Energy & Fuel

"Drilling and Water Interests Clash on Disposal Wells"

"In the heart of Texas' mineral-rich Eagle Ford Shale, freshwater isn't the only precious resource for both oil companies and local communities. Brackish groundwater aquifers are also becoming increasingly valuable — as potential drinking water supplies, and also as locations for disposing wastewater from drilling and hydraulic fracturing."

Source: Texas Tribune, 05/22/2014

In the Heart of Coal Country, Utahns Worry About a Toxic Ash

"Though much maligned for its invasion into the air Utahns breathe, carbon is an element that is everywhere, throughout the earth and in all living creatures. In the human body, it’s the second most abundant element, right after oxygen. And in the heart of Utah’s Carbon County, carbon—the primary stuff of coal—is the lifeblood of the residents and the hardscrabble communities formed to mine the black gold that has powered the world for generations."

Source: Salt Lake City Weekly, 05/22/2014

Agenda — McCormick SRI on Shale Oil and Gas Development

The Society of Environmental Journalists Presents:

The McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Oil and Gas Development

Pittsburgh, June 22-24, 2014  

Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

 

Conference Hotel:

Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center – 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh; (412) 682-6200

 

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