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Category Archives: Fracking Information
Energy Corporation of America Activity in Carbon County
On October 24, 2013 Energy Corporation of America (ECA) opened an office in Billings in conjunction with an announcement of plans to expand development of oil and gas leases along the Beartooth and Bighorn mountains. ECA CEO John Mork said … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court protects local zoning rights against drilling
In a move that has potential for informing opposition to Beartooth Front drilling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court voted 4-2 yesterday to declare major provisions of the state’s Marcellus Shale drilling law, Act 13, unconstitutional. The key element of the decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Beartooth Front, Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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Dallas and Fort Worth: 900 feet and a world apart
This is a tale of two cities. On December 11, 2013 the Dallas City Council voted 9-6 to approve a recommendation by the City Plan Commission that requires natural gas wells to be set back at least 1500 feet from … Continue reading
New Study Links Fracking Water to Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals
The oil and gas industry’s claim that there is no evidence linking hydraulic fracturing to negative impacts on human health is crumbling bit by bit as new scientific evidence comes in. Today we have new evidence that fracking waste water … Continue reading
Video: The real cost of fracking
We’ve talked quite a bit about the impact of hydraulic fracturing on the environment and quality of life in the Bakken in North Dakota, but the Guardian today published Fracking hell: what it’s really like to live next to a … Continue reading
The toxins used in oil and gas drilling
Because the federal government has chosen not to regulate fracking and states are just beginning to step up to regulation, energy companies are not required to reveal the chemicals they use in the hydraulic fracturing process. Until disclosure requirements change, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benzene, fracking toxins, hydraulic fracturing, Montana, Silicon dioxide
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Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Contamination
It’s frustrating to try to figure out what the deal is on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and water contamination. Fracking proponents will tell you unequivocally that “there’s still no evidence of hydraulic fracturing fluids migrating from depth to contaminate … Continue reading
Fracking Homework
If you’re planning to attend the Carbon County Resource Council meeting in Red Lodge on December 4 or if you just want to do some quick homework about the community impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), I recommend that you download … Continue reading
The Montana Oil and Gas Holiday Needs to End
Since the mid-1990s the Montana legislature has granted a tax holiday to oil and gas producers. They pay a tax of only 0.5 percent of the production value for the first 12 months of production on all wells and 18 … Continue reading
Don’t ‘Bakkenize’ Montana’s Beartooth Front
I’d like to reprint a guest editorial from the November 27, 2013 Billings Gazette. It’s written by Deborah Muth, Chair of the Carbon County Resource Council and Charles Sangmeister, President of the Stillwater Protection Association. The editorial was a response … Continue reading
Preserve the Beartooth Front 