tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65491474395736809072024-03-05T20:42:41.447-07:00Drilling Santa FeWe are a growing number of citizens concerned about the impending oil & gas drilling in Santa Fe County.
www.drillingsantafe.comDrilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.comBlogger1092125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-4924520078830920752013-03-07T12:37:00.000-07:002013-03-07T12:51:39.550-07:00NM HB 429: Private Right of Action NMELC Email AlertBelow is an email alert from the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) regarding HB 429, Private Right of Action:<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello:<br />
You are receiving this because you would probably want to have the right<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>to sue to enforce New Mexico's environmental laws against polluters.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>This is especially important when the<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>state agencies and/or attorney general<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>choose not go after polluters.<br />
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There is a law pending which would allow just that. You can obtain
additional<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>information about it at:<br />
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<a href="http://nmenvirolaw.org/index.php/site/more/private_right_of_action_act_a_tool_to_help_the_state_stop_polluters_from_po/">http://nmenvirolaw.org/index.php/site/more/private_right_of_action_act_a_tool_to_help_the_state_stop_polluters_from_po/</a><br />
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The following legislator needs to hear from you, your family and friends, ASAP.
He needs to<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>hear that this is a law that New Mexico needs to protect our
environment and assure<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>environmental justice to our communities.<br />
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It is very important that your legislators hear that you want the Private Right
of Action bill<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>passed. <br />
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Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with this legislation if you
have not done so<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>already and then call your legislators and pass on the word to
others to do the same. The list<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>below is for a key legislative vote:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">Rep. Jim Trujillo, Santa Fe</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you have access to mass email lists
that will target people who have the above representative,<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>please customize
this mailing and pass it on.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This is needed NOW.<br /><br />
Thank you and please excuse any cross-posting of this message.
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And thank you for taking time to advance this issue!</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">PLEASE
ADD "LUCKY" VARELLA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Santa Fe </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Representative Since: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">1987 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">1709
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Santa Fe,
NM 87501 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="mailto:lucky4st@msn.com">lucky4st@msn.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">AND ADD CARL TRUJILLO:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Santa Fe </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">2013 </span></div>
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Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-28717866469957014292013-03-02T12:18:00.001-07:002013-03-02T12:18:21.265-07:00SB 547 Tabled 8-2Not surprisingly, the bill is tabled 8-2.Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-59465406253653080982013-03-01T16:00:00.001-07:002013-03-01T16:22:36.145-07:00Follow up to SB 547There seems to be a lot of interest in SB 547 (see previous posts about the fracking ban). It has been rescheduled to be heard tomorrow (March 2) at 8:30am in Room 326 by the Senate Conservation Committee.<br />
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There appears to be an amendment to the bill, which would exclude about 20% of New Mexico consisting of the NW and SE areas where drilling is established on a commercial scale.Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-19365466145135834912013-02-28T19:35:00.001-07:002013-02-28T19:36:13.342-07:00NM SB 547 Not Heard TodayThe fracking ban bill (see previous post) was not heard. No Republicans showed; no quorum. To be rescheduled...Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-62020080237292916262013-02-27T16:16:00.005-07:002013-02-27T16:18:11.364-07:00Rooted Lands<h1 style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="http://www.farmersmarketinstitute.org/programs-and-resources/movie-series-on-agriculture-and-sustainability/">Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute</a>,</b></h1>
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<b>Wednesday Night Movie Series,</b></h1>
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<i>“Fracking has become a burning issue in Mora and San Miguel counties in recent years. Now </i><i>a documentary film chronicling local efforts to hold fracking at bay is hitting the big screen in </i><i>Las Vegas.” – Las Vegas Optic</i><br />
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The
rural villages of Mora and San Miguel in New Mexico stand up and speak
out against one of the world’s most powerful and dirty industries.
