Sentences with phrase «disclose chemicals used»

Yesterday, Colorado and Texas both adopted rules that require oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals used in natural gas fracking.

Pennsylvania native Pitzarella of Range points out how his company has pioneered reuse of wastewater from the drilling process, and how it was the first shale operator to disclose chemicals used at each of its wells.

Presently, the natural gas industry does not have to disclose the chemicals used, but scientists have identified volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene.»

Even Texas, the birthplace of shale fracking, recently passed a law requiring drillers to disclose the chemicals they use.

The legislature also passed a bill sponsored by Hahn that will require dry cleaners to post signs disclosing the chemicals they use.

Obama last night tried to meet environmental groups halfway, promising to require all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose chemicals they use.

«If everybody has a different definition of what is hazardous and doesn't fully disclose the chemicals they use, then it is going to be awfully difficult to compare,» says Lauren Heine, co-director of Clean Production Action, an advocacy group based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

A bill now under consideration on Capitol Hill would grant the EPA oversight of fracking and force drilling companies, which are currently exempt from portions of the Clean Water Act, to disclose the chemicals they use in fracturing fluids.

And I'm requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use.

A ProPublica investigation into oil and gas money received by members of the Natural Gas caucus found that they received 19 times more money on average than members of Congress who signed a letter in support of a proposal to require fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they use when drilling on public lands.

Not exact matches

Some states require oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals and the amount of water they use in fracking operations on FracFocus.org, a website formed by industry and intergovernmental groups in 2011, but the statistics are not complete.

Sometimes mattress companies don't even have to disclose their flame retardant ingredients if they use a fabric pre-treated with the chemicals.

This is because the chemicals that they use are proprietary, meaning that their the company's «secret recipe» and don't have to be disclosed because it would threaten their competitive edge.

The Long Island legislator never disclosed to anyone that his son had secured a second contract with the company to sell its technology to frackers looking to purify the chemical - laced water used in the extraction process — an arrangement that came to naught when Mr. Cuomo banned the practice last year.

All studies that make use of chemical compounds (including pharmaceutical research) must disclose the full structures of those compounds, including stereochemistry if known.

They have refused to publicly disclose the chemicals that are used in fracking, won gag orders in legal cases and restricted the ability of scientists to get close to their work sites.

Among other issues, they continue to allow drilling companies to protect trade secrets and not disclose all of the chemicals they use to the public or to doctors.

Companies are not required to disclose the chemical cocktails they use in their mattresses and often deny they use them at all.

The removal of the information comes a day after a bipartisan bill - known as the Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing (FACT) Act (HR 816), which would require labs to disclose how many animals they are using for testing - was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert (R - Calif.).

According to current labeling rules, dog food companies are allowed to consider these natural flavors proprietary, and are not required to disclose exactly what is used to make the flavoring nor what chemical processes are involved.»

It used the API, ANGA funded website FracFocus for disclosure of chemicals, and exempted chemicals deemed trade secrets from being disclosed to the public on that website.

As of right now, oil companies engaged in cleanup operations after a spill (one particular one comes to mind) are not required to disclose which chemicals comprise the products they are using to contain or break up the oil.

Though much as the case elsewhere companies are also not required to disclose the chemicals that they use in the hydraulic fracturing process.

In fact, as part of the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrance Association trade group, the companies opposed a California bill that would require cosmetics firms to disclose their use of chemicals linked to cancer or birth defects.

I know this guy that loves tomatoes, he set his whole house up as a hydroponic operation for his tomatoes, he uses chemicals that you can buy at any store and mixes them and grows these massive tomatoes, really super tasty, you should see all the mildew in his house and hoses and wires everywhere, he got rich selling his formula to a tomatoe company and now with a little clean up he is selling his house, but it was just tomatoes so there is nothing to disclose.