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US Renewable Energy Generation Now Close to Nuclear
The latest data from Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows renewables increased to 18 percent of energy generation in 2017—but natural gas is still king. While U.S. clean energy installations lagged, a record amount of capacity brought online in 2016 drove generation from renewables (including hydropower) in 2017 to […]
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WHY IS FRACKING WASTEWATER RADIOACTIVE?
Originally published on April 3, 2015. Filmmaker Josh Kurz and The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier created this explainer about why the wastewater created during fracking for oil and natural gas—flowback—is radioactive. And just where does that dirty, salty waste water go? It’s fracking amazing.
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Study: Conventional drilling waste responsible for radioactivity spike in rivers
Treatment plants that handle conventional oil and gas waste water are causing a buildup of radioactive materials at the bottom of three Western Pennsylvania waterways, according to a new study from researchers at Duke.
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Radioactivity from O&G wastewater persists in PA stream sediments
DURHAM, N.C. – More than seven years after Pennsylvania officials requested that the disposal of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted, a new Duke University study finds that high levels of radioactivity persist in stream sediments at three disposal sites.
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Fracking = Pipelines = Eminent Domain
Time to think about all the things that occur when fracking begins. Fracking doesn’t just mean pulling gas from the ground, bringing radioactive materials to the surface, increasing the number and severity of earthquakes a relatively short distance from a nuclear power plant, overuse and pollution of scarce water resources, […]
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Appreciates ‘banning toxic, radioactive fracking waste’
We wish to publicly thank New Milford Mayor David Gronbach and Town Council for banning toxic, radioactive fracking waste. Cancer-causing PCBs were previously abandoned in our town at the Century Brass Factory. This was remediated, after decades, with expensive clean-up.
http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/news/article/Appreciates-banning-toxic-radioactive-12205890.php
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New poll finds public wary of nuclear and fracking sites
A survey, commissioned by the climate change organisation 10:10, and carried out by YouGov has found many would not like to live near a nuclear plant or fracking site.
New poll finds public wary of nuclear and fracking sites
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Fracking Has an Enormous Radioactive Waste Problem—Just Ask Kentucky
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is likely how your home gets cooled and water gets heated. But the unconventional oil and gas extraction method, currently booming across the U.S. and a cornerstone of President Trump’s energy agenda, is also behind an often-untold but growing problem: radioactive drilling waste.
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Why NY’s nuclear subsidy makes sense (Commentary)
Ethan Bodnaruk, of Syracuse, is an environmental engineer. He holds master’s degrees in nuclear engineering and ecological engineering.
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The hidden costs of fossil fuels
Research from Penn State has demonstrated that treated wastewater from fracking leaves significant pollution in rivers and lakes well downstream. The results are scary.
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