February 06, 2009
Deadly Seepage
Posted by: Keith Kloor : Category: gas boom, hydraulic fracturing
Every energy boom leaves its mark on the land–and, as we’re starting to see out West with the recent gas boom, on people too.
This toxic imprint is not going away anytime soon. In fact, I’d wager that we’ll be hearing a lot more about hydraulic fracturing in the months and years ahead, particularly as the mysterious contents of those injection fluids now seeping out are finally revealed.
March 20th, 2009 at 11:32 am
[...] nobody really knows what’s in those chemicals because industry refuses to say. At any rate, seems like one helluva location for a toxic waste [...]