tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36215455135563434262024-03-05T07:20:55.893-05:00Hydrofracking NewsSierra Club • Michigan Chapterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747912627442547437noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621545513556343426.post-14415779914666883642014-10-02T17:25:00.000-04:002014-10-02T17:25:34.736-04:00Workshop: Promoting Public Participation in Oil & Natural Gas Drilling Permits Oct. 11, 10am-4pm<div style="border-bottom: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 4.0pt 0in;">
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Sierra Club Michigan Chapter Presents Promoting
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Decisions, by Christopher Grobbel, Ph.D., Grobbel Environmental & Planning
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">For more information and to register by October 8 - </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Contact Rita Chapman at </span></span><a href="mailto:rita.chapman@sierraclub.org"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">rita.chapman@sierraclub.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">
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oil & natural gas drilling permits proposed in their communities, and about
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sierra Club’s Michigan Chapter has
worked successfully for nearly 5 decades to protect, explore and enjoy our
Great Lakes State and way of life. Today, the 168,000 members and
supporters of Sierra Club in Michigan stand ready to tackle current
threats. Our experienced staff and dedicated volunteers work hard to
protect the places you love and to make sure your family has a healthy, safe
Michigan to call home. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://michigan.sierraclub.org</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621545513556343426.post-22504940444256347722014-07-09T16:41:00.000-04:002014-07-09T22:54:26.385-04:00MDEQ HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NEW DRAFT FRACKING RULES<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">
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<b>If you are concerned about Fracking in Michigan - then we need you to speak out now! </b></div>
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T<b>he MDEQ is now accepting comments on their <a href="http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/ORR/1298_2013-101EQ_orr-draft.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">new draft rules for hydraulic fracturing</a>. The comment period ends on Thursday July 31. There are two public hearings - one in Gaylord on Tuesday July 15, and one in Lansing on July 16. Both are from 6:30-9:30PM. Details are in the official Public Notice here: <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-oogm-Part615-Revision-NOH2014_460477_7.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.michigan.gov/<wbr></wbr>documents/deq/deq-oogm-<wbr></wbr>Part615-Revision-NOH2014_<wbr></wbr>460477_7.pdf</a> </b></div>
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We need as many people as possible to attend these two hearings, and tell the DEQ: </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>"These new rules don't make fracking any safer for Michigan; our air, water and communities are still at risk, and MDEQ needs to go much much further to protect us, or just stop allowing fracking." </b></span> </div>
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<b><i>Would you be willing to go to one of the hearings, and help us to share that message? </i></b></div>
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Won't you please join us? Our attendance at these two hearings are one of the most direct ways we'll ever have of winning any positive changes in Michigan having to do with extracting fossil fuels. If you live in an area of Michigan that has been subjected to new extreme hydraulic fracturing for natural gas or oil, then you have important input for the DEQ on their proposed rules. Who better than you to tell them what it's like to live near one of these places? </div>
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<b>If you have any questions at all, let me know at <a href="mailto:rita.chapman@sierraclub.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">rita.chapman@sierraclub.org. </a></b></div>
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Thank you, I hope to hear from you! </div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621545513556343426.post-30054315121052197272014-04-20T22:45:00.000-04:002014-07-08T22:50:45.699-04:00Possible Oil Spill In Benzie County On Cold Creek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An oily sheen can be seen in the Cold Creek in downtown Beulah, not far from Crystal Lake.</div>
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The DEQ says the substance could be a number of things, but didn't want to elaborate until they've met with the team who's been on scene for the last couple of days. They will meet Tuesday.</div>
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<span id="goog_507523067"></span><span id="goog_507523068"></span>Developing story – BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico
oil spill, and now The Great Lakes of Michigan began on 25 March 2014
at the Whiting refinery (a new unit to process Canadian tar sands) more
evidence of <a href="http://youtu.be/t1sIE1yb5Lc" rel="prettyPhoto" title="Anything Goes - The BP Song">industrial pollution</a>
discharged into Lake Michigan. A less than massive response ensued to
protect a sandy cove on BP’s property. Hear what U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin
and Mark Kirk of Illinois had to say! And what else should Michiganders
know about The Whiting plant?<br />
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France’s ban on fracking was finally completed Friday, as its <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/11/france-fracking-ban-shale-gas?CMP=twt_fd" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">constitutional court upheld a 2011 law</a> prohibiting the practice and canceling all exploration permits. The <a href="http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-type/les-decisions-qpc.48300.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">decision posted on the court’s website</a> said the ban “conforms to the constitution” and is not “disproportionate,” effectively protecting it from any future legal challenge.</div>
