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Dangerous Health Effects of Fracking
Dr Lora Chamberlain of Frack Free Illinois Feb 1st 2013
Frack Free Illinois is a grass roots environmental group aka the Illinois Coalition For A Moratorium On Fracking ndash we worked to pass a Moratorium in 2013 and have expanded our work in
the GA this session httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
- Fracking is a very dangerous highly industrialized process that will devastate our communities and accelerate climate change Instead we support a rapid expansion of renewable energy
-The temporary and toxic jobs will not be heralded by the workers and unions for long as soon as their health has been affected We predict that the local communities will become upset about the contamination of their water the truck traffic and accidents the social costs of fracking to their communities and the devastation of their familys health by air pollution
All of this has occurred in other states such as PA - ldquoList of the Harmedrdquo
wwwpennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandairwordpresscomthe-list
Fracking ndash Energy Independence vs Growing Our Carbon Coffin
US ndash went from importing 60 of its oil in 2007 to 33 today including Canadian imports
40+ natural gas (NG) and 30+ oil being produced in the US today is from fracking expected to climb past 60 by 2020
At what cost The environment water air public health loss of land values community climate change our renewable energy future
Who wins and who loses
What the heck is fracking
Thousands of 9 acre frack pads each with thousands of trucks and polluting
infrastructure invading the countryside
9 acre pads roads and infrastructure destroying our
Shawnee National Forest
Hydraulic Fracking (HF) Chemicals Silica Millions of Gallons of Water
Uses up to 1200 chemicals many of them proprietary tons of sand and millions of gallons of water per high pressure frack
This water then becomes contaminated becoming waste water
The contaminated waste water is taken to water treatment plants - not designed to process the chemicals and radiation found in fracking fluids disposed in Class 2 wells or mixed with dry garbage in landfills or spread on the roadsfields-
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Fracking ndash Energy Independence vs Growing Our Carbon Coffin
US ndash went from importing 60 of its oil in 2007 to 33 today including Canadian imports
40+ natural gas (NG) and 30+ oil being produced in the US today is from fracking expected to climb past 60 by 2020
At what cost The environment water air public health loss of land values community climate change our renewable energy future
Who wins and who loses
What the heck is fracking
Thousands of 9 acre frack pads each with thousands of trucks and polluting
infrastructure invading the countryside
9 acre pads roads and infrastructure destroying our
Shawnee National Forest
Hydraulic Fracking (HF) Chemicals Silica Millions of Gallons of Water
Uses up to 1200 chemicals many of them proprietary tons of sand and millions of gallons of water per high pressure frack
This water then becomes contaminated becoming waste water
The contaminated waste water is taken to water treatment plants - not designed to process the chemicals and radiation found in fracking fluids disposed in Class 2 wells or mixed with dry garbage in landfills or spread on the roadsfields-
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
What the heck is fracking
Thousands of 9 acre frack pads each with thousands of trucks and polluting
infrastructure invading the countryside
9 acre pads roads and infrastructure destroying our
Shawnee National Forest
Hydraulic Fracking (HF) Chemicals Silica Millions of Gallons of Water
Uses up to 1200 chemicals many of them proprietary tons of sand and millions of gallons of water per high pressure frack
This water then becomes contaminated becoming waste water
The contaminated waste water is taken to water treatment plants - not designed to process the chemicals and radiation found in fracking fluids disposed in Class 2 wells or mixed with dry garbage in landfills or spread on the roadsfields-
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Thousands of 9 acre frack pads each with thousands of trucks and polluting
infrastructure invading the countryside
9 acre pads roads and infrastructure destroying our
Shawnee National Forest
Hydraulic Fracking (HF) Chemicals Silica Millions of Gallons of Water
Uses up to 1200 chemicals many of them proprietary tons of sand and millions of gallons of water per high pressure frack
This water then becomes contaminated becoming waste water
The contaminated waste water is taken to water treatment plants - not designed to process the chemicals and radiation found in fracking fluids disposed in Class 2 wells or mixed with dry garbage in landfills or spread on the roadsfields-
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
9 acre pads roads and infrastructure destroying our
Shawnee National Forest
Hydraulic Fracking (HF) Chemicals Silica Millions of Gallons of Water
