Fracking’s Biggest Problem May Be What to Do with Wastewater
June 22nd, 2012 |
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Of all the troubles with fracking, the biggest—and growing—challenge seems to be what to do with all those millions of gallons of water contaminated with frack chemicals, leached minerals and salts. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of drilling sideways into subterranean shale and blasting it open with millions of gallons of water to [...]
Keep reading »A New Light in the Sky – “Kuwait on the Prairie”
January 17th, 2013 |
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There’s a new light in the night sky – and it’s North Dakota. Over the past 2 years, North Dakota has doubled its oil production to become the #2 producing state in the nation. And with this oil has come a glut of natural gas – so much gas that the more than 150 oil [...]
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Guest Post: Water Contamination – Fracking is not the problem
January 25th, 2012 |
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With the current negative attention and controversy surrounding shale gas drilling, the words ‘hydraulic fracturing’ or ‘fracking’ have become synonymous with something else: water contamination. But according to recent research out of MIT, the contamination of drinking water near natural gas wells is caused by something totally different. In fact, fracking has nothing to do [...]
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