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U.S. driller Schuepbach Energy brought its complaint to the court after two of its exploration permits were revoked due to the ban. Schuepbach attempted to argue that since no study had established fracking risks, there was no cause for the ban, and that since fracking isn’t banned for geothermal energy projects, it was unfair. The court didn’t find that convincing, citing the differences between geothermal and shale gas exploration.</div>
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The department's order gives the Lake Charles terminal permission to export up to 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day for 20 years. The approval is contingent upon the Lake Charles terminal receiving a permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for construction of the facility.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Aggressive energy efficiency efforts by households, companies and motorists led to the decline in carbon dioxide emissions from energy use in the United States,</span><a href="http://co2scorecard.org/home/researchitem/27" style="background-color: white; color: darkgreen; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">according to a recent report</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">. The controversial finding contradicts recent studies that say the power sector's shift away from coal to cheap natural gas caused the bulk of reductions.</span><br />
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Sierra Club • Michigan Chapterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747912627442547437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621545513556343426.post-62032307275233266082013-08-04T01:02:00.000-04:002013-08-04T01:12:20.154-04:00New Hinkley plume map shows growth on western edge<i>The chromium 6 pollution made public in "Erin Brockovich" has not been cleaned, and is in fact worse than when it was discovered.</i><br />
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For Immediate Release July22, 2013 Kalkaska, Michigan<br />
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The Encana State Garfield 1-25 HD 1 well is located in Garfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan. Situated amid state forests and palatial wetlands, the natural gas well was completed via the controversial hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” process, in December of 2012, using 12,539,639 gallons of water. The well originates in Section 36 of Garfield Township and the horizontal portion continues into Section 25.<br />
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and Encana has begun flaring gas from the well in a big way.
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<span style="text-align: center;">The pipeline is currently under construction from the well site:</span>
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<b>Daylight aspect of Garfield flare. </b><br />
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The Garfield Fire Department responded to a call at 11:00 p.m., July 20, 2013 from a local resident alarmed by the flames. Fire Department officials state they had not been informed prior to flaring by Encana, nor have they received any specialized training in connection with fire suppression on a frack pad—which may contain hazardous chemicals, some of which are deemed to be “proprietary” and are not disclosed—even to first responders. There is a high fire danger rating for Kalkaska County, and burning permits are prohibited at the present time in Garfield Township.
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“Encana needs to ensure that our Kalkaska County EMS and firefighters are properly informed, properly trained and properly equipped to deal with all potential emergency situations which could develop on their well pads”, states Paul Brady, Kalkaska County resident. “Large amounts of volatile hydrocarbons and chemicals are present on these sites. Protection of our first responders should be top priority”.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Since December, people with job titles of “independent landmen” from companies with names such as Pteradon Energy, Michigan Basin Resources, Bishop Land Service and West Bay Geophysical have been canvassing Barry County selling oil and gas leases. </span><br />
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Bob Ackley may be the only person who has driven up and down every single street -- 1,500 miles total -- in Washington, D.C.</div>
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While Ackley, a plain-speaking New Englander, enjoyed exploring the nation's capital, which he described as "beautiful," this was serious business. He was measuring leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is also the main component of natural gas. Measured in terms of warming the atmosphere, methane is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.</div>
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Sierra Club • Michigan Chapterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747912627442547437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621545513556343426.post-53640380425029290912013-08-03T10:03:00.000-04:002013-08-03T10:05:14.572-04:00Pa. Landowners Feel Cheated By Royalty Payments From Fracking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">For years, San Antonio has touted itself as the largest American city that is in compliance with federal ozone standards, and therefore not subject to extra regulation and enforcement from the EPA. That will soon change. Today, San Antonio is violating the Clean Air Act </span><a href="http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/8hr_attainment.pl" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #008990; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">based on its ozone scores</span></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">, the highest of which are far above the maximum acceptable value of 75 parts per billion.</span><br />
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