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Radiation in Pennsylvania Creek Seen as Legacy of Fracking
Posted by Bloomberg: Jim Efstathiou Jr on October 2nd, 2013
Bloomberg: Naturally occurring radiation brought to the surface by gas drillers has been detected in a Pennsylvania creek that flows into the Allegheny River, illustrating the risks of wastewater disposal from the boom in hydraulic fracturing.
Sediment in Blacklick Creek contained radium in concentrations 200 times above normal, or background levels, according to the study, published today in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The radium, along with salts such as bromide, came from the Josephine...
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Comments Off on Radiation in Pennsylvania Creek Seen as Legacy of FrackingScientists Turn to Melted Ice to Make Climate-Change Case
Posted by Bloomberg: Jim Efstathiou Jr on August 20th, 2013
Bloomberg: A report from an international team of scientists due next month will probably focus on a range of evidence that the earth is warming rather than just changes in air temperature, according to a climate scientist who has seen drafts of parts of the study.
The rate of polar ice melting, warming of oceans and the steady rise of sea levels all point to a planet heating up, said Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist in the climate analysis section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Scientists Turn to Melted Ice to Make Climate-Change CaseRoute Change Forces Keystone Foes to Shift Aim to Climate Change
Posted by Bloomberg: Jim Efstathiou Jr on April 17th, 2013
Bloomberg: Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline used to have a simple argument: the project would endanger Nebraska’s delicate Sand Hills region, a vast network of dunes and wetlands that have been designated a National Natural Landmark.
State leaders, including Republican Governor David Heineman, opposed the project on those grounds. President Barack Obama cited the threat to water in the state before denying TransCanada Corp. (TRP) a permit last year to build the pipeline, which would carry Canadian tar...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Route Change Forces Keystone Foes to Shift Aim to Climate ChangeWorker Rest Breaks Double by 2050 as Climate Warms: NOAA
Posted by Bloomberg: Jim Efstathiou Jr on February 24th, 2013
Bloomberg: Workers in jobs without air conditioning will need rest breaks twice as often by 2050 to avoid heat stress amid a warming climate, according to a study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Losses in labor capacity, or the ability to work safely in warm conditions, will double by mid-century assuming global temperatures rise by 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the study to be published today online in Nature Climate Change. Temperatures have risen 0.7...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Worker Rest Breaks Double by 2050 as Climate Warms: NOAAUnited States: Industry-Funded Study Finds Fracking Safe for Los Angeles
Posted by Bloomberg: Jim Efstathiou Jr on October 11th, 2012
Bloomberg: Fracking for oil in Los Angeles County poses no threat to the environment and doesn’t add to the risk of earthquakes, according to a report funded by the owner of one of the largest urban oil fields in the U.S.
The findings come from a yearlong study by Plains Exploration & Production Co. (PXP), owner of the Inglewood oil field in the Baldwin Hills section of Los Angeles. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of two test wells revealed no threat to groundwater, air quality or added risk of induced...
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