Category Archives: Fracking Information

More on water testing education, in person and online

Posted on June 3, 2014 by davidjkatz

Water testing seminar in Red Lodge Don’t forget to register for the water testing seminar in Red Lodge on Thursday, June 5, at the Carbon County Fairgrounds at 7:00 pm. The event is jointly sponsored by the Carbon County Resource Council and Montana State University Extension. You … Continue reading →

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Reducing the risk in oil and gas drilling

Posted on June 2, 2014 by davidjkatz

One of the half-truths that fracking proponents like to put forward is, “There’s nothing new about fracking. It’s proven technology that’s been around for over half a century.” That’s true — as far as it goes. What they fail to say … Continue reading →

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From time to time we talk about Donald Rumsfeld’s concept of “unknown unknowns,” the things we don’t know that we don’t know. When we look at oil and gas drilling in people’s back yards, which has become common since the … Continue reading →

Posted on May 29, 2014 by davidjkatz | 12 Comments

Announcing the second Rex Tillerson Fracking Hypocrite Award

Posted on May 28, 2014 by davidjkatz

We here at Preserve the Beartooth Front are pleased to announce the second recipient — co-recipients actually — of the Rex Tillerson Fracking Hypocrite Award. The Award is a 160-foot water tower, engraved with Rex Tillerson’s photo, delivered to the … Continue reading →

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Mayflies, wastewater and the health of our natural water sources

Posted on May 26, 2014 by davidjkatz

The life of the mayfly is one of nature’s amazing stories. They spend their first three years under water in the larval stage, and then emerge for a quick but eventful run as adults, with wings and reproductive organs but … Continue reading →

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Last week we reported on the Halliburton Loophole to the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. It’s the law that Dick Cheney engineered in 2005 that enables the oil and gas industry to keep from telling us what chemicals they use in fracking … Continue reading →

Posted on May 15, 2014 by davidjkatz | 4 Comments

What’s wrong with the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation

Posted on May 14, 2014 by davidjkatz

The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC) is not serving the needs of the people of the state and is in need of substantive reform. The current BOGC model may have worked better back in history when mineral extraction … Continue reading →

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According to a Congressional investigation, the federal government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, This is another case of the oil and gas industry getting … Continue reading →

Posted on May 12, 2014 by davidjkatz | 3 Comments

It was pretty big news last month when Baker Hughes Corporation, the large Houston-based ($22 billion in annual revenues in 2013) oilfield services company, said it is ready to divulge all the chemicals it uses in hydraulic fracturing. Baker Hughes … Continue reading →

Posted on May 8, 2014 by davidjkatz | 2 Comments

If you’re reading this blog, you probably follow environmental issues and see a lot of articles, videos and information every day: emails from friends, links on social media sites, alerts from various news sources. I always find it interesting to … Continue reading →

Posted on May 1, 2014 by davidjkatz | 8 Comments