and other concerns involved with natural gas fracking, that doesn’t exactly sound like a long term solution, though on the other hand renewable […]

By: Noel E. Jefferson

Noel E. Jefferson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:10:00 +0000

Where ever fracking is taking place, there’s poison… in the water… in the air and in our food supply! What will it take to convince our politicos to reverse greed over safety? Fracking does not “reduce unemployment” because these jobs require a certain skill set that those seeking jobs lack.

By: HyperSolar's Green Gas Could Make Fracking Obsolete

HyperSolar's Green Gas Could Make Fracking Obsolete — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:16:36 +0000

[…] a method of natural gas drilling that can put communities and agricultural areas at risk for water contamination, HyperSolar’s new technology would do the reverse: it could provide communities with a […]

By: Riches of Renewable Energy Revealed by New Online "RE Atlas"

Riches of Renewable Energy Revealed by New Online "RE Atlas" — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:13:19 +0000

[…] In a somewhat ironic bit of timing, NREL officially unveiled the new RE Atlas last week, shortly after Ohio Governor John Kasich put an emergency hold on gas wells around Youngstown, Ohio. The area has been rattled by minor quakes for months, and a major one that hit on New Year’s Eve. Seismologists from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory were called in to assess the situation and according to Columbia blogger Kim Martineau, the team concluded that the quakes “are likely linked to a disposal well for injecting wastewater used in the hydraulic fracturing process.” The earthquakes are just the latest indication of the risk potential involved in gas fracking. […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:58:00 +0000

And you are a Pavillion resident?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:45:00 +0000

Bullsh*t Jim, I take it you work for a fracking PR company

By: EPA Lowers the Boom on Fracking in Pavillion, Wyoming | CleanTechnica

EPA Lowers the Boom on Fracking in Pavillion, Wyoming | CleanTechnica — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:16:38 +0000

[…] in the town of Pavillion, Wyoming, which confirms a preliminary finding that identified fracking chemicals in drinking water used by the town’s residents. The initial report did not to jump to the conclusion that […]

By: Vitamin B12 Could Make Fuel Cells Cheaper | CleanTechnica

Vitamin B12 Could Make Fuel Cells Cheaper | CleanTechnica — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:56:57 +0000

[…] natural gas. Natural gas is emerging as a low-emission alternative fuel for vehicles, but given the environmental risks and community disruption caused by fracking (a method of drilling that involves pumping chemicals […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:58:00 +0000

IF confirmed. ALL active producers & injection wells that have drilled below the fresh water formation should be tested to determine if they have sufficient isolation of the fresh water aquifer from the wellbore. If not, they either need to be fixed, which can be done in MOST cases, or PROPERLY plugged and abandoned..allowing the owner of the well the right to replace the plugged well with a PROPERLY completed new replacement.

As far as the contaminated water, drilling another well would only be putting another “straw in the glass” and would help only IF high volume pumps were installed & water was removed until the contaminates were washed out of the mix.

A commitment to supply fresh water for as long as it takes to get back to fresh well water should be imposed on any operator(s) that have knowing allowed their well to operate when the wellbore integrity was known to be a problem (this too is determinable, in many cases) or, kick in some predetermined percentage if it’s found they currently have a leaking well. If this occurred, it would not surprise me to see well integrity on top of all drillers and producers check list as it is with MOST of the oil & gas operators in this country.

By: Jim Ramsey

Jim Ramsey — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:56:00 +0000

The testing that has been done on those private wells shows that the methane contamination was from the the ground surrounding those wells, not from frac’ing. I agree that groundwater pollution is a serious problem, but let’s work on real problems not imagined.

By: A Melcher

A Melcher — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:33:00 +0000

!. If there is strong evidence that water well(s) contain fracking chemicals, what is the next step required by law or regulation? Shut down the oil/gas well/ Drill a new water well for users?
2 Earthquakes: in the mid-1960’s warfare gases at Rocky Mountain Arsenal,Denver, were being disposed of by deep underground injection (25,000 feet deep, high pressure.) Earthquakes occurred. A USGS geologist, David Evans, became convinced that the fluids were lubricating slip planes in the formations, resulting in earthquakes. Authorities halted the injections and the earthquakes stopped.