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.
Month: September 2017
Cuomo’s Fracking Opposition Hurts New York
The economic fallout from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s rejection of the Constitution pipeline should serve as a warning to other states that want to go down the same path as New York (“Cuomo’s Natural Gas Blockade,” Review & Outlook, Aug. 24). Radical “keep it in the ground” protesters have their sights on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines currently under review along the East Coast that will connect millions of American workers, families and businesses to more affordable and cleaner energy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomos-fracking-opposition-hurts-new-york-1504302605
Fracking Permit is First to Be Approved in Illinois
Illinois regulators signed off on the state’s first fracking permit Thursday, more than four years after legislators passed a law to regulate the controversial oil-drilling practice.
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/09/01/fracking-permit-first-be-approved-illinois
Scientists warn fracking needs to be properly legislated and monitored
University of Cape Town chemical engineer Prof Cyril O’Connor and several other senior scientists have warned that skilled inspectors are needed to monitor and police the emerging shale gas fracking industry.
First fracking permit approved in Illinois
Illinois regulators have approved the state’s first hydraulic fracturing permit more than four years after the controversial oil-drilling practice was allowed.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170901/first-fracking-permit-approved-in-illinois