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Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling: Risks to the Sea Otter

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By Emily Watson, FracTracker Summer Intern Sea otters, an endangered keystone species, are at risk due to offshore oil and gas drilling spills. Along the west coast of the U.S., this marine mammal’s habitat is commonly near offshore drilling sites, specifically in California and Alaska. Sea Otters – a Keystone Species Sea otter numbers used […]

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Has radioactivity risk from oil and gas activity been underrated?

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Reviewing a Pennsylvania TENORM Study By Juliana Henao, Communications Intern Technologically-enhanced, naturally-occurring radioactive materials, also known as TENORM, are produced when radionuclides deep in the earth are brought to the surface by human activity such as oil and gas drilling. The radioactive materials, which include uranium (U), thorium (th), potassium-40 (K-40) and their decay products, […]

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A South American Crossroads

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by Brook Lenker, Executive Director Gracious. Passionate. Determined. Few words fully capture the evocative resilience of Argentina where history is as turbulent as the winds of Patagonia. Fracking for oil and natural gas is a growing storm on the national horizon, and the effects will be fueled or mitigated by the ceaseless power of the […]

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The Science Behind OK’s Man-made Earthquakes, Part 2

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By Ariel Conn, Seismologist and Science Writer with the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences Oklahoma has made news recently because its earthquake story is so dramatic. The state that once averaged one to two magnitude 3 earthquakes per year now averages one to two per day. This same state, which never used to be seismically […]

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Pipelines vs Oil Trains

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By Juliana Henao, Communications Intern Media outlets have been very focused recently on reporting oil train derailments and explosions. Additionally, the Keystone XL pipeline has hastened political debates and arguments for years by both political parties since its initial proposal in 2008 – and the May 19th pipeline oil spill in California isn’t helping matters. In the […]

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The Science Behind OK’s Man-made Earthquakes, Part 1

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By Ariel Conn, Seismologist and Science Writer with the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences On April 21, the Oklahoma Geological Survey issued a statement claiming that the sharp rise in Oklahoma earthquakes — from only a couple per year to thousands — was most likely caused by wastewater disposal wells associated with major oil and […]

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Organic farms near drilling activity in the U.S. and Ohio

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The US Food, Energy, Water Interface Examined By Ted Auch, Great Lakes Program Coordinator With the emergence of concerns about the Food, Energy, Water (FEW) intersection as it relates to oil and gas (O&G) expansion, we thought it was time to dig into the numbers and ask some very simple questions about organic farms near […]

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11% of organic farms near drilling in US, potentially 31% in future

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By Juliana Henao & Samantha Malone, FracTracker Alliance Currently, 11% (2,140 of 19,515 total) of all U.S. organic farms share a watershed with active O&G drilling. Additionally, this percentage could rise up to 31% if unconventional O&G drilling continues to grow. Organic farms represent something pure for citizens around the world. They produce food that […]