Comments on: Fracking Wastewater Cited In Blackside Dace Die-Off, Probably

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:53:00 +0000

Being exempt from the clean water act needs to change… unfortunately, the industry influence would ensure it doesn’t…

MrEnergyCzar

By: Dan Hue

Dan Hue — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:15:00 +0000

And when law suits arise, they settle and gag the parties. One day though, the floodgates will open and the truth will come out. It won’t be pretty.

By: Dan Hue

Dan Hue — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 15:02:00 +0000

No fair-minded person would equivalate fracking to wind or solar farms. While the latter may on occasion threaten rare local species (when done poorly), the former threatens entire ecosystems. The scale of fracking operations over areas such as the Marcellus and Barnett Shale is mind blowing. Google “fracking aerial pictures” to get an idea. We’re talking tens of thousands of pads, each with a significant (up to several acres) industrial like footprint. The pollution around the wells (air and water), not just from accidental spills, though denied by the industry and corrupted officials, is obvious, as well as the detrimental health impact to people, livestock and wildlife. The damage done to nature and the communities affected will be irreversible. This is a time bomb that is going to backfire big time, no pun intended.

By: mike_dyke

mike_dyke — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 10:29:00 +0000

When fracking needs more space for waste water and there’s a nearby Outstanding State Resource Water facility nearby – it goes in.

This is the real ecological ‘effect’ of ‘fracking’ energy.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Take a look in the mirror, Tom.

Your nose should be a bit longer after that one….

By: tomandersen

tomandersen — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:27:00 +0000

When solar panels need installing right on top of endangered tortoises, they go in. When wind turbines need roads through national parks, they are bulldozed. When 30% of corn acreage is dedicated to biofuels, wiping out gains made in converting farm land to wild lands, its ok.

Those are real ecological ‘side effects’ of ‘green’ energy.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:57:00 +0000

Yes the Bush gave Fracking exception to keep what they used in the liquid a secret and then the Industry says you can’t prove those chemicals are even in our liquid.