Josh Fox ‘s new movie vividly dramatizes the dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing. The other month I saw a screening of the movie in upstate New York – at once ground central for proposed Gas and New York’s main aquifer – and it makes for grim viewing.
Hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) is a means of natural gas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals are injected, under high pressure, into a...Read Full Story
Fracking is currently used in 90 percent of the nation’s natural gas and oil wells. The practice makes drilling possible in areas that 10 to 20 years ago would not have been profitable. Hydraulic Fracturing involves injecting water, sand, and a cocktail of chemicals at high pressure into rock formations thousands of feet below the surface. This opens existing fractures in the rock and allows gas to rise through the wells. Many of the chemicals used in shale gas drilling, such as benzene, are...Read Full Story
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On Tuesday 7 June WaterAid will be hosting a non-stop tweetathon – hashtagged #WaterAid24 - to show supporters exactly what an international charity does over a 24-hour period.
The important issue of water use, conservation and availability is often overshadowed by the battle to cut carbon emissions. To highlight the issues, here are a selection of statistics from WaterAid's website :
884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is...Read Full Story
The importance of safe drinking water becomes crucial during the aftermath of a natural catastrophe. As the earth's limited supply of top quality drinking water is degraded by pollution and other factors, many Governments worry about future water supplies. Folk in developed states don't fret much about water quality so long as the water leaving their taps is safe to drink. Thousands of people in developing counties don't have faucets and running water in their homes. They rely on water in...Read Full Story
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WASHINGTON — Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service companies from 2005-2009, a report by three House Democrats said Saturday.
The report said 29 of the chemicals injected were known-or-suspected human carcinogens. They either were regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act as risks to human health or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act...Read Full Story
People who really like the sweet flavor or carbonation or caffeine of sodas may be more likely to stick with the change if they are drinking diet sodas as opposed to water only, but drinking water was associated with some other ...
It's a huge opportunity for some great capital gains - but changing regulations, and a very attentive mainstream audience questioning business practises which have been in effect for decades, will will make it choppy water for ...
Movie Review Jackie K Cooper “Safe House” (Universal Pictures) Whenever Denzel Washington deigns to appear in a movie you can pretty much expect it to be special. He is an actor of such talent that just by appearing on ...
Tags: music video, safe and sound, soundtrack, taylor swift, the hunger games ... Ray J said on allTV interviews Whitney was doing great,when in fact she was sad, drinking taking pills, and having a bout with depression.
Seth Casteel's photos of goofy, gangly and bug-eyed pups - teeth bared in dogged pursuit of plastic ball or some phantom prey - are quickly gaining the Internet's stamp of approval.
Accor's main water impacts come food production, in one surprising finding from the company's lifecycle analysis of its environmental footprint. The Earth Guest Research report, carried out together with ...
If you've been looking for an excuse to drink all morning, I just found you one: according to a recent study, drinking vodka improves word association and verbal creativity. Somebody pass the bottle.
Weekend box office for Universal's Safe House turned out to be $40.2 million when actual figures came in today. Three-day estimates from Sunday proved a ta.
Taylor Swift's Grammy performance of Mean, in which the gold-and-glam country star traded in her red-carpet look for much simpler duds, was apparently a.
This zine is dedicated to the initiative of providing safe clean drinkable water to all members of our global society. It will focus on campaigns by any organizations looking to achieve this goal in developing countries, along with stories relating to problems associated with unsafe drinking water.
The lack of access to safe drinking water...more
This zine is dedicated to the initiative of providing safe clean drinkable water to all members of our global society. It will focus on campaigns by any organizations looking to achieve this goal in developing countries, along with stories relating to problems associated with unsafe drinking water.
The lack of access to safe drinking water is the main cause to many diseases, hunger, and poverty in many parts of the world. In a world where technology is advancing at an alarming rate, we cannot afford to let this situation continue. It is our responsibility as citizens of this ever-shrinking world to act, to put an end to this simple problem.