Tim Scolnick Fracking Banned In New Jersey
On Friday, New Jersey legislators unanimously voted for S-2576, a bill which prohibits hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) for natural gas in the state.
S-2576 is largely symbolic since New Jersey does not use fracking to drill for natural gas. This bill does, however, send a clear message to the industry as well as neighbouring states looking to tap into the Marcellus Shale formation which reaches into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and northwestern N.J.
In February, New York announced it will lift its 7-month moratorium on fracking in June despite public opposition and nearly two weeks ago, Pennsylvania’s Republican Governor Tom Corbett overturned a de-facto ban on leasing sensitive forest land for shale gas development. Additionally, the New Jersey decision to ban dangerous fracking is timely since the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), an intra-state agency overseeing the health of the Delaware River, is presently drafting regulations to control how and where fracking may proceed in the River’s bordering states.
As the New York Times has revealed, hydraulic fracturing poses a significant risk to water quality, public health and the environment.. The claim that gas is “clean” energy is also challenged by the sizable amounts of global warming pollution, comparable to coal, emitted in the entire life cycle of gas production and consumption.
In a Senate hearing earlier in the week, fracking lobbyists argued that Marcellus Shale offers vast and cheap reserves of natural gas. Ed Waters, Director of government affairs for the Chemistry Industry Council of New Jersey said, "If we don’t have that cheap supply of natural gas, we can’t compete in the global markets."
Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), Chairman of the Environment Committee, accepted that natural gas seems on the surface to represent a cheap supply of energy, but countered that:
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Rondeau and the Gas Industry/Sinclair Field
Province of Manitoba | News Releases
Provincial initiatives to spur oil investment include:
· a retail sales tax exemption for drilling and service rigs and other equipment used for oil and gas exploration, and
· a change in the Manitoba Drilling Incentive Program to encourage investment in water-flood projects in which salt water is re-injected into oil pools to increase oil recovery.
The future also looks promising for Sinclair field, Manitoba’s newest and most significant oil field, said Rondeau. Last year 304 wells were drilled in Sinclair. The field now accounts for more than 30 per cent of the province’s total oil production. A new 18-kilometre pipeline now carries more than 7,500 barrels of crude oil per day from the Sinclair field to Cromer where it enters the Enbridge interprovincial pipeline system.
Provincial initiatives to spur oil investment include:
· a retail sales tax exemption for drilling and service rigs and other equipment used for oil and gas exploration, and
· a change in the Manitoba Drilling Incentive Program to encourage investment in water-flood projects in which salt water is re-injected into oil pools to increase oil recovery.
The future also looks promising for Sinclair field, Manitoba’s newest and most significant oil field, said Rondeau. Last year 304 wells were drilled in Sinclair. The field now accounts for more than 30 per cent of the province’s total oil production. A new 18-kilometre pipeline now carries more than 7,500 barrels of crude oil per day from the Sinclair field to Cromer where it enters the Enbridge interprovincial pipeline system.
Virden,Manitoba
ListMineralRights.com
Listing ID: 111255
Name: Manjit Singh Sahota
Company Name: Amco Oil & Gas LLC
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Washington City: Blaine Phone Number: 303-246-3062 sahota@amcooil.com
MINERAL RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES WANTED
Country: Canada State Manitoba
Closest Town/City: Virden R0M 2C0
Land Description: DALY FIELD, SINCLAIR, VIRDEN FIELD
Area Name: MANITOBA Survey System: DLS (Twp., Rge.) Township: 1
Range: 1 Meridian: W 1 M
Comments: OUR COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR LEASES IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
Listing ID: 111255
Name: Manjit Singh Sahota
Company Name: Amco Oil & Gas LLC
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Washington City: Blaine Phone Number: 303-246-3062 sahota@amcooil.com
MINERAL RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES WANTED
Country: Canada State Manitoba
Closest Town/City: Virden R0M 2C0
Land Description: DALY FIELD, SINCLAIR, VIRDEN FIELD
Area Name: MANITOBA Survey System: DLS (Twp., Rge.) Township: 1
Range: 1 Meridian: W 1 M
Comments: OUR COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR LEASES IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
South-Western Manitoba
Fracking is also in high demand in the Bakken natural gas field in southern Saskatchewan, where 1,000 wells have been drilled and fracked over the past five years. PSAC is predicting 1,935 new wells will be drilled there in 2010, and 300 new wells in Manitoba.
