This Website is a Crash Course In Fracking
A curated collection of bibliographic resources, government documents, letters, and video investigations serves as a crash course in fracking.
Source: Neil Zusman (2010) Read MoreFormat: Personal
2012
May (2012)
2011
June (2011)
Gas drilling figures are downright scary
Whether you are for it or against it, hydrofracking will significantly alter our way of life, and it’s possible that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make the decision to the end the current moratorium on June 1. Write or phone — tell him no.
Source: Auburn pub.com (2011) Read MoreFebruary (2011)
Expert Testimony on Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts
I am writing on behalf of the Oil and Gas Accountability Project to provide an impartial analysis of the adequacy of the actions proposed in the subject report. I am a practicing hydrogeologist; I spent 32 years at the U.S. Geological Survey in both management and research positions. I left the USGS in 1995 to become a consultant. I have published more than 100 papers in the refereed scientific literature on various groundwater problems. My
Source: Earthworks (2003) Read More2010
November (2010)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Weston Wilson Whistle Blower Letter
EPA water resources documentation outlined contamination pathways, aquifer vulnerability, and monitoring protocols tied to energy development. Beneath political disputes lies hydrology — fracture networks, pressure gradients, and migration risks that do not respond to talking points.
Source: Earthworks (2004) Read MoreAugust (2010)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Comment on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) sent to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) during the public comment period closing 12/31/09.
As the EPA advanced climate-related findings and regulatory steps, including endangerment determinations, greenhouse gas emissions from energy systems entered formal regulatory territory. The shift signaled that climate science was no longer advisory — it could trigger enforceable standards.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2009) Read More