Fracking Fluid

Hickenlooper Takes Heat For Frack Ads

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Hickenlooper Fracking Ads, Fracking Fluid, Video, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Fracking, Frackenlooper, John Hickenlooper, Denver News

Fracking, the practice of injecting highly pressurized mixtures of fluid deep underground to release oil and gas trapped there, never fails to evoke p...

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EPA To Expand Federal Oversight Of Fracking Fluids

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Energy, Fracking Fluid, Environmental Protection Agency, Marcellus Shale, Fracking, Hydrofracking Epa, Epa, Regulation, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, EPA Fracking, Green News

The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on Wednesday to begin developing rules requiring makers and processors of certain chemical cocktai...

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UPDATE: Fracking Disclosure Rule PASSES

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Video, Mandatory Fracking Fluid Disclosures, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Colorado Oil and Gas, Denver News

In August, Colorado Governor Hickenlooper told oil and gas workers to expect heavier regulations on fracking fluid in the state by the end of the year...

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What's in This Fracking Water?

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Fracking, Hydrofracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Cleanstim, Fracking Chemicals Disclosure, Fracking Water, Fracking Chemicals, Fracking Disclosure, Fracking Fluid, Green News

As part of the publicity surrounding the introduction of Halliburton's new fracking fluid formula known as CleanStim, CEO Dave Lesar had one of his executives take a swig of the stuff in front of a stunned audience.

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Halliburton Executive Drinks Fracking Fluid

AP | By CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Fracking, Dave Lesar Fracking, Halliburton CEO, Halliburton, Halliburton Executive Drinks Fracking Fluid, Green News

DENVER -- An energy company executive's sip of fracking fluid at an industry conference this month has been called a demonstration by some and a stunt...

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Hickenlooper: Fracking Fluid Regulations Imminent

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Oil and Gas, Video, Fracking Regulation, Hydraulic Fracturing, John Hickenlooper, Colorado Oil and Gas, Denver News

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper told oil and gas companies on Tuesday to expect heavier regulations on fracking fluid in the state by the end of t...

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Exxon Subsidiary Investigated for 13,000 Gallon Fracking Fluid Spill Into Pennsylvania Waterways

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Pennsylvania, Fracking, Halliburton Loophole, Water Contamination, Epa, Exxon Mobil, Dimock, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Xto Energy, PA DEP, Dick Cheney, Green News

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating a 13,000 gallon hydraulic fracturing fluid spill at XTO Energy's natural gas drilling site in Penn Township, PA.

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PA Moves Forward To Regulate Natural Gas 'Fracking'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A set of proposed regulations to modernize safety in Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry and force drillers to disclos...

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Study: Fracking Fluid Contains Compounds Associated With Neurological Problems, Cancer

AP | MARC LEVY | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than two years after the start of a natural gas drilling boom, Pennsylvania is making public a complete list of the chemi...

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Hydraulic Fracturing, Waterworld and the Toxic Avenger

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Gasland. Environment, Halliburton Loophole, Fracking Safety, Fracking, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, Fracking Water, Sustainability, Green News

Who could forget Kevin Costner's best flick of all time, Waterworld. Melting polar ice caps, mutants, resource-wars, it had it all for those into pos...

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Watch out for hydraulic fracturing it might make your hair orange

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Fracking Fluid, Fracking Safety, Fracking, Green News, Scoma Family, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Sustainability, Fracking Water, Chesapeake Energy, Green News

When you have lived in the same place for 20 years and all of sudden your hair turns orange after you wash it, you might be more than a little concern...

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What the Frack: Is Pumping Glass Cleaner Into the Earth Okay?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fracking Water, Frackin, Gasland. Environment, Sustainability, Bill Barret Corporation, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking Fluid, Fracking Safety, Natural Gas, Green News

While the natural gas companies might think hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") is great for their bottom line, the process involves pumping thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals down into the earth.

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Gas Drilling in New York Comes to a Head

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Epa, Fracking, Environmentalism, Green Living, Energy Policy, Fracking Fluid, Natural Gas, New York News

Cooperstown, NY: Gas drilling and the forces behind it are massed to exploit the rich deposits of upstate New York, in the process trampling on the basic idea of government.

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Kathy Hall, Colorado Oil And Gas Chief, Resigns Amid Brazen Comments About Fracking Fluid

Posted 05.25.2011

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A representative of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Kathy Hall, resigned from the organization last week, reports the Denver Post's Susan Greene...

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Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Water Quality, Fracking Fluid, Fracking, Contamination, Water, Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Water Supply, New York, New York News

New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.

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