The recent news is coming too fast for me to keep up so here is an aggregation.From the Department of MUST READ:You must read the new report from DeSmogBlog. Fracking the Future: How Unconventional Gas Threatens our Water, Health and Climate.From the … [Read more...]
Midland residents file on Schlumberger
This has been a very long time coming. I hope it turns out well for my friends in Midland.Midland County Families Trying to Take Schlumberger to CourtMIDLAND - The Midland County residents living off of Cotton Flat Road first learned their water was … [Read more...]
Schlumberger chemical leak causes evacuations
Oh my! Some of those harmless fracking chemicals leaked and lots of people had to evacuate.Chemical leak forces Farmington evacuationsabout 1,200 gallons of high-strength hydrochloric acid had leaked from a holding tank at a nearby plant run by … [Read more...]
Lawsuit pending in Midland water contamination case
Erin Brockovich attorneys could file a lawsuit this month in Midland over well water that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium or Cr6 according to a News West article.At one time Brockovich attorneys pointed to hydraulic fracture giant … [Read more...]
Schlumberger buys Smith International for $11B
Fracking is a lucrative business and someone must believe it's going to get better. I don't think this bodes well for the citizens of the shale. Link … [Read more...]
Schlumberger sends me potentially toxic SPAM
Ahm, no thanks. I don't like spam, even for lunch? … [Read more...]
Picture: Schlumberger and DISH Mayor
I couldn't resist. This is from lunch last week and it's a terrible picture of Calvin but an opportunity like this doesn't happen every day. … [Read more...]
Midland Hexavalent Chromium Contamination: Property Values
How much would you pay for a home in the Cottonflats neighborhood in Midland, Texas?Over 40 water wells in Cottonflats are contaminated with hexavalent chromium. Affected owners who protested their property values at the Midland Central Appraisal … [Read more...]
Midland Hexavalent Chromium Contamination Update
In early April Midland Cottonflats residents learned their water wells are contaminated with hexavalent chromium at over 50 times the acceptable levels. TCEQ provided filters for affected homes and bottled water for drinking but the filters have many … [Read more...]
California Limits Deadly Hydraulic Fracture Chemical Hexavelant Chromium
EWG News releaseCalifornia Proposes Nation’s First Limit on “Erin Brockovich” ChemicalCites cancer risk of chrome 6 in drinking water * CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, (202) 667-6982 * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2009Oakland, CA -- After … [Read more...]
Motley Fool Supports the FRAC Act. Says Big Gas Crying Wolf
Big Oil (and especially Small Oil), you know I often stick up for you, but I suspect you're crying wolf this time.Should Oil and Gas Investors Fear the FRAC Act?Motley Fool seems to know something about the Texas Railroad Commission:Why am I … [Read more...]