Uses up to 1200 chemicals many of them proprietary tons of sand and millions of gallons of water per high pressure frack
This water then becomes contaminated becoming waste water
The contaminated waste water is taken to water treatment plants - not designed to process the chemicals and radiation found in fracking fluids disposed in Class 2 wells or mixed with dry garbage in landfills or spread on the roadsfields-
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Hydraulic Fracking (HF) Chemicals Silica Millions of Gallons of Water
Uses up to 1200 chemicals many of them proprietary tons of sand and millions of gallons of water per high pressure frack
This water then becomes contaminated becoming waste water
The contaminated waste water is taken to water treatment plants - not designed to process the chemicals and radiation found in fracking fluids disposed in Class 2 wells or mixed with dry garbage in landfills or spread on the roadsfields-
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Non water Fracturing
Uses less water uses gases foams or chemicals ndash such as nitrogen less studied ndash corporations keep trade secrets tightly
Still uses industrialized horizontal drilling dangerous chemicals and most use extremely high pressures ndash still very dangerous
Not covered by HFRA ndash IL got snookered
Our recommended definition for all fracturing ldquoHorizontal (lateral) drilling with fracturing operationsrdquo ndash no mention of gallons or hydraulic fluids
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Theo Colborn June 2010 - TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange CO
httpwwwendocrinedisruptioncom
Looked at 944 products containing 632 chemicals --lists health effects of 353 chemicals with (CAS)
More than 75 of the chemicals - skin eyes and the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems
Approximately 40-50 - brainnervous system immune and cardiovascular systems and the kidneys
37 could affect the endocrine system and 25 could cause cancer and mutations
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Industry will tell you that the chemicals
only comprise 1 of the frack fluid
Due to the gal of water used (HF) still requires hundreds of tons of chemicals per frack each well fracked multiple times each site has multiple wells and each frack can differ per the chemicals
Per the EPA ldquoRoughly1 of hydraulic fracturing fluids are the various chemicals which is equivalent to 50000 gallons for a shale gas well that uses 5 million gallons of fluidrdquo
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
The Congressional Comm On Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011
Between 2005 and 2009 most fracturing products contained at least 29 very toxic chemicals
13 known or possible human carcinogens
8 regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their significant risks to human health
24 listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act
Many of the chemicals fell into more than one category
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Methanol - respiratory toxic air pollutant
hydrogen fluoride - systemic poison potentially fatal acid that does not burn
Lead - reproductive disorders high blood pressure nervous system disease children especially vulnerable
hydrogen chloride forms corrosive hydrochloric acid on contact with water - inhalation of the fumes can cause coughing choking inflammation of the nose throat and upper respiratory tract and in severe cases pulmonary edema circulatory system failure and death
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
2-butoxyethanol
2-BE (shorthand) is another common toxin used as a foaming agent or surfactant
2-BE is easily absorbed and rapidly distributed in human tissues following inhalation ingestion or dermal exposure Exposure to 2-BE can cause hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) and damage to the spleen liver and bone marrow and rare adrenal tumors
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Carcinogens
An incomplete list of carcinogens used
formaldehyde (also a hazardous air pollutant)
diesel
naphthalene
chemicals in the BTEX compound group (benzene toluene ethyl benzene and xylene)
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Recommendations by the EPA -- individuals should not be ldquoexposed long term to any level of hydrogen sulfide that one can smellrdquondash bad eggs
Physiological Response to H2S exposure
50-100 ppm Slight conjunctivitis respiratory tract irritation after 1 hour exposure
100 ppm Coughing eye irritation loss of sense of smell after 2-15 minutes Altered respiration pain in the eyes and drowsiness after 15-30 minutes followed by throat irritation after 1 hour Several hours exposure results in gradual increase in severity of these symptoms and death may occur within the next 48 hours
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Poisoning the Well How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nationrsquos Underground Water
Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 11 2012
