Sentences with phrase «safe fracking»

If Climate Change is a serious issue, then every Nation should commit to an «Apollo type Program» to find and develop «safe fracking» for natural gas.

This has occurred even as U.S. natural gas production has steadily climbed, thanks to shale, safe fracking and horizontal drilling.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the two plays provided 85 percent of U.S. shale gas production growth since the start of 2012, reflecting the blossoming production from shale and other tight - rock formations through safe fracking.

The research found for safe fracking there needs to be a compromise of flow distance and fracture area which can be controlled using pumping time and flow rate.

There is no such thing as safe fracking and time to get OFF fossil fuel by banning fracking and putting our resources into development of REAL green energy.

Bloomberg's philanthropy gave the Environmental Defense Fund $ 6 million to to push for safer fracking practices in 14 states.

Not exact matches

Opponents say fracking poses a risk to public health and the environment but the industry says it is safe.

Then came the most - publicized case of well - water contamination near fracking operations, in Dimock Township, Pa., just east of Bradford County; the federal Environmental Protection Agency said in 2012 that preliminary results found the water was safe to drink, though it did contain chemicals as well as explosive methane.

Local farmers and grape growers are vehemently against fracking and the region is a safe Liberal seat that became more complicated when the sitting Liberal Party MP, Troy Bell, resigned from the party in August after being charged with allegedly misappropriating $ 2 million in taxpayer funds.

If fracking is so safe then why are other countries banning the practice citing the dangers as the reasons?

Britain's # 50 Billion chemical industry has stated fracking for shale gas is of economic importance to the country, will protect jobs and can be done in a safe way that does not damage the environment.

And how can New York pretend it is safe to drill in some counties and not in others — especially when science shows the pollution problems are the result of drilling and fracking shale formations, not where or how deep these well bores go?»

Winger says she no longer believes the gas companies claim that fracking is safe, and says it's too toxic and potentially polluting to be allowed in New York.

anyhow the solar alternative energy source, obviously superior to fracked gas, is UNLIMITED, FREE and ABSOLUTELY CLEAN & SAFE!

And Iwanowicz says he's against allowing fracking even in communities that want it, because the current science has not proved that the process is safe.

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.

But Cuomo believes the process of determining whether fracking is safe for people and water is moving forward based on the facts available.

The Saratogian says the Cuomo administration's trial balloon for a limited fracking plan «won't float,» and urges a complete ban until further study has deemed the process undeniably safe.

The rest of them are pretty worthless because they don't stand for anything so far as I can tell, or worse they stand for whatever will get them re-elected including supporting Cuomo on the SAFE Act and his idiotic fracking ban which has cost us 20,000 jobs.

And New Yorkers aren't buying the notion that oil and gas industry - sponsored studies that say fracking is safe are legitimate.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

«Now that the EPA has confirmed what top scientists have said all along, that fracking is safe and has no widespread impact on drinking water, we are calling on Commissioner Martens and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to rescind the temporary ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State.»

Astorino is for fracking and repealing the SAFE act, so he's out.

Cuomo's national strategy also explains other high - profile actions, including his belated embrace of a «women's agenda,» his refusal to permit «fracking» for natural gas even after repeatedly promising to do so, his anti-gun Safe Act, his embrace of the teachers unions he had once sharply criticized, and his recent high - profile crackdown on Korean - owned nail salons in the city that, according to a deeply flawed report in the New York Times, were exploiting their immigrant workers, said the source.

Hawkins criticized Cuomo on the roll out Common Core, the SAFE Act, and questioned the governor's position on fracking.

And as the industry develops we will remain vigilant to all emerging evidence to ensure fracking is safe and the local environment is protected.

And Iwanowicz says he's against allowing fracking even in communities that want it, because the current science has not proven that the process is safe.

Citing a controversial EPA study, the Bush administration exempts fracking from the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Cuomo's campaign said he will tap into his some of his accomplishments — legalization of gay marriage, the SAFE Act gun laws, a ban on natural gas fracking and free SUNY tuition for some students — to appeal to people on the left in the September primary.

Boling says «there was a feeling of being rushed» to meet state budget deadlines, and he says it's better that that pressure is now off, and that the process be done «right», even if it takes longer, because in order for the industry to proceed, the public needs to be «assured that hydraulic fracking is safe».

Fracking is specifically exempted from much federal regulation, such as the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.

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.

Ute Vogt, a Social Democrat (SPD) leader on environment issues in the talks, said that as a result fracking will not be possible in Germany before it is clear that the technology is safe.

The Safe Drinking Water Act requires drilling companies to obtain permits when they intend to use diesel fuel in their fracking operations.

«Research finds way to make fracking safer: Wastewater injections cause human - made earthquakes, but the risk can be reduced.»

This occurs despite many reports that describe fracking as safe for drinking water only if it occurs at least thousands of feet to a mile underground, according to Jackson.

But for the rest of us, the study demonstrates that fracking is a safe source of jobs, prosperity and low - cost energy.

In fact, they are the ones who will be breathing more particulate matter in their air; drinking water contaminated with fracking chemicals the composition of which is considered a «proprietary matter» and thus protected from disclosure; and eating food that is less and less safe — romaine lettuce, anyone?

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).

We have so far emitted around two trillion tons of what historically has been called «carbonic acid gas» and currently emit around forty billions tons annually — not to mention the current buildout of «clean safe natural gas,» i.e. fracked fossil methane (a gangplank to the future?).

Zucker said he had identified «significant public health risks» and «red flag» health issues that require long - term studies before fracking can be called safe.

The second point is the vast majority of U.S. energy production is the result of safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing and modern horizontal drilling — fracking.

The Orange County Register advocated for expanded use of the controversial drilling technique known as fracking by citing an industry - funded study — peer - reviewed by an expert with industry ties — that concluded fracking is safe for California.

The Environment News Service reported that, from 1990 - 2011, oil and gas companies contributed $ 238.7 million into gubernatorial and Congressional election campaigns to persuade lawmakers that fracking is safe.

[v] J Romm, «International Energy Agency Finds «Safe» Gas Fracking Would Destroy A Livable Climate», Climate Progress, weblog, 30 May 2012, viewed 14 September 2012, http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/30/491970/international-energy-agency-finds-safe-gas-fracking-would-destroy-a-livable-climate/

And support for fracking isn't split down party lines — Moniz has called fracking safe and «a bridge to a low - carbon future,» a finding supported by several Environmental Protection Agency investigations and former Obama Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson.

Fracking and associated technology is quite safe and one of the best technologies to increase production of oil and natural gas at a lower cost.

With its pursuit of fracking, making it safer and more efficient every year, America has drastically reduced the cost of natural gas.

And that innovation continues, working on ways to make fracking even safer for the surrounding environment and communities.

The Halliburton loophole, which exempts fracking from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, was justified by an EPA study about fracking completed under the George W. Bush administration.