As a result, Alberta has just announced that it is removing environmental and regulatory "hurdles" in order to entice the natural-gas industry back.
Huge shale developments are also planned for Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Utica shale gas play in Quebec covers an area of 5,000 square kilometres that runs along the St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec City
As a result, Alberta has just announced that it is removing environmental and regulatory "hurdles" in order to entice the natural-gas industry back.
Huge shale developments are also planned for Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Utica shale gas play in Quebec covers an area of 5,000 square kilometres that runs along the St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec City
Nova Scotia
Hydraulic Fracturing: Factsheet | Ecology Action Centre
The most serious concerns with fracking are that:
•it involves large quantities of water;
•relies on toxic chemicals;
•involves clearing the land of trees and vegetation; and
•leaves toxins in the ground to interact with drinking water.
These impacts are done all in the name of an energy resource that is neither cheaper nor cleaner.
The Ecology Action Centre cares about our water, our land and our people. This document will provide an introduction to the technique, and concludes that it is a method not suitable for Nova Scotia.
1.What is Fracking?
2.Fracking Requires Massive Amounts of Water
3.Fracking Uses Toxic Chemicals That Threaten the Environment and People
4.Fracking Is Linked to Drinking Water Contamination
5.Fracking Produces Toxic Waste That Cannot Be Treated in Nova Scotia
6.Fracking has a Negative Impact on Ecosystems
7.Fracking is Coming to Nova Scotia
The most serious concerns with fracking are that:
•it involves large quantities of water;
•relies on toxic chemicals;
•involves clearing the land of trees and vegetation; and
•leaves toxins in the ground to interact with drinking water.
These impacts are done all in the name of an energy resource that is neither cheaper nor cleaner.
The Ecology Action Centre cares about our water, our land and our people. This document will provide an introduction to the technique, and concludes that it is a method not suitable for Nova Scotia.
1.What is Fracking?
2.Fracking Requires Massive Amounts of Water
3.Fracking Uses Toxic Chemicals That Threaten the Environment and People
4.Fracking Is Linked to Drinking Water Contamination
5.Fracking Produces Toxic Waste That Cannot Be Treated in Nova Scotia
6.Fracking has a Negative Impact on Ecosystems
7.Fracking is Coming to Nova Scotia
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Gasland's Josh Fox on Three Big Lies of Natural Gas
Gasland's Josh Fox on Three Big Lies of Natural Gas (VIDEO) : TreeHugger
As for the panel and conversation with the audience, it was interesting, although not entirely surprising, to see that the majority of the questions were about the recent surge of earthquakes that have rattled Arkansas.
Since last fall there have been thousands of earthquakes in Arkansas - 30+ this week alone - many citizens were wondering if the earthquakes were connected to the hydraulic fracturing. According to the Arkansas Geological Survey as quoted in the New York Times, "while there is no discernible link between earthquakes and gas production, there is "strong temporal and spatial" evidence for a relationship between these quakes and the injection wells." However, that was enough of a connection for the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to request on Wednesday that two companies shut down 2 injection wells thought to be connected to the earthquakes.
The companies agreed to halt operations:
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy and Clarita Operating of Little Rock told the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission on Friday that they have halted operation of the wells near Greenbrier and Guy pending the panel's next regular meeting on March 29.
While this temporary halt to operations is a small step in the right direction, it will only affect two injection wells, which means there are still other wells operating and more toxic chemicals being pumped into the ground across Arkansas.
Asked what TreeHugger readers and other people moved to action should do to make a difference, Fox laid out the big picture and the steps people should take to help get there:
As for the panel and conversation with the audience, it was interesting, although not entirely surprising, to see that the majority of the questions were about the recent surge of earthquakes that have rattled Arkansas.
