Sentences with phrase «during fracking»

Developers started construction on a large number of new hotel rooms during the fracking boom.

The chemicals used during fracking include known carcinogens and other toxic elements.

During the fracking process, millions of gallons of fracking fluid — a mixture of water, sand and toxic chemicals — are injected into the ground to break up the shale and release natural gas.

During fracking, on or offshore, chemical - laced water is injected at high pressure into shale formations below ground.

Instead, chemicals that subsidiaries of Big Oil use during fracking can remain exempt from public disclosure as «trade secrets,» mirroring language of ALEC's model law.

An unknown amount of methane is lost into the atmosphere during fracking, extraction, transport and distribution.

The report explains that along with natural gas, production wells in the Azle area of the NEGF can also bring to the surface significant volumes of water from the highly permeable Ellenburger Formation — both naturally occurring brine as well as fluids that were introduced during the fracking process.

Townsend - Small says water samples finding natural gas - derived methane in wells near Pennsylvania fracking sites were taken only after fracking had occurred, so methane levels in those wells were not documented prior to or during fracking in Pennsylvania.

Capturing and storing gases that are being vented during the fracking process is feasible, but industry says that these measures are too costly to adopt.

The majority of seismicity occurred during fracking as the elastic response of the rock caused mounting stress.

As debate roils over EPA regulations proposed this month limiting the release of the potent greenhouse gas methane during fracking operations, a new University of Vermont study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that abandoned oil and gas wells near fracking sites can be conduits for methane escape not currently being measured.

It concluded that only very modest amounts of methane — a known contributor to climate change — was being emitted into the air during fracking operations.

FracFocus is an online registry that allows companies to list the chemicals they use during fracking.

Not exact matches

Fracking is part of the problem, but the report states that most human - induced quakes are caused by the oil and gas industry's use of injection wells to dispose of wastewater - the contaminated liquid that gets pumped out of the well during oil and gas extraction.

The organization has also created model legislation with intended loopholes that allow energy companies to withhold names of certain chemicals used during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

For example, US Silica CEO Bryan Shinn said during his company's most recent conference call that management expects demand for frack sand to decline by just 15 % to 20 % in 2015 assuming U.S. rig counts fall by 30 % -35 %.

There is also the matter of two years ago when during a press conference announcing a ban on fracking, Zucker seemed to say he wouldn't let his children live near land being fracked.

New York City: The Illuminators projected a protest message to Governor Cuomo upon the Harvard Club in Manhattan on Thursday night during his fundraising event there, on behalf of frontline communities impacted by a growing number of fracked - gas infrastructure projects in NY such as pipelines and power plants, (Pictures attached).

The first highlights — filled with backroom political gossiping — were played during testimony by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Whitestone), who described Skelos» power and explained how his own legislative behavior on issues such as rent control and fracking might have been different if he knew about the behind - the - scenes interests of Skelos.

A couple of speakers requested a resolution for a one year moratorium during which time community educational forums would be held,,,» Of course, if the Governor's intent is to trick NYS into opening the door to fracking, then he can ignore what seems to be an overwhelming change of mind and heart in the Sanford residents whom he swore to protect when he took office.

Cuomo disclosed during Wednesday night's debate in Buffalo that the state Health Department, which has been studying the fracking issue for more than two years, will be releasing its findings by year's end.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

During his seven years as governor he has raised the minimum wage, introduced a free college program, passed gun control legislation, raised the age of criminal responsibility, legalized same - sex marriage, and banned fracking.

«All things being equal, I will be bound by what the experts say because I am not in a position to second guess them with my expertise,» said Cuomo during a the Dec. 17 cabinet meeting where the state announced the decision to not proceed with fracking.

Eric Weltman of Food and Water Watch speaks during a «New Yorkers Against Fracking» news conference in Albany, NY, on Monday, March 26, 2012.

There has also been some debate during the campaign over Murphy's position on fracking, which appears to have evolved to the point where he is on the record in support of a moratorium — not the full out ban the Greens have been seeking since 2010.

«Avengers» actor Mark Ruffalo speaks during the New Yorkers Against Fracking: An Urgent Call to Action rally on the Million Dollar Staircase in the Capitol on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Albany, N.Y.