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Trade Secrets Trump Human Life
Cathy Behr an emergency room nurse in Durango Colorado became critically ill one day in 2008 after treating a fracking worker Her lungs filled with fluid ndash she was diagnosed with multiple organ failure
Her doctors struggled to treat her as the fracking company refused to tell them what chemicals she was exposed to even though her health was in jeopardy This is not standard of medical care
Fortunately she recovered
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
The Secrecy Continues in IL
HFRA of 2013 maintains ldquotrade secretsrdquo the IDNR will have full access to all of the chemicals in the frack fluid and most of them will be listed on their website but a of the chemicals will be kept secret ndash to limit liability
You will have to have ldquostandingrdquo to get the full list of chemicals used at any well
Health professionals must call the IDNRfracking company after hours to ask for the full list if they can prove that they need it then the physicians nurses patients families etc - all have to sign confidentiality agreements
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
SMOG and Air Pollution Smog levels in rural Uintah basin UT were
rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days
An EPA report concluded The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic compounds found in the basin which mixed under sunlight with nitrogen oxides - to form the choking smog so thick that the nearby Salt Lake City airport was forced to divert flights when the smog was at its worst
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
WATER POLLUTION-BAD
AIR POLLUTION -WORSE
-a significant PA health study by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project SWPA-EHP wwwenvironmentalhealthprojectorg -- just a very few in 1 county examined but because they were able to exclude any other explanations for the health effects found such as previous medical history etc it is a strong study
--The upshot is water contamination causes some illnesses eventually but air pollution around the drill rigs and compressor stations causes many symptoms immediately especially if the patients live within a thousand feet from a compressor station open pit or well in the completion phase Benzene and other VOCs can accumulate in the air in homes close to this natural gas and oil infrastructure httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20130825pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3813650htmlutm_hp_ref=green
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Setbacks for all fracking sites and infrastructure are too close to
humans and animals
Studies such as the one done by the Univ of Colorado School of Public Health Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources March 2012 -- showed that residents are being sickened from air pollution within 12 mile from the wells and infrastructure such as compressor stations and depending on the wind direction even up to a mile away
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Silica (Frac) Sand Mines
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Frac sand is a $1 billion industry in Wisconsin -
accounting for 19700 jobs in Wisconsin and predicted that could double by 2035
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
WI - over 100 frac sand sites (up from 5)
LaSalle County IL -- 9 mines 70 new mines are considering coming to the area -- Mississippi Sand at the entrance to Starved Rock State Park ndash at present they have a 6 month moratorium for further studies ndash towns annex the mines
Silica ndash a known carcinogen respiratory irritant Asthma COPD Silicosis ndash from fine particulate matter
Significant water usage and chemicals used for cleaning the sand discharged into streams
Excessive truck traffic with exhaust and accidents
Berms (mounds of dirt) around the mines do not control fugitive silica emissions
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Silica Exposure On The Frack Sites
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Fracking in Flood Zones
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Unprecedented flooding in Colorado caused the release of more than 43479 gal of produced waste water and 14 notable releases of oil a total of 48250 gal of oil leaked
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Blowouts Fires Spills and Accidents on the Fields and Roads
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Temporary Toxic Dangerous Jobs
138 workers killed on the job in 2013
greater than 100 increase since 2009
a fatality rate 8 times higher than the all-industry rate of 32 deaths per 100000
httpwwwnprorg20131227250807226on-the-job-deaths-spiking-as-oil-drilling-quickly-expands
--traffic accidents blowouts fires spills falls ndash accidents chemical silica and radioactivity exposure OSHA standards not enforced 247 operations - long hours little sleep
(This link below has a chart with fracking incidents and accidents per state just click on one of the poison symbols)
httpearthjusticeorgfeaturescampaignsfracking-across-the-united-states
