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Monday, July 30, 2012

Fracking and Methane Puddles

If they are not going to stop the fracking they need to become more responsible and take more safety precautions!




http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/07/30/in-northeast-pennsylvania-methane-migration-means-flammable-puddles-and-30-foot-geysers/



In Northeast Pennsylvania, Methane Migration Means Flammable Puddles And 30-Foot Geysers



Scott Detrow / StateIm­pact Pennsylvania
A Leroy Town­ship, Brad­ford County res­i­dent lights a sam­ple of methane gas on fire. The gas has been bub­bling into pud­dles and creeks for more than two months.
Last Sep­tem­ber, Chesa­peake Energy CEO Aubrey McClen­don declared to a Philadel­phia energy con­fer­ence that the prob­lem of methane migrat­ing through the ground near nat­ural gas drilling sites had been fixed.  “Prob­lem iden­ti­fied. Prob­lem solved,” he told an industry-heavy crowd at the Philadel­phia Con­ven­tion Center.


For the rest of this story go to the above link! 
 

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