Porter Ranch Gas Leak Linked to California's Broken UIC Program
For more than two months, Southern California Gas's Aliso Canyon underground storage facility in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles has been leaking...
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33 More Injection Wells Shut Down in California
The California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) issued orders last Thursday requiring operators to shut down 33 of the more than 2,500...
California Scientists Find Numerous Threats from Oil & Gas Development, Major Data Gaps
Well stimulation activities and oil and gas development in general can result in a range of impacts to the environment and human health, but much more data is...
Science/Fiction: Did EPA Determine Whether or Not Fracking has led to Widespread, Systematic Impacts to Drinking Water?
"Hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources." Or so says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
EPA Study Finds Fracking Contaminated Drinking Water
At long last, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft results of its five-year study on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing...
USGS Weighs in on Earthquakes Caused by Oil & Gas Operations
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released a preliminary report yesterday assessing the impact that manmade or "induced" earthquakes caused by oil and...