Since last fall there have been thousands of earthquakes in Arkansas - 30+ this week alone - many citizens were wondering if the earthquakes were connected to the hydraulic fracturing. According to the Arkansas Geological Survey as quoted in the New York Times, "while there is no discernible link between earthquakes and gas production, there is "strong temporal and spatial" evidence for a relationship between these quakes and the injection wells." However, that was enough of a connection for the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to request on Wednesday that two companies shut down 2 injection wells thought to be connected to the earthquakes.
The companies agreed to halt operations:
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy and Clarita Operating of Little Rock told the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission on Friday that they have halted operation of the wells near Greenbrier and Guy pending the panel's next regular meeting on March 29.
While this temporary halt to operations is a small step in the right direction, it will only affect two injection wells, which means there are still other wells operating and more toxic chemicals being pumped into the ground across Arkansas.
Asked what TreeHugger readers and other people moved to action should do to make a difference, Fox laid out the big picture and the steps people should take to help get there:
70 signatores denounce Lucien Bouchard
70 personalities denounce the government's energy strategy Charest Le Devoir
Lucien Bouchard has been appointed head of Oil and Gas Development in Quebec re- Fracking. Against is Louise Vandalac- Enviromental Studies UQAM;Thomas Mulcair; Paul Rose former CNS.... let the games begin...Oddly enough Pauline Marois (PQ Leader) wants 49% share. Always did love her house on Ile Bizard.
DÉCLARATION MAÎTRES CHEZ NOUS 2011
Nous, citoyennes et citoyens du Québec, reconnaissons le patrimoine collectif que nous ont légué Adélard Godbout, Jean Lesage
et René Lévesque avec:
- la prise en charge de notre potentiel énergétique à partir de 1944 et la nationalisation des infrastructures de production,
distribution et transport d'électricité ET de gaz naturel de la Montreal, Light, Heat and Power, et la création d'Hydro-Québec puis,
- la tenue par le gouvernement Lesage, en 1962, d’une élection générale anticipée à caractère référendaire sur le thème «Maîtres
chez nous» afin d’obtenir de la population le mandat de nationaliser les entreprises oeuvrant dans le domaine de la production, du
transport et de la distribution de l’électricité.
Les résultats de cette consultation électorale furent éloquents tant en termes de vote populaire que de distribution des sièges à
l’Assemblée Nationale. Jean Lesage, grâce à ce mandat non équivoque, a pu prendre possession au nom du Québec de ses
ressources électriques pour le mieux-être de TOUS les Québécois et Québécoises.
C’est ainsi qu’Hydro-Québec est devenu un «navire amiral» de l’économie québécoise et l’un des principaux symboles de fierté du
Lucien Bouchard has been appointed head of Oil and Gas Development in Quebec re- Fracking. Against is Louise Vandalac- Enviromental Studies UQAM;Thomas Mulcair; Paul Rose former CNS.... let the games begin...Oddly enough Pauline Marois (PQ Leader) wants 49% share. Always did love her house on Ile Bizard.
DÉCLARATION MAÎTRES CHEZ NOUS 2011
Nous, citoyennes et citoyens du Québec, reconnaissons le patrimoine collectif que nous ont légué Adélard Godbout, Jean Lesage
et René Lévesque avec:
- la prise en charge de notre potentiel énergétique à partir de 1944 et la nationalisation des infrastructures de production,
distribution et transport d'électricité ET de gaz naturel de la Montreal, Light, Heat and Power, et la création d'Hydro-Québec puis,
- la tenue par le gouvernement Lesage, en 1962, d’une élection générale anticipée à caractère référendaire sur le thème «Maîtres
chez nous» afin d’obtenir de la population le mandat de nationaliser les entreprises oeuvrant dans le domaine de la production, du
transport et de la distribution de l’électricité.
Les résultats de cette consultation électorale furent éloquents tant en termes de vote populaire que de distribution des sièges à
l’Assemblée Nationale. Jean Lesage, grâce à ce mandat non équivoque, a pu prendre possession au nom du Québec de ses
ressources électriques pour le mieux-être de TOUS les Québécois et Québécoises.
C’est ainsi qu’Hydro-Québec est devenu un «navire amiral» de l’économie québécoise et l’un des principaux symboles de fierté du
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