Sentences with phrase «for fracking»

They've gone for fracking in a big way.

Things start to change when corporations begin buying up all the land for fracking and gas drilling, which introduces some wealth to the region as well as a new set of problems.

For the new study, his team combined 23 hormone - disrupting chemicals known to have been used by oil and gas companies for fracking.

One of the key arguments in the case for fracking rests on an appeal to common sense.

If the environmental agency does into have its rules in pace for fracking by then, then it has to start that part of the process over.

For those reasons and more, many European nations are moving forward to allow for fracking within their boundaries.

According to the blog The Fuse: Trump reiterated his support for fracking in New York in a speech in March 2016, stating, «Did you know, if they fracked in New York, New York would lower its taxes, would have no debt, would have made a fortune.

But for the moment, the report appears to be a clear win for the fracking industry in particular, which is unlikely in the near future to face further federal intrusions into its operations.

An estimated 250 billion gallons of water were used for fracking wells from 2005 - 2013 - 44 percent of which came from already drought - stricken Texas reservoirs.

«This delay further demonstrates that the proposed regulations for fracking in the Delaware River Basin are not ready to see the light of day,» he said in a statement.

Even fracking fans have a hard time swallowing the water stats for fracked wells: the EPA estimates that fracking used between 70 and 140 billion gallons of water in 2011.

Onshore oil producer Buru Energy has secured a native title agreement to further develop its Canning Basin gas resources, two years after its plans for a fracking program in the Kimberley caused a stir.

Siena poll shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo's numbers up slightly heading into his 2015 State of the State / budget address, voters split in opinions of Assembly and Senate, support for fracking ban.

Lower oil prices played a part in that decline, because those prices might force shale drillers to cut back on new wells, which would reduce demand for frack sand.

«And John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline.»

After eliciting an admission from the agent that Mammoth believed it had discovered a substantial shale oil deposit suitable for fracking, Farmer drove a hard bargain for the drilling rights.

Short - to - medium - term cash flow stabilized by attractive and profitable contracts While demand for frack sand is likely to decline due to the crashing price of oil, there is cause for optimism that the decline in demand might not be as severe as the overall decline in new oil drilling.

New York would appear to have a ready source of propane available for fracking, as a major propane pipeline runs from Pennsylvania through the heart of the Marcellus Shale area in the Southern Tier.

Exporting the excess may be the only way for fracking companies to make money.

Your support of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines for fracked gas would seize a 1000 - mile strip of public and private land, threaten drinking water, incentivize fracking, and rapidly increase global warming pollution.

«Saudi Arabia wants to drill test wells for shale gas even though it is short of water needed for fracking»

Eldridge notes Gibson's signing of a pledge to vote against any climate change legislation that would raise taxes, his support for a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks and his support for fracking as evidence of his true political colors.

And Daisy Sands, an energy and climate campaigner for Greenpeace UK, called the rejection «a Waterloo for the fracking industry and a triumph for local democracy.»

Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing announced a moratorium on granting planning consents for fracking developments to allow a full public consultation on the issue.»

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham wants to put a stop to Florida utility ratepayers paying for nuclear power plants that were never built or which never worked, or for paying for fracking exploration in Florida.

Mark Boling, President of Southwestern Energy's V + Development solutions, helped the Environmental Defense Fund draft a national model for fracking regulations.

The Cuomo administration has restarted the entire review process for fracking in New York State, opening up a new period of public commenting, pusing off a decision on permitting hydraulic fracturing into 2013 at earliest.

Julia Walsh, campaign director for Frack Action, told the gathered activists that New York should not follow other states, like Pennsylvania, that currently allow fracking.

And Tom Reed is lying about what Obama's rules mean for fracking in NYS....

Karen Moreau, with the Petroleum Institute, who believes fracking can be done safely, with proper regulation, argued for fracking to commence.

«John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline.»

Despite this, Chancellor George Osborne recently revealed tax breaks for the fracking industry, with a 30 % tax rate for onshore shale gas production, much lower than oil taxes.

«All other industries need to go through local regulation, but the oil and gas industry argues they should only be regulated at the state level,» said Russell Mendell, campaign director for Frack Free Colorado, a co-sponsor of one initiative.

While Cuomo says it is okay to proceed cautiously, some landowners with gas drilling leases are growing impatient for fracking to begin.

State Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens said the economic prospects for fracking were «uncertain at best,» because state regulations to protect water and human would restrict fracking in a large area.

For instance, Texas has been granting permits for fracking in ever increasing numbers while at the same time the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the agency that monitors air quality, has had its budget cut substantially.

Those section conclude that «significant gaps remain» in regulation despite updates in some states, and they describe exemptions for fracking wastes from the Resource Recovery and Response Act's hazardous waste requirements, from the Clean Water Act's comprehensive permit program for discharges into surface waters, and from the Safe Drinking Water Act (which regulates groundwater pollution).

His home in Giles County, Virginia is walking distance from the Appalachian Trail and just a few miles from the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline for fracked gas.

Please also realize that NYS is not a great location for fracking and right now no one would make money by drilling here.

So, I assume that means Bloombag is now FOR fracking in the Catskills (where NYC gets its water), as well as in Upstate's Southern Tier.

Lovelock reiterated his support for fracking for shale gas, which has been strongly backed by David Cameron and the government but vigorously opposed by anti-fracking activists and local people at sites from Salford to Balcombe in West Sussex.

He has also claimed «it is physically impossible for hydraulic fracturing — the full industry term for fracking — to contaminate underground aquifers.»

George Howard serves as vice chairman of the MEC, and as the chairman of the chemical disclosure committee, which is tasked with creating regulations for frack fluid and other fracking chemicals.

Natural gas is burned off next to water reservoirs used for fracking at an oil well site August 23, 2011 near Tioga, N.D.

It also occurs to me that there is a contrast in the approach which you outline for wind, and the one being taken for fracking — where local opposition seems not to matter at all, where planning regulations are being eased as are environmental protections (and it's not visual pollution that's the sole problem with fracking).

New York would appear to have a ready source of propane for fracking, as a major propane pipeline runs from Pennsylvania through the heart of the Marcellus Shale area in the Southern Tier.