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United
States
Congressional and State Hearings on the Fracking Industry (talk and frack) |
| Collection information on
the EPA's four public meetings, summer, 2010 |
September 7, 2010. Information, Media and
other Accounts on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's four
Public Meeting Processes, July to September, 2010. 40 pages.
Pdf File (563 kb) |
Links to online videos - EPA Hearings |
July 23, 2010 - YouTube
video of
EPA public meeting in Canonsburng, Marcellus Shale area.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR4EFSqnlMQ July 23, 2010 - EPA Hearing - Cannonsburg, PA. - www.mefeedia.com/watch/32470049 July 22, 2010 - EPA Hearing - Cannonsburg, PA. http://videos.apnicommunity.com/Video,Item,3305772337.html |
Pdf File 193 kb |
June 20-21, 2010. Troubled Promise ...;
State Lacks Consistent Record ...; Hazards posed by Natural Gas
Drilling ...; Land Leases; Impact of Natural Gas Drilling ... -
Articles, by Laura Legere, in the Times Tribune investigating toxic
spills,impacts to the environment by the gas industry in Pennsylvania,
and the State's regulatory oversight. |
Link to pdf files |
Downloadable list of
public submissions presented to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB)
concerning first public hearing dates of April 7 and 8, 2010. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/WebBoard/4CAA95A38952145F852576D3005DAA17?OpenDocument April 7-8, 2010 SAB public meeting agenda. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/4CAA95A38952145F852576D3005DAA17/$File/EEC+Hydraulic+Fracturing+April+7-8+2010+Agenda.pdf |
Link to pdf file |
March
22,
2010.
The Orders to the EPA
Fracking Committee. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/86402B21AB84C8E3852576EF004667D0/$File/ORD-NRMRL+Hydraulic+Fracturing+Charge+Questions+for+SAB +3-22-2010-final.pdf |
| Link to
pdf file |
March,
2010.
Scoping
Materials for Initial Design of EPA Research Study on Potential
Relationships Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources |
Link to pdf file |
Who
is
on
the
Fracking Committee? : Environmental
Engineering Committee Augmented for Hydraulic Fracturing Review
(EEC-HFR) http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommitteesSubCommittees/Environmental Engineering Committee Augmented for Hydraulic Fracturing Review |
Link to pdf file |
Hydraulic Fracturing
Research Plan. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/SABPRODUCT.NSF/81e39f4c09954fcb85256ead006be86e/3b745430d624ed3b852576d400514b76!OpenDocument |
| Pdf
File 38 kb |
EPA Launches National
Study of Hydraulic Fracturing. Abrahm Lustgrarten, ProPublica.
March 18, 2010. |
| Pdf
File 11 kb |
EPA beings study of
fracturing's
effects on water supplies. Katie Howell, E&E reporter, March 18,
2010. |
| Pdf
File 9kb |
EPA News Release: EPA Initiates Hydraulic
Fracturing Study: Agency seeks input from Science Advisory Board. March
18,
2010. |
Pdf File 18 kb |
EPA
(Environmental
Protection
Agency
Notice:
Science
Advisory
Board
public meeting scheduled for
April 7 and 8, 2010, Washington D.C., on "Studying the Potential
Relationships between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water
Resources." http://www.epa.gov/sab EPA website, Ground water & Drinking water - www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/index.html EPA Underground Injection Control Program - www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/index.html EPA - Hydraulic Fracturing - /www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/uic/wells_hydrofrac.html EPA - Hydraulic Fracturing Study site - www.epa.gov/ogwdw000/uic/wells_coalbedmethanestudy.html |
| Pdf File 14 kb |
White linked to company
facing pollution probe. R.G. Ratcliffe, Austin Bureau, March 16,
2010. |
| Pdf File 11 kb |
Report says Proposed Fracking Law Won't Stop Industry, House Investigates the Controversial Practice. Alisa Opar, The Perch, March 11, 2010. |
| Pdf File 28 kb |
Obama Aide Urges
Listing of Gas-Driling Chemicals. Reuters, March 10, 2010. |
| Pdf File 79 kb |
Getting to the Bottom
of Fracking. March 3, 2010, Sarah Collins, Tom Kenworthy, Center
for American Progresss. |
| Pdf File 24 kb |
Professors Brief
Capitol Hill on impacts of " fracking." March
2, 2010, Cornell University OnLine. |
Pdf File 2.063 Mb |
Congressional
Hearing,
February
25,
2010.
Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment on fracking: "Endocrine
Disrupting
Chemicals
in
Drinking
Water:
Risks
to Human Health and the
Environment." Transcript
of
Sub-Committee
Chairman
Ed
Markey's
ending
comments, and four witness submissions (with link to Hearing
video). On the topic of endocrine disruptors and
fracking, see website, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), www.endocrinedisruption.com/home.php |
| Pdf File 13 kb |
Congressman Ed Markey
Press Release on Energy & Environment Sub-Committee Hearing on
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water, February 25, 2010. |
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Pdf File, 57 kb Transcript of Democracy Now telecast interview |
Democracy
Now.