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
North Dakota Frack Oil Mixed with Flammable Natural Gas Kills 47 in Quebec
After Mislabeled Train Derails
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
All Shale is Radioactive
IL shale is radioactive
Marcellus and Utica shale -- concentrations of radium-226 -- 30 times background and up to 3000 times the allowable levels of EPA exposure
Illinois shale -- above average levels of uranium
Per the USGS ndash waste from oilng drilling in Southern Illinois has radium levels above 1000 picoCuries per liter -- 200 times the maximum contamination level of the EPA drinking water standard
Radioactive radon gas is just now starting to be studied could be coming into homes with NG
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Workers and residents are at risk from frack field waste radiation per the EPA
OilRadiation Waste Disposal Workers
Risks include exposures due to gamma radiation and radioactive dust inhalation also they may inhale radon gas which is released during drilling and produced by the decay of radium raising their risk of lung cancer
Nearby ResidentsOffice Workers
Risks evaluated for the public working or residing within 100 meters of a disposal site are similar to the workers gamma radiation inhalation of contaminated dust inhalation of downwind radon ingestion of contaminated well water ingestion of food contaminated by well water and ingestion of food contaminated by dust deposition
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Risks analyzed for the general population ndash
-- within a 50 mile radius of the disposal site
--exposures from the downwind transport of re-suspended particulates and radon gas
--ingestion of food contaminated by deposition of re-suspended particulates
--exposures arising from ingestion of river water contaminated via the groundwater pathway and surface runoff
wwwepagovradiationtenormoilandgashtml
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
HFRA the only radioactive monitoring that is required -- one test on the initial flowback water and not the longer term more radioactive produced water
--A potentially fatal flaw for frack field workers truckers and residents living near enough that they might get exposed to this radioactivity
--Frack field waste is LLRW (Low Level Radioactive Waste) and should be disposed of per the IL Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Actrdquo (420 ILCS 20)
--This designation would carry its own requirements by the federal and state agencies (IEMA) and increase the costs for disposal
--The reality is that this waste is radioactive and toxic and it must be treated as such or there will be negative environmental and public health consequences
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Fracking Waste Water Disposal Causes Significant Earthquakes
Oklahoma -- from 50 earthquakes a year to 3000
Largest 57 near Prague OK damaged 14 homes and injured 2 people
Columbia UnivUSGS ndash Powerful earthquakes elsewhere can stimulate local earthquakes -- increased earthquakes in OK following the magnitude 88 earthquake off the coast of Chile 2010 culminating in the destructive 57 magnitude quake in November 2011 httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=drilling-and-pumping-wells-spawn-powerful-earthquakes
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Bridge To Nowhere NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9 From Gas Fields
Gutting Climate Benefit
2 - 3 methane leakage rate from the wells is break even point natural gas = coal Methane is 100 times more potent a green house gas over the next decades A higher leak rate (6-9) means that NG is dirtier than coal for climate change most findings 6-7
Prof Ingraffea of the Cornell Fracture Group reports that 5 of the wells leak in the first year approx 50 in the next 15-16 years then 100 of the wells will leak eventually
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
If We Burn All Of This Frack Oil and NG ndash If We Continue To Release All
of This Methane ndash We Will Be Fracked
The IPCC and the IEA agree that if we are to prevent climate change from breaching the already severe 2 degrees Celsius (36F) level then we must leave at least 23rds of current proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Only 20-25 of current proven oil reserves can be exploited
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Fracking ndash A Bridge To Catastrophe
After studying the impact of fracking on solar researchers at the MIT came out against Frack Gas
The natural gas boom will limit the expansion of renewable energy and comprise a third of the electricity market by 2050
An abundance of shale gas (a quarter of all natural gas production in the US) will keep the price of natural gas low for decades making NG plants more attractive than wind and solar according to the report
globalchangemiteduresearchpublications2229
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy
Center For American Progress June 2009
Job creation per $1 million in output
Oil and natural gas 37
