La renaissance industrielle grâce aux gaz de schiste n’est qu’un mythe. Tar Sands: The Oil Junkie's Last Fix, Part 2. This is a continuation of my previous article on the challenges facing the Canadian tar sands, in which we looked at the cost and financing issues.
Water Water is another major problem. Tar sands plants typically use two to four barrels of water to extract a barrel of oil. Currently, the water consumption is enough to sustain a city of two million people every year. And after it's been through the process, the water is toxic with contaminants, so it cannot be released into the environment. These "ponds" are actually the largest bodies of water in the region--big enough to be seen from space--and some of the world's largest man-made ponds overall, with miles of surface area. Gaz de schiste: La France n'empêchera pas son exploitation en Pologne. La France a assuré ce vendredi à la Pologne qu'elle ne ferait pas obstacle au niveau européen à l'exploitation de gaz de schiste, même si elle envisage de l'interdire chez elle si les techniques d'extraction sont jugées néfastes pour l'environnement.
«La France restera neutre quant au développement de cette technologie en Pologne», a déclaré ce vendredi le Premier ministre polonais, Donald Tusk, à sa sortie de l'Elysée. >> La carte des gaz de schiste en France, c'est par ici. Diaporama : comment le gaz de schiste défigure les Etats-Unis. Grâce à la plateforme collaborative J’aime l’info, j’ai réalisé ce reportage sur l’exploitation du gaz de schiste aux Etats-Unis, publié dans Politis.
Au nord de la Pennsylvanie, sur la gigantesque formation schisteuse du Marcellus Shale, les pipelines utilisés pour convoyer le gaz arraché du sous-sol griffent les collines verdoyantes. Les innombrables puits défigurent le territoire et polluent l’eau, l’air et la terre des habitants. Certains clichés, rarissimes dans le monde très secret de l’industrie gazière, montrent ici l’action au cœur, sur un chantier en plein forage. Small earthquake in Blackpool, major shock for UK's energy policy - Science, News. Click HERE to view graphic (69k jpg) Earthquake experts from the British Geological Survey said that the 1.5 magnitude quake last week was similar to a 2.3 earthquake in April in the same area and that both may be linked to the experimental fracking for shale gas at Preese Hall on the Fylde coast. Bans on commercial fracking are already in place in France as well as in New York and Pennsylvania states, where people living close to fracking sites have been filmed setting fire to tap water contaminated with methane gas.
"It seems quite likely that they are related," said Brian Baptie of the British Geological Survey (BGS). "We had a couple of instruments close to the site and they show that both events were close to the site and at a shallow depth. Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers. Judge Rules In Favor Of Journalists, Unseals Fracking Court Records. A judge ruled today in favor of journalists seeking access to information about a fracking pollution court case.
The doctors, scientists, and advocates argued in favor of greater transparency about natural gas operations and their health effects. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice) Judge Debbie O’Dell-Seneca reversed an order by a Washington County court sealing the record in a case in which a Pennsylvania family sued several gas companies over property damage and health impacts related to air and water pollution from nearby natural gas operations. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Observer-Reporter had intervened in the case to unseal the records, while gas companies unsuccessfully fought to keep the records out of the public eye. Earthjustice, the non-profit environmental law firm, submitted an amicus brief supporting the newspapers on behalf of Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy, Dr.
Read the ruling. No Fracking! Stop Hydraulic Fracturing Natural Gas Stimulation Drilling in New York State. Frequently asked questions. La Pologne veut exploiter son gaz de schiste. Shale gas executives vow environmental sustainability - New Brunswick. New Brunswick’s biggest corporate players in the shale gas industry are arguing they can operate in the province without damaging the environment.
Senior representatives from SWN Resources Canada, Corridor Resources and Contact Exploration wrote in separate opinion articles for CBC News that they believe the province could prosper if the shale gas industry moves forward. But each company also continued to pledge to safeguard the environment. The industry and the provincial government have been confronted in recent months by mounting opposition to the shale gas industry and, specifically, to the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing or hydro-fracking.
Many opponents to the shale gas industry say they are worried about the safety of their drinking water and the industrialization of some rural parts of the province.
China May Start Shale-Gas Production by 2015 to Meet Cleaner Fuel Demand. China, the world’s biggest polluter, may start producing shale gas within five years to meet rising demand for cleaner-burning fuels.
Production of gas in shale rock may begin before the end of 2015, Che Changbo, deputy director of the Ministry of Land and Resources’s oil and gas strategy center, said in an interview after a conference in Beijing. The country has drilled more than 10 wells and signed several cooperation agreements with foreign companies to develop the resource, according to Che. China wants to triple the use of natural gas to about 10 percent of its energy consumption by 2020 as it cuts reliance on more polluting coal.
China has brought in foreign partners including Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and Chevron Corp. Shale gas stirs ecology fears in South Africa's Karoo. Mining and lumber disasters, and now gas fracking @ @ Bleaps NewsBleaps News.