More than 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater was produced by Pennsylvania wells over the past three years, far more than has been previously disclosed. Most of this water — enough to cover Manhattan in three inches — was sent to treatment plants not equipped to remove many of the toxic materials in drilling waste." "...danger of radioactive wastewater is its potential to contaminate drinking water or enter the food chain through fish or farming. Once radium enters a person’s body, by eating, drinking or breathing, it can cause cancer and other health problems, many federal studies show." See the rest of this entry »

Just one of the typical Fracking Ingredients (and there are hundreds) Tetramethyl ammonium chloride. May be fatal if swallowed. Causes dizziness, nausea, shortness of breath, severe hypotension, shock. A known ganglionic blocking agent, causing vasodilation, and curare-like actions, peripheral nerve damage, cardiac paralysis, dyspnea, effects, hypotension. See the rest of this entry »

Environmental concerns related to fracking include concerns about groundwater quality, surface contamination and possible induced seismic activity. Further, the long-term effects of fracking have not been fully studied. See the rest of this entry »

WV Resident “I have a little boy who is 3-years-old who woke me up one morning and said ‘Mom it stinks,’” Wood said. “I woke up and noticed the inside of the house was filled with fumes. I ran outside, grabbed him and I get hit with a wall of fumes. I looked over at a well site and saw a cloud coming over our house.” See the rest of this entry »

Quoting from their site:

First, he [Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy - the same company that destroyed a streambed with a waterfall in it while they ran an ad with a photo of a pristine waterfall implying they were environmentally friendly] blamed our judicial system for a decision that went against the company.

He excused the hiring of out-of-state workers by intimating that West Virginia workers have “literacy issues” and can’t pass the drug screenings.

Then he insulted the many people concerned about issues associated with horizontal drilling, stating that they had “a low level of intelligence about the issue.” It is difficult to imagine why Chesapeake even wants to operate in a state for which its leaders have such obvious contempt.

Read the article:

http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/201102161028

Excerpt: A geohazards supervisor with the Arkansas State Geological Survey, Scott Ausbrooks, told the Associated Press that this Arkansas earthquake swarm could be related to natural gas exploration in the area. The area where the earthquakes have been occurring is part of the Fayetteville Shale–an area of rich organic rock in north-central Arkansas. The Fayetteville Shale area has more than 400 completed gas wells.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110218/tr_ac/7883826_arkansas_earthquake_swarm_could_be_related_to_natural_gas_injection_wells

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency order against a Texas gas driller Tuesday, accusing the company of contaminating an aquifer and giving it 48 hours to provide clean drinking water to affected residents and begin taking steps to resolve the problem. See the rest of this entry »