Sentences with phrase «from hydraulic fracturing»

The Howarth paper, «Methane and the greenhouse - gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations,» had estimated that leakage of gas from hydraulic fracturing operations (given that natural gas is mainly methane, a potent heat - trapping substance) and other factors made the climate impact of gas from such wells substantially worse than that of coal, measured per unit of energy.

Some state legislators and environmental advocates see it as a chance to make sure oil and gas wastes from hydraulic fracturing in neighboring states like Pennsylvania stay out of wastewater plants and landfills.

A mysterious fish - kill in Dunkard Creek may have been the result of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing of shale for natural gas

«As these results and others on the health impacts from hydraulic fracturing become mainstreamed into the consciousness of homeowners and home buyers, the local economic benefits could decrease.»

Recovery rates of fracturing fluids and provenance of produced water from hydraulic fracturing of Silurian Qusaiba hot shale, northern Saudi Arabia, with implications on fracture network

A carbon tax could come back to bite natural gas producers big time if the EPA decides, along the lines of Cornell University research, that fugitive methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing make natural gas as carbon - intensive as coal.

Even though the de facto moratorium on high - volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing in New York State continues, the disposal of waste from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations is occurring in New York now and deserves our attention.

Congress is mulling a bill that aims to protect those water resources from hydraulic fracturing, the process in which fluids and sand are injected under high pressure to break up rock and release gas.

For example, a study done in 2016 in Texas (Johnston et al., 2016 *) revealed that wells used to dispose of wastewater coming from hydraulic fracturing sites were disproportionately permitted near communities with higher proportions of people of colour.

«While we know pollution from hydraulic fracturing impacts our health, we do not yet know where that pollution is coming from — from the air or water, from chemicals onsite, or an increase in traffic,» said co-author Katherine Meckel, assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

But the contaminants can come from several sources: from the hydraulic fracturing process itself, from the waste water, from the pits where drilling chemicals are stored, or from transporting chemicals and wastewater.

The former is increasingly making news given the rising number of train derailments, explosions, loss of life and ecological damage being caused by accidents involving trains transporting oil from hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» operations — primarily in Mountain West U.S. states.

The risk of catastrophic danger to the environment, the health of New York State residents and adverse economic impacts that result from hydraulic fracturing far outweigh the potential for job creation and promotion of a natural gas alternative to oil.

«So we're not entirely sure that there isn't more seismicity in the central U.S. from hydraulic fracturing than is widely recognized.»

DENVER — Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, may tote several hormone - disrupting chemicals that can alter the development of mice, researchers reported March 23 at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Silica exposure also occurs from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of oil and gas wells.

«This study provides the strongest large - scale evidence of a link between the pollution that stems from hydraulic fracturing activities and our health, specifically the health of babies.»

In western Alberta and eastern British Columbia in Canada, a significant increase in the rate of felt earthquakes from hydraulic fracturing has researchers looking at ways to mitigate potential damage to infrastructure in the region.

Their technique, they say, provides evidence of induced seismicity from hydraulic fracturing in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Texas as well.

4:54 Tracking for fracking: tracers in development could track possible contaminants from hydraulic fracturing in the environment.

But what makes this study so important is that the laboratory's findings include the emissions involved in producing natural gas from hydraulic fracturing as part of studying the whole picture.

But a combination of new federal and state environmental policies and a glut of cheap natural gas (mostly from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking) have led to a dramatic shift during the past decade, with coal dropping from 50 percent to 32 percent of our electricity generation and gas increasing from 18 percent to 33 percent.

The interest in natural gas combustion as a potential solution to climate change has been gaining because US ghg emissions have fallen somewhat as natural gas from hydraulic fracturing technologies has been rapidly replacing coal in electricity sector generation.

If lawmakers pursue energy policies that constrain domestic oil and natural gas production, particularly from hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, they could consign future generations of Americans and millions of people around the world to a less prosperous and productive future, because those energy production technologies account for the bulk of our nation's increased energy production.

In addition to climate benefits, energy from hydraulic fracturing is benefiting U.S. consumers in lower prices at the pump and reduced household energy costs.

The pipeline would take natural gas extracted from hydraulic fracturing («fracking») in West Virginia and over environmentally sensitive areas.

Whereas environmentalists garner scary headlines over wildly speculative claims about health dangers from hydraulic fracturing (to extract abundant natural gas for wind turbine backup generators), they ignore and dismiss a growing body of evidence that wind turbines cause significant health problems.

Methane levels from the hydraulic fracturing of shale gas were 9,000 times higher than previously reported.

«All too often we see the Agency using flawed science for political purposes, but this report — partially funded by environmental activists no less — shows EPA's emissions estimates from hydraulic fracturing are way off.»

In the latter category, at the moment, is the recent burst of assertions and press coverage over the extent of climate impacts from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — centered on a new paper on this issue by Robert Howarth, a Cornell ecologist who makes no secret of his opposition to the gas - extraction method.

The prevalence of industry best practices nationwide, combined with strong state regulatory frameworks is the reason why the EPA Draft Assessment found no widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources from hydraulic fracturing.

It has all the hallmarks of a new industry with ups and downs, but it is clearly here to stay — even with cheap natural gas coming from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in shale formations.

He called their concerns about pollution from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, overblown.

The Texas company will also spend «spend $ 20 million to implement preventive measures and the required recycling and disposal of fluids from hydraulic fracturing and well operations.»

For example, according to a 2016 estimate from AAA, America's drivers, on average, saved more than $ 550 on gasoline in 2015 due to increased production from hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

«Whether he was leading the charge on the Child Safe Products Act, or making sure regulations are in place that will safeguard our drinking water from hydraulic fracturing, Tony has kept the environment a top issue in the Senate,» the email states.

Doniger and green groups the EPA and Interior Department to craft regulations aimed at cutting methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The safe and responsible production of natural gas from hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling is a primary driver behind America's energy renaissance and the fact that our country is leading the world in carbon emissions reductions.

IHS says unconventional energy — from hydraulic fracturing in shale and other tight - rock formations — has made energy more affordable, increasing average annual U.S. household income by $ 1,200.

A 2014 report from the Groundwater Protection Council documented «continuous and significant regulatory improvement by state oil and gas agencies across the county» and concluded «the risk of fracture fluid intrusion into groundwater from the hydraulic fracturing of deeper conventional and unconventional oil and gas zones can be considered very low.»

Despite widespread concern about potential human health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, the lifetime toxic chemical releases associated with coal - generated electricity are 10 to 100 times greater than those from electricity generated with natural gas obtained via fracking, according to a new University of Michigan study.

They looked both at wells used for enhanced oil recovery — in which fluid is injected to flush lingering oil from a depleted reservoir — and at those used to dispose of wastewater from conventional oil and gas extraction or from hydraulic fracturing (fracking).