Coal 49
Building retrofits 119
Mass transitfreight rail (90 MT 10 FR) 159
Smart grid 89
Renewable s
Wind 95
Solar 98
Biomass 124
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Frackonomics ndash Shale and Wall Street ndash Was the Decline In
Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated By Deborah Rogers May 2013
Deborah Rogers of the Energy Policy Forum Part 1 -- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=97puZFTdnpo
Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Y8Luygg1QH0
Q and A Part 1-- httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=5y-hYgIXn0o
Q and A Part 2 ndash httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=L8IIrKZWpek
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
JCAR the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
httpwwwilgagovcommissionjcar
12 members 6 Dems6 Repubs6 Reps6Sens
Will look over the egregious rules for fracking written by the IDNR sometime Feb ndash April they can either approve of the rules for fracking send them back with recommendations to rewrite some of the rules or prohibit the rules from being published by the Sec of State ndash which would mean a total rewrite of the rules and a delay ndash we want them to prohibit the rules
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
To Get Involved Frack Free Illinois will be going back to Springfield to lobby for
-renewable energy (RPS) and a full ban of fracking and investigative task force
-partial bans in the earthquake zones the flood plains the Mahomet aquifer
-amendments for defining fracturing chemical disclosure radioactivity set backs taxes bonds insurance property rights local (county) control and the public process
--we are available to talk withto organizations churches unions health care professionals and businesses at drlora2yahoocom or 773-486-7660
Please follow and like us on httpswwwfacebookcomFrackFreeIllinois
We have a list serve and conference calls every Sunday night at 8pm with fractivists from around the State
You can also sign up for an announcement list for the most important emails about lobbying steps ndash Thank You
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Resources
Lower 48 states shale plays
httpwwweiagovoil_gasrpdshale_gaspdf
A Review of Shale Gas Regulations by State
httpwwwrfforgcentersenergy_economics_and_policyPagesShale_Mapsaspx
SAFE Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment their baseline water testing can be found here wwwdontfractureillinoisnet
Survey showing that many people in Southern IL are concerned about fracking with a very interesting break down between women and men
httppaulsimoninstituteorgimagesPDFfall2013sipoll-frackingpdf
The Case for a Ban on Gas Frackingmdasha very comprehensive list of research that has already been done on Fracking httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesthe-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking
Recent Earthquakes ldquoAlmost Certainly Man maderdquo--Report Implicates Oil and Natural Gas Drilling httpwwwewgorgresearchusgs-recent-earthquakes-almost-certainly-manmade
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Studies Link Earthquakes to Waste water from Fracking httpwwwtechnologyreviewcomnews508151studies-link-earthquakes-to-wastewater-from-fracking
Fracking and the Food System httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system
httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgbriefsfracking-and-the-food-system t _blank
Fracking The New Global Water Crisis httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgtools-and-resourcesfracking-the-new-global-water-crisis
Detailed Map Shows the Potential of Global Water Risks httpwwwscientificamericancomarticlecfmid=an-incredibly-detailed-map-shows-th-2013-01
The EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water httpwwwmotherjonescomenvironment201212epa-water-aquifer-drilling-fracking-waste
US Energy Insecurity Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsus-energy-insecurity
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
Exposing the Oil and Gas Industryrsquos False Jobs Promise for Shale Gas Development How Methodological Flaws Grossly Exaggerate Jobs Project httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportsexposing-the-oil-and-gas-industrys-false-jobs-promise
5 Reasons Natural Gas Wonrsquot Be an Environmental and Economic Savior We arenrsquot going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process January 10 2013 httpwwwalternetorgfracking5-reasons-natural-gas-wont-be-environmental-and-economic-saviorid=991435709EzHHp5amprd=1ampsrc=newsletter774825ampt=3amppaging=off
How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development httpwwwfoodandwaterwatchorgreportshow-new-york-state-exaggerated-potential-job-creation
Shale Gas Boom Now Visible From Space (about flaring) httpwwwcnbccomid100412356Shale_Gas_Boom_Now_Visible_From_Space Global Warmings Terrifying New Math-Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is httpwwwrollingstonecompoliticsnewsglobal-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