«Avengers» actor Mark Ruffalo, left, cheers as folk singer and activist Pete Seeger performs a song during a news conference calling on the state legislature to pass a moritorium on «fracking» Tuesday July 20, 2010, at the State Capitol in Albany.

Yesterday, during a joint legislative hearing on Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed executive budget, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens was peppered with questions from legislators about the administration's fracking plans.

During a hearing on water quality, Basil Seggos, the New York State commissioner for environmental conservation, said «no fracking waste is being dumped in New York State.»

The event was the latest in a series of near weekly events by anti fracking activists at the Capitol during this legislative session.

Though he will likely be best remembered for heading the DEC during the long debate over fracking, which started during former Gov. David Paterson's administration — in other words, before Martens took the helm — a number of other environmental initiatives were started or accomplished on the outgoing commissioner's watch.

Last December, after the initial announcement that the Cuomo administration had decided to ban fracking in the Marcellus shale, I asked Martens during a CapTon interview if he had plans to depart his DEC post.

«He is setting up the infrastructure for fracking,» Hawkins said during a press conference Thursday at the Southeast Steuben County Library in Corning.

The public input occurred before an over two year delay as the Cuomo Administration said it was reviewing health studies connected to fracking, during which little information was revealed.

During the tour Hawkins will visit with the families that have been negatively impacted by fracking.

Four years ago, Cuomo was being followed around by environmentalists upset he was considering allowing a natural gas drilling practice known as hydro fracking and by members of the teacher unions upset after Cuomo during his re-election campaign had declared war on them.

A report from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Conservation — the state where fracking waste would most likely come from if coming into New York — also found that during 2011 - 2013, fracking waste of any kind was sent to six New York landfills, none of which were in Chautauqua County.

He first called for fracking to be be banned during his 2010 Gubernatorial campaign and continues to maintain that position.

During an interview last week with public radio's Susan Arbetter, Cuomo said money for additional staff at the DEC, before fracking is approved, isn't necessary.

Questions during the off topic portion of the Q&A included Governor Cuomo's announcement today that New York State will not permit fracking, Mayor de Blasio's scheduled meeting with the NY Justice League, whether Mayor de Blasio thinks he is able to unite the City and how New Yorkers have received him, President Obama's announcement of moving to normalize relations with Cuba and Mayor de Blasio's own trip to Cuba.

During wiretapped phone calls played for the jurors Monday in the corruption trial against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, the younger Skelos told lobbyists he was working with during a Dec. 12, 2014 phone call that Zucker had been personally visiting members of the Republican Senate asking if there would be any «blowback» if the state approved fraDuring wiretapped phone calls played for the jurors Monday in the corruption trial against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, the younger Skelos told lobbyists he was working with during a Dec. 12, 2014 phone call that Zucker had been personally visiting members of the Republican Senate asking if there would be any «blowback» if the state approved fraduring a Dec. 12, 2014 phone call that Zucker had been personally visiting members of the Republican Senate asking if there would be any «blowback» if the state approved fracking.

The public input occurred before an over two - year delay as the Cuomo administration said it was reviewing health studies connected to fracking, during which little information was revealed.

County legislators viewed presentations on the risks of fracking waste products and heard from industry representatives during debate over the bill.

The panel's recommendations included public disclosure of chemicals during the hydraulic fracturing process, which is widely called «fracking.»

First launched in Carroll County in 2012, the GRO team of researchers is examining methane levels and origins of methane in private wells and springs before, during and after the onset of fracking.

Scientists suspected that the Arkansas earthquakes were triggered by the injection of approximately 94.5 million gallons of fracking wastewater into to nearby wells, which then made its way into the basement layer during a nine - month period.

Existing chemical techniques can be repurposed to monitor the levels of different gases before, during and after any fracking operations, which can identify any fluctuations in emissions that may be associated with the extraction process.

We still see natural gas as an important bridge fuel and encourage converting coal plants to natural gas, but we also support full disclosure of fracking chemicals and strong environmental safeguards during production.

But the research detected no trace of the chemicals injected into or removed from wells during the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing or «fracking.»