A web of roads, pipelines, and fracking wells. (Photo: Simon Fraser University/flickr/cc)
September
26, 2014 Common Dreams
"We need strong
state action to protect the public health from yet another troubling side
effect of the unprecedented wave of shale gas development," environmentalist
warns.
Frac
sand mining uses significant volumes of groundwater, contributes to air
pollution, and has negative socio-economic impacts, according to "Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest"
(pdf), produced by the the Civil Society Institute's Boston Action Research
project in cooperation with Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Midwest Environmental
Advocates (MEA)....
...
Frac sand mining produces "very small and very dangerous dust
particles," the report reads, which have been linked to respiratory
infections, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease....
...A
separate peer-reviewed study, published
earlier this week in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental
Science and Technology, suggests fracking wastewater can endanger
drinking water even after it has passed through treatment plants and been
diluted....
CBS San Francisco 9/26/14
Gov.
Jerry Brown has signed into law new rules requiring oil shipments to be
disclosed. This means that companies have to tell state and local agencies that
potentially explosive crude oil is headed their way....
...
Brown also signed into law a requirement for oil companies to reveal more
details about the fracturing process....
Vancouver Observer 09/25/14
City of Burnaby wins key ruling with
National Energy Board against Kinder Morgan and its proposed $5.4 billion oil
sands pipeline.
In what's considered a huge win for
the City of Burnaby's legal battle to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain
pipeline expansion, the National Energy Board struck down the company's
application to forbid Burnaby city staff from blocking the pipeline company's
test drilling on Burnaby Mountain. ......
CALGARY — The Globe and Mail Sep. 25 2014
Norway’s Statoil ASA has shelved a
multibillion-dollar oil sands project, blaming rising construction costs and
the repeated delays in new export pipelines that would boost the value of
Canadian heavy crude oil.
Statoil said it halted plans for the
steam-driven northern Alberta development, called Corner, for at least three
years. About 70 jobs will be cut.....
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