Sentences with phrase «process fracked gas»

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However the same multi-stage fracture stimulation process, commonly known as fracking, is used there to extract gas from solid rock.)

Of much more importance, by accepting the policy of the Clark government you must be accepting fracking, a process which involves drilling vertically, then horizontally to oil and especially natural gas by pumping huge quantities of water laced with deadly chemicals.

Now, it is suddenly plentiful and relatively cheap in the U.S. due to hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, a process that has unlocked natural gas from massive shale formations, driving prices down.

A South African environmental group renewed its call for a moratorium on shale - gas fracking, as the government moves closer to a decision on whether to allow the process opponents say imperils water quality.

The Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of Health are finalizing a health - impact study of fracking, the controversial natural gas extraction process, and announced last week that three experts have been contracted to sort through the guidelines.

As the recent court cases on force majeure point out, the gas industry could have been doing vertical shale drilling / fracking, as well as drilling in conventional formations, the whole time that the SGEIS / regulation process has been ongoing.

Actor Debra Winger and Gasland filmmaker Josh Fox were among hundreds of anti fracking protesters who descended upon the State Capitol Monday, in one of the largest demonstrations against the natural gas drilling process to date.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

According to Hawkins, the «real scandal» related to the Buffalo Bills is that the team's new owner, Terry Pegula, made his money in fracking — the controversial natural gas drilling process to which the Green Party is vehemently opposed.

Smith, with the gas industry lobby, says he hopes that does not mean going back to square one in a fracking approval process that began back in 2008.

Anti fracking activists, including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, attempted to present the state's environmental agency with over 200,000 comments, on the last day of a public comment period on the gas drilling process.

A historic preservation group is weighing in on hydro fracking for the first time, and they don't like what they say they've been learning about the gas drilling process.

The issue of hydro fracking played a role in the recent Democratic primary for governor in New York, and those who oppose the gas drilling process hope it will influence the general election, as well.

Now that elections are over, supporters and opponents of hydro fracking are wondering what will be Governor Andrew Cuomo's next move on the long stalled gas drilling process in New York State.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

She said she was most proud of fighting for the so - called Safe Act, a gun - control law that New York enacted after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and against hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a process known as fracking.

Others were upset by the ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, because they believe the gas drilling process would boost that region's struggling economy.

Making fracking easier Extracting shale gas from the ground requires some genuine political courage, because there's deep suspicion across the country about what the process of hydraulic fracturing actually involves.

At 11:30 a.m., New Yorkers Against Fracking hold a rally to celebrate the Cuomo administration's decision to ban the controversial natural gas drilling process, Empire State Plaza Concourse, Albany.

Hydro - fracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.

For months, the Cuomo Administration has been signaling that it might permit the gas drilling process known as hydro fracking in a few areas in the Marcellus Shale region where the majority of people in communities want the gas drilling process to begin.

Groups for and against fracking are gearing up for an announcement by Governor Cuomo's environmental officials on whether the natural gas drilling process will be permitted in New York on a limited basis.

Anti fracking advocates rallied in Albany to try to convince Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process in New York.

Governor Cuomo says he supports his Administration's internal health review on hydrofracking in New York, and he says it could even hasten the gas drilling process in the state, should fracking ultimately be approved.

The coalition New Yorkers Against Fracking delivered boxes containing 200,000 signatures to Governor Cuomo's offices that they say are from state residents who want the gas drilling process banned.

David Paterson when he signed a temporary moratorium to the controversial natural gas drilling process known as hydrofracking, lamented today that the decision about whether to allow fracking in the Marcellus Shale has become «a political decision» rather than one based on science, safety or potential economic benefit.

Both ads focus on the issue of hydraulic fracturing, a gas - drilling process better known as fracking.

Marshall says she and other advocates have learned, through the fracking fight, where years of protests eventually led Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process, that applying political pressure can work.

Glenwood and Adam Skelos could have made a fortune if Cuomo approved the gas extraction process known as fracking.

In this phone call, the Skeloses lament Cuomo's ban on fracking because they had hoped that the younger Skelos could profit from the gas drilling process.

Gas industry representatives, who say they've been waiting three years to extract the gas from the Marcellus shale reserves, say they'd like to move the process along without any further delays so that permits can for fracking can finally be issuGas industry representatives, who say they've been waiting three years to extract the gas from the Marcellus shale reserves, say they'd like to move the process along without any further delays so that permits can for fracking can finally be issugas from the Marcellus shale reserves, say they'd like to move the process along without any further delays so that permits can for fracking can finally be issued.

The groups against the nuclear power plant bail out have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.

In the past several days, Governor Cuomo's environmental department has announced that it's undertaking a new health review of fracking, and that it will likely miss a deadline and have to restart the rule making process to permit the gas drilling process in the state.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he expects the State's Department of Environmental Conservation will fail to meet a November 29 deadline to propose new rules for the gas drilling process known as hydro - fracking.

Environmentalists are celebrating after Governor Cuomo says there will be no hydro fracking in New York for now, citing inconclusive scientific evidence on the health effects of the gas drilling process.

The court said that local governments whose citizens do not want fracking can opt out of allowing the gas drilling process in their city, town or village.

A Quinnipiac University survey also finds upstate New Yorkers, some who live where the gas drilling process would occur, back fracking in greater numbers.

Meanwhile, the governor's budget proposal doesn't allocate any additional funding to deal with gas well permits, and Martens stressed that if fracking is allowed, it will be a slow process.

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale deposits often otherwise unaccessible, but critics say the process causes environmental damage and can even possibly trigger future earthquakes.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. Attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it has been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he supports his administration's internal health review on hydrofracking in New York, and he says it could even hasten the gas drilling process in the state, should fracking ultimately be approved.

Cuomo says fracking supporters should consider why it is that numerous New Yorkers are afraid of the gas drilling process.

When she piloted fracking legislation through the Commons as its junior minister, she was accused by the opposition of reneging on pledges not to let the controversial gas extraction process occur in national parks.

As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a place where residents have long complained that drilling fouled their water has turned up alarming levels of underground pollution.

In fact, the panel is charged with providing «recommendations as to actions that can be taken to improve the safety and environmental performance of shale gas extraction processes and other steps to ensure protection of public health and safety,» according to Chu's memo (pdf) laying out its mission, which must deliver «immediate steps to be taken to improve the safety and environmental performance of fracking» within 90 days of its first meeting.

In most cases, it is not hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) of oil - and gas - bearing rock that sets off tremors but the related process of wastewater injection.

Only a small percentage of induced seismicity comes from fracking processes that inject liquid into the ground to break up rock layers to free oil and gas for recovery.

While I appreciate that Peter Aldhous's article was primarily concerned with the immediate health questions raised by the process of fracking, or cracking rock to extract natural gas from shale beds (28 January, p 8), its effects on climate change can not be ignored since that, too, is likely to be bad for our health.

The fracking process uses high - pressure injections of fluid to break apart rock and release trapped oil and natural gas.

Some of the findings in the report also directly contradict longstanding arguments by the drilling industry for why the fracking process is safe: that hydrologic pressure would naturally force fluids down, not up; that deep geologic layers provide a watertight barrier preventing the movement of chemicals towards the surface; and that the problems with the cement and steel barriers around gas wells aren't connected to fracking.