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Category Archives: Fracking Information
Screening of the film “Split Estate” at Cafe Regis in Red Lodge, Thursday, October 16
I felt the film was quite balanced considering the press that it’s been given. I thought the scientist’s were believable and not agenda driven. Continue reading
Free screening of documentary film “Triple Divide” in Red Lodge this Friday, September 19
Followers of this blog will be pleased to know about a special free screening of the documentary film Triple Divide at the Cafe Regis in Red Lodge this Friday, September 19 at 6:00pm. The film’s creators, Joshua B. Pribanic and … Continue reading
Comments on ECA presentation at Carbon County Commission, 9/8/14: Part 2
This post is part of a series analyzing the ECA presentation at the Carbon County Commission this week. As I see it, the interaction between a company that is planning major industrial operations and the community in which they plan … Continue reading
Reminder: ECA at Carbon County Commission on Monday, September 8 at 10:00 am (with John Mork video)
A reminder that Energy Corporation of America (ECA) will be making a presentation in Red Lodge on Monday morning, September 8, at 10am. Please attend if you can. It is important to hear what they have to say. More information … Continue reading
Article in The Local Rag uses half-truths, lies and plain stupidity to promote oil drilling
I’m reluctant to use this word when describing the writings of others, because I’m sure it applies to mine from time to time, but this is just a stupid misunderstanding of the process. Continue reading
Let’s put one of the oil industry’s great lies to rest once and for all: a list of 243 water wells contaminated by drilling activity in Pennsylvania
You’ll find this quote from former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson in pretty much every pro-drilling article ever written: “I’m not aware of any proven case where the fracking process itself has affected water.” If you’ve followed the EPA’s mishandling of … Continue reading
The EPA is not testing to see if injection fluids are contaminating our water. We need to take responsibility for doing it ourselves.
Your tax dollars at work… Last month the federal Government Accounting Agency released a report on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to protect underground water sources from the injection of fluids associated with oil and gas drilling. If you’re a … Continue reading
Gas flaring is dangerous to our health and environment. There’s one way to stop it. Locally.
Gas flaring, the deliberate open-air burning of natural gas, is a practice common in the largest shale oil plays where natural gas is a byproduct of oil extraction. There are some legitimate reasons to allow limited use of flaring. After a shale oil/gas … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking Information
Tagged Bakken, citizen initiated zoning, Earthworks, Flaring, Natural gas
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We’re fracking in the dark. We need to know what we’ll find out when the light comes on.
We have frequently written about “unknown unknowns” — the long-term impacts of oil and gas drilling that we cannot anticipate. These include health impacts, water contamination, impacts on global warming, and so on. Drilling proponents often belittle these concerns, and … Continue reading
Announcing a new informational web site: Beartooth Front: Get Involved
As we move toward local action on the expansion of oil drilling in Carbon and Stillwater Counties, it will be critical for local residents to: Get educated Talk to their neighbors Contact local government officials Get involved There is so much … Continue reading
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