February 23, 2010. Congress
to
Investigate
Safety
of
Natural
Gas
Drilling
Practice
Known
as
Hydraulic
Fracturing. For VIDEO
of Democracy Now interview
and report: www.democracynow.org/2010/2/23/congress_to_investigate_safety_of_natural |
| Pdf
File 7 kb |
Markey mum on natural
gas 'fracking' legislation. Ben Geman, February 23, 2010. The
Hill. |
| Pdf File 18 kb |
Energy Industry Reps
Greet House Fracking Probe With Shrug. Katie Howell, Greenwire.
February 22, 2010. |
| Pdf File 10 kb |
House Committee Probes
Natgas Drilling Practice. Ayesha Rascoe, Reuters, February 22,
2010. |
| Pdf File 93 kb |
Shale gas drillers face scrutiny in U.S. Congressional committee includes two Canadian firms in its investigation of controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing. By Shawn McCarthy, published on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Globe and Mail Update, Feb. 22, 2010. |
| Pdf
File 25 kb |
Congress Launches
Investigation Into Gas Drilling Practices. Sabrina
Shankman, Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. February 19,
2010. |
| Pdf
File 122 kb |
NATURAL GAS: BJ Services acknowledges violating EPA fracturing agreement. Mike Soraghan, E&E reporter, Greenwire. February 19, 2010. |
| Pdf File 9 kb |
US probes impact of
natural gas extraction. Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Sheila
McNulty, February 19, 2010, The Financial Times. |
| Pdf File 16 kb |
Natural Gas: Two
oil-field companies acknowledge fracking with diesel. Mike
Soraghan, E&E reporter, February 19, 2010. |
| Pdf File 27 kb |
EPA Investigates
Fracking. Trevor Demara, OilOnLine, February 19, 2010. |
| Pdf
File 228 kb |
Committee on Energy
and Commerce. Memorandum
Re:
Examining
the
Potential
Impact
of
Hydraulic
Fracturing.
February 18, 2010. |
Pdf File 102 kb Pdf File 9 kb |
Letter to Andrew
Gould, Chairman and CEO, Schlumberger, Houston, Texas, from Energy
& Environment Sub-Committee Chairs Henry A. Waxman, and Edward J.
Markey, February 18, 2010, to appear before the Committee to provide
information on chemicals in the hydraulic fracking process. On February 21, 2010, the Financial Times reported on Schlumberger's new acquisition of Smith International, Schlumberger to buy rival Smith for $12 billion. |
| Pdf
File 10 kb |
Democrats send letters
to firms seeking answers on controversial drilling method. Jim
Snyder, February 18, 2010, The Hill. |
| January 27, 2010. Senate
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Public Hearing on Marcellus Shale Natural
Gas Wastewater Treatment Issues. Hearing
information is found at the following website, which includes an
archived audio and video link: http://www.senatormjwhite.com/environmental/2010/012710/agenda.htm |
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| New
York
State
-
Department
of
Environmental Conservation Division of
Mineral Resources. DRAFT:
Supplemental
Generic
Environmental
Impact
Statement
On The Oil, Gas and
Solution Mining Regulatory Program. Well Permit Issuance for Horizontal
Drilling And High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing to Develop the Marcellus
Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs. September, 2009. Department and Draft report information website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/58440.html For the link to the complete report, pdf: ftp://ftp.dec.state.ny.us/dmn/download/OGdSGEISFull.pdf |
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| For
information on the Committee on Natural Resources, and lists of all related meetings: http://resources committee.house. gov/index.php |
July 30, 2009. U.S. Committee on
Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Oversight
Hearing on Unconventional
Fuels,
Part
II:
The
Promise
of Methane Hydrates. The
hearing information is found at the following website, which includes
an archived audio link: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=54&extmode=view&extid=281 For the hearing video: http://nova.pasenategop.com/hearings/2010/environmental/012710.wmv Hearing witness documents by: Timothy Collett (U.S. Geological Survey); Ray Boswell (U.S. Dept of Energy); Steve Hancock (RPS Energy, Well Engineering Manager). |
| July 27, 2009. Oklahoma Republican
Senator James Inhofe Responds to attacks on
hydraulic fracturing - says developmennt and production of natural gas
means jobs and energy security. For this download and video from
the industry's spokesman: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=BE0289C9-802A-23AD-425B-87119CE40409 |
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| June 4, 2009. U.S. Committee on
Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Oversight
Hearing on Unconventional
Fuels,
Part
I:
Shale
Gas
Potential. The
hearing information is found at the following website, which includes
an archived audio link: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=54&extmode=view&extid=260 Hearing witness documents by: Douglas Duncan (US Geological Survey); Mike John (Chesapeake Energy Corp); Scott Kell (Ground Water Protection Council, an industry based group); Lynn Helms (North Dakota Oil & Gas Division); Albert Appleton (consultant). |