Sentences with phrase «near drilling sites»

Overall, however, the environmental impacts of fracking (a process that involves pumping chemical - laden water underground to extract oil and gas) on groundwater and air near drilling sites have played second fiddle to the industry's economic impacts in this election cycle, Kelsey said.

[21] In 2008, measured ambient concentrations near drilling sites in Sublette County, Wyoming were frequently above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 75ppb and have been recorded as high as 125 ppb.

«Finally, the Cuomo administration has embraced what we have known all along — that fracking pollutes the air, land and water, posing incalculable risks to families and business across New York, especially those near drilling sites, «said GPNY Co-Chair Gloria Mattera.

ALBANY — In recommending a ban on fracking in New York, acting state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said he wouldn't want his kids growing up near a drilling site.

Fracking — the process by which water, sand, and chemicals are pumped underground to force the oil out of rock formations — is suspected of contaminating nearby aquifers and wells, as well as causing dozens of small earthquakes near the drill sites.

Rightly or wrongly, fracking seems to provoke many fears in those living near a drilling site (10 August, p 36):...

Using records from more than 1.1 million births across Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2013, the researchers compared infants born to mothers living near a drilling site to those living farther away from a site, before and after fracking began at that site.

Not exact matches

Founded in 1997, Noise Solutions is an engineering - driven outfit that sprang up in response to mounting public pressure from communities located near mine sites and oil - drilling operations.

State Environmental Commissioner Joe Martens and acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker presented their findings, which raised concerns about the impact drilling would have on the environment and the health of residents living near potential drilling sites.

He said meeting with neighbors living near those sites confirmed to him to dangers associated with drilling.

Its mineral veins, laid down in long - ago water, are different from those I found near my first drill site.

Next, Potts and his team plan to analyze a new, 166 - meter deep drill core obtained near another Middle Stone Age archeological site at Olorgesailie.

Looking at seismic records near Fox Creek, in northwest Alberta, where there are six drilling sites, researchers found an intermittent set of induced earthquakes between December 2014 and March 2015, clustered around fracking operations.

Despite these hurdles, several years ago the team discovered chlorobenzene, a ring - shaped molecule containing six carbons, along with other chlorinated organics, using a sample from a mudstone Curiosity drilled at Yellowknife Bay near its landing site in Gale crater.

Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling — which includes hydraulic fracturing — should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel convened to weigh in on public health research needs associated with unconventional natural gas drilling operations (UNGDO).

The university's Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology has organized a working group with researchers at other top universities including Columbia, Johns Hopkins and the University of North Carolina to investigate and analyze reports of nausea, headaches, breathing difficulties and other ills from people who live near natural gas drilling sites, compressor stations or wastewater pits.

A study conducted over three years by the Colorado School of Public Health concluded that fracking can contribute to «acute and chronic health problems for those living near natural gas drilling sites».

The agency began an investigation in 2010 after receiving complaints from residents about drinking water near Chesapeake shale gas drilling sites.

When Kaser's team looked at ice cores previously drilled at two sites high in the western Alps — the Colle Gnifetti glacier saddle 4,455 m up on Monte Rosa near the Swiss — Italian border, and the Fiescherhorn glacier at 3,900 m in the Bernese Alps — they found that in around 1860 layers of glacial ice started to contain large amounts of soot.

Further evidence for the difference between methane from water wells near active drilling sites and neighboring nonactive sites is the relationship of methane concentration to δ13C - CH4 values (Fig. 4A) and the ratios of methane to higher - chain hydrocarbons versus δ13C - CH4 (Fig. 4B).

The site where we discovered the oil was in an area called South Pass, near Port Eads, the very southernmost point of Louisiana, and some 30 miles north from the underwater oil geyser caused by the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig.

If you live near a fracking site and are experiencing health problems or property damage which you believe is significantly attributed to nearby drilling operations, we encourage you to give our Texas fracking accident attorneys a call today to discuss your case.

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