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‘Landfill tea’ steeps fracking waste near suburban communities
14 Mar 2024 09:59 GMT
… and volatile compounds including benzene — a carcinogen which … system damage. Carcinogenic benzene is both used in … , that means storing fracking waste separately from conventional … Penneco Environmental Solutions reinjects fracking wastewater deep into …
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New Demands to Measure Emissions Raise Cautious Hopes in Pennsylvania Among Environmental Sleuths Who Monitor Fracking Sites
25 Feb 2024 13:13 GMT
… first time, Pennsylvania fracking companies are facing real … site emissions from the fracking industry.
Melissa Ostroff … benzene, arsenic and radium 226 and 228 dredged up during hydraulic fracturing … to classify wastewater from fracking as hazardous material, …
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Q&A: New Rules in Pennsylvania Require Drillers to Disclose Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking
10 Feb 2024 15:02 GMT
… secret chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, though some details were … carcinogens like formaldehyde, arsenic and benzene; possible carcinogens like naphthalene … violations and ongoing communication with fracking companies about coming into …
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Coming Cleaner on Fracking Chemicals
10 Feb 2024 01:20 GMT
… the secret chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” though some details were … rule only applies to new fracking operations, not existing projects. … carcinogens like formaldehyde, arsenic and benzene, possible carcinogens, things like naphthalene …
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Argentina’s Vaca Muerta: 10 Years of Fracking and Local Resistance
15 Jan 2024 16:15 GMT
… basin of Texas. Unconventional fracking of shale rock involves … and volatile organic compounds like benzene, toluene, butane, propane, … the Neuquén Mapuche Confederation, fracking is a complex issue … for extraction. Even before fracking began in 2013, Vaca …
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A Texas community is being bombarded by cancer-causing benzene. State officials have known for nearly two decades.
08 Jan 2024 20:08 GMT
… team. A process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, made extracting deeply buried … to investigate complaints about benzene emissions from fracking operations in and around …
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Q&A: Anti-Fracking Activist Sandra Steingraber on Scientists’ Moral Obligation to Speak Out
09 Jan 2024 11:32 GMT
… saw?
Toxic air pollution accompanies fracking wherever it goes. And there … like formaldehyde … benzene.
I have come to think of fracking well sites … actually driven by North American fracking operations. And the old wells …
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Fracking remains key issue for former Pa. environmental protection secretary
03 Jan 2024 10:53 GMT
… years in Harrisburg: hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
“We had … change and believes the fracking industry — which produces … substances from deep underground — benzene, arsenic and radium 226 … that raises awareness about fracking in Pennsylania’s …
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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades
22 Dec 2023 15:14 GMT
… team. A process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, made extracting deeply buried … to investigate complaints about benzene emissions from fracking operations in and around …
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Unmasking Secret Fracking Chemicals
24 Nov 2023 21:11 GMT
… gas. This process of hydraulic fracturing nicknamed fracking relies on high pressure water … can include things like methanol, benzene, toluene, xylene and also, we … includes things like particulate matter, benzene, toluene, and xylene. It includes …