Sentences with phrase «volume hydraulic fracturing»
High volume hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling introduces heavy industrial activity and hazardous substances into property owners» backyards across America where families raise their children and farmers raise cattle and grow crops.
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High - volume hydraulic fracturing has been combined with horizontal drilling over the past decade to force oil and natural gas out of shale and other tight geological formations by fracturing the rock with high - pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicals.
But precisely at the moment Greenspan was delivering his grim forecast for the United States, energy industry iconoclasts in Texas were proving definitively that combining horizontal drilling and large - volume hydraulic fracturing could unlock a huge rush of gas from shale.
«While we welcome your determination to lead on climate change, we are greatly concerned by indications that you may soon allow high - volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in New York,» the letter asserted.
Added, Dec. 17, 9:30 p.m. Here's an excerpt from the Department of Health review of research on shale gas and illness, which found too many unresolved questions and plausible risks to endorse high volume hydraulic fracturing (abbreviated as HVHF in the report):
Zucker and Martens on Wednesday summarized the findings of environmental and health reviews that concluded that shale gas development using high - volume hydraulic fracturing carried unacceptable risks that haven't been sufficiently studied....
The news comes a week after DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens announced that the agency will turn part of the review over to the Department of Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to address persistent questions about how shale gas development and high volume hydraulic fracturing will affect public health in communities where it is allowed.
Falcon and the others are attempting an engineering exercise of trying to get known resources to flow out of low permeability rocks by transferring modern high volume hydraulic fracturing technology from the U.S.
Image courtesy: Michigan Department of Environmental QualityHigh - volume hydraulic fracturing — the focus of recent attention and public concern — is defined by the state of Michigan as activity that is intended to use more than 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing wells in Michigan's Lower Peninsula as of May 28, 2015.
Image courtesy: Top of the Mitt Watershed CouncilANN ARBOR — University of Michigan researchers today released the final version of a report analyzing policy options for the state of Michigan regarding high - volume hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking.
The high - volume hydraulic fracturing process.
Image courtesy: Michigan Department of Environmental QualityThe changes include full incorporation of the new Michigan Department of Environmental Quality rules on high - volume hydraulic fracturing, adopted this year.
The key contribution of the final report is an analysis of Michigan - specific options in the areas of public participation, water resources and chemical use related to high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing — the focus of recent attention and public concern — is defined by the state of Michigan as activity that is intended to use more than 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid.
«Final report on high - volume hydraulic fracturing in Michigan.»
Though high - volume hydraulic fracturing in Michigan is limited today, the U-M study takes into account the possibility that it could become more widespread due to a desire for job creation, economic growth, energy independence and lower - carbon fuels.
The two - part integrated assessment took three years to complete and is the most comprehensive Michigan - focused resource on high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
Changes implemented by the state now require more preparatory work and monitoring of water levels in high - volume hydraulic fracturing projects.
The changes include full incorporation of the new Michigan Department of Environmental Quality rules on high - volume hydraulic fracturing, adopted this year.
New York State acting Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, who said «I can not support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York.»
ALBANY, NY (01/10/2013)(readMedia)-- New York Water Rangers partners joined with experts from across the state today at a New York State Assembly hearing on the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing («fracking») regulations and to call on Governor Cuomo to protect New York from the harmful effects of fracking.
ALBANY, NY (10/01/2012)(readMedia)-- On Friday, September 28, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released a brief statement indicating that no regulations for high - volume hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» would be finalized until Department of Health Commissioner Shah reviews the DEC's already - completed health impact assessment.
They also asked voters if they thought the process of high volume hydraulic fracturing would cause environmental harm — and 50 % said yes they thought there would be environmental damage.
Kavanagh: Right and what we would be approving is a process that includes all of those elements, if the state were to approve high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State.
She's also been an advocate for property tax reform, she opposes high - volume hydraulic fracturing as a method of natural gas exploration and she'd like to take on corruption in Albany.
New York state regulators have released the long - awaited final version of its environmental impact review of high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
Rep. - elect John Katko said the report which led officials in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration to call for a ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing was «riddled with speculation and not facts» and fails to address whether hydrofracking is safe.
The big news last week was the decision by the Cuomo Administration to prohibit the controversial high - volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Less than a year ago, the Cuomo administration banned high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New York as a means to extract natural gas.
While the Governor has said he expects to reach a decision on whether to permit high - volume hydraulic fracturing («fracking») in fewer than 40 days, today's proposal did not include any information on or insight into his administration's intentions on fracking.
A new report examines the possibility and practice of potentially radioactive out - of - state fracking waste getting dumped in New York despite Governor Cuomo's ongoing implementation of a ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
«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.»
High - volume hydraulic fracturing relies on copious amounts of water, which is plentiful in states like New York and Pennsylvania, compared with western states where fracking is permitted.
What's banned in New York is high - volume hydraulic fracturing.»
The state's final ban is on high - volume hydraulic fracturing, which uses large volumes of water mixed with sand and chemicals to create fractures in rock that release gas.
Speaking Thursday at the annual Spring Environment Conference held by the Business Council in Albany, Martens says the agency doesn't have a specific date yet for an update on the environmental review and proposed regulations for high - volume hydraulic fracturing of shale gas wells.
Among voters upstate, where high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale could create jobs, 46 percent support fracking, compared to 45 percent who oppose it.
«I can not support high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York» — adding that he, himself, would not live anywhere fracking is practiced.
Board members at that meeting that a moratorium would be premature since the state has not yet approved high volume hydraulic fracturing, &... Continue reading →
Former Hudson Valley Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey, in his first major public appearance since retiring from office in January, says he just penned a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to wait for the results of a study from the Environmental Protection Agency on the impacts of fracking before deciding whether to allow high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the state.
The revised draft review of the impact of high - volume hydraulic fracturing, due out today, has been postponed because of the Department of Environmental Conservation's focus on the aftermath of Irene.
Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous today didn't completely rule out a tax on high - income earners, saying that without high - volume hydraulic fracturing impoverished communities need some source of revenue in the wake of severe flooding.
As energy companies show diminished interest in high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New York, the Tompkins County Courthouse is being flooded with paperwork showing a rapid increase in expiring gas leases.
He's also gone against GOP orthodoxy by questioning whether high - volume hydraulic fracturing is safe enough.
In it, he recommends that fracking — technically known as high - volume hydraulic fracturing, or HVHF — has too many unknowns.
He acknowledges that «absolute scientific certainty» about the safety of such a complex activity as high - volume hydraulic fracturing is unlikely ever to be achieved.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, emerged as a huge issue in upstate New York, particularly in the Southern Tier where the 19th Congressional District stretches.
While high - volume hydraulic fracturing is banned in New York State, using propane to bust open shale formations and release natural gas is not.
Speaking (and at one point singing) on Fred Dicker's Talk 1300 radio show this morning, former Assemblyman Bill Parment predicted that high - volume hydraulic fracturing will be delayed for at least a year because of legal challenges.