Rooted Lands explores the citizen grassroots movement against gas and
oil development tactics that include fracking and dramatic production of
waste products. As mineral leases are bought by oil and gas speculators
in rural counties like Mora and San Miguel, NM citizens are learning
they must stand up to protect land and culture from suffering the Four
Corners fate: “Mora County…is still pristine. They’re fighting to keep
it that way. We’ve already lost that here [in the Four Corners]. The
wellheads are leaking. The pits have overflowed…” Rooted Lands shows how
the residents of mostly Hispanic villages (among the poorest
communities in the U.S.) are speaking out against the powerful, dirty
industry that threatens NM’s land and water.<br />
“This is how we change federal law, folks, it starts at the bottom.”<br />
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Selection for Santa Fe Film Festival 2012<br />
Selection for Wild and Scenic Film Festival 2013<br />
<i>Running time: 64 minutes.</i>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-16604190091980347582013-02-27T15:50:00.000-07:002013-02-27T15:50:42.616-07:00New Mexico Senate Bill 547: Ban Horizontal Oil & Gas Fracturing<a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SSOUL">NM Senator William P. Soules</a> - (D) from District 37, Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, is the sponsor of <a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/_session.aspx?Chamber=S&LegType=B&LegNo=547&year=13">SB 547</a>. The bill is scheduled to be heard Thursday, Feb. 28 by the <a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/committeedisplay.aspx?CommitteeCode=SCONC">Senate Conservation Committee</a> in Room 311. The committee meets at 2:30pm.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/_session.aspx?Chamber=S&LegType=B&LegNo=547&year=13">SB 547 </a>reads as follows: <br />
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"AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE OIL AND GAS ACT TO BAN HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY."<br />
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'"[NEW MATERIAL] HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BANNED.--A person shall not combine horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing in the state for the purpose of extracting oil or natural gas."'Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-31899903138505604082013-02-27T07:47:00.003-07:002013-02-27T08:02:06.820-07:00Drilling oversight best left to localsPlease read the editorial from the <a href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Opinion/022713WEDedit">Santa Fe New Mexican</a>, "<a href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Opinion/022713WEDedit">Drilling oversight best left to locals</a>":<br />
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"Residents in counties where drilling is less established — San Miguel, Taos, Mora and Rio Arriba, for example — have another point of view. So worried are county governments, in fact, that they are considering following Santa Fe County in writing more restrictive rules that companies must follow if they want to drill. Rio Arriba has an ordinance, and is considering amendments to tighten it.</div>
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To head off the renegade counties, the state and industry
would like to clarify just who controls drilling regulations. Stepping up to help out is state Sen. Carlos
Cisneros, D-Questa, who has introduced Senate Bill 463, which would cede power to the state —
taking away a county government’s right to protect its water and land as it sees fit. This is an
industry-backed bill, and somewhat surprising for Cisneros, who is calling it a way to start a conversation
about state and local authority. Well, we agree that he has sparked a debate, perhaps a more fiery one than
he wanted. It only makes sense to let the people closest to the land and water decide what happens in
their backyards. Just as folks in Hobbs and Lovington don’t seem to mind drilling, farmers and small
ranchers in Mora County or Rio Arriba County want more answers about whether drilling will damage their
water — and that should be their prerogative. The backlash been so loud, that Cisneros is
thinking of switching the bill’s status to a memorial that requests a study. He
is right that the two viewpoints — locals’ desire to protect their land and water, and an industry’s need to develop resources and
make money — are often “diametrically opposed.” We’d say the good senator should side with his
constituents over the needs of industry."</div>
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Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-3299116887540930362013-02-25T05:01:00.001-07:002013-02-25T05:02:12.116-07:00State preemption and other billsStaci Matlock |<span style="color: #999999; font: 12px arial;"> The New Mexican<br />
Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2013</span><span style="color: white;"> - </span><br />
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..."<b>A fight ahead</b><br />
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Both the state and industry want a law clarifying authority over oil
and gas operations. The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association convinced
Sen. Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa, to carry a bill this session giving the
state the power to preempt local oil and gas ordinances.<br />
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“We thought it was a way to respect both state and local
governments,” said Wally Drangmeister, communications director for the
New Mexico Oil and Gas Association.<br />
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Cisneros said Senate Bill 463 is a way to start a needed conversation
about the jurisdiction of the state versus local governments over oil
and gas operations. “The intent was to get the dialogue going,” Cisneros
said."...<br />
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<br />
Sidebar of oil & gas bills by <a href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/022513oilandgas#.UStQ9oWfv3w">Staci Matlock, SFNM</a>:<br />
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<b>"• House Bill 136</b> (Rep. Brian
Egolf, D-Santa Fe) requires more extensive disclosure of chemicals and
fluids used in fracking fluids than currently required under a state Oil
Conservation Division rule.<br />
Industry says the chemicals that are
considered hazardous or toxic under federal law are already listed on
state forms, but that the amounts and mixtures are “trade secrets.” The
New Mexico Attorney General found that companies claimed trade secret
protection for 84 percent of fracking fluids listed, higher than Texas
or Colorado.<br />
The bill squeaked through the House Energy and
Natural Resources committee, chaired by Egolf, with Republicans voting
against it. The bill has yet to be scheduled in its next committee,
House Agriculture and Water Resources.<br />
<b>• HB 286</b> (Gail Chasey,
D-Albuquerque, and Michael Sanchez, D-Belen) Increases the bonds and
penalties under the Oil and Gas Act for well operators. The blanket
financial assurance bonds, last updated in 1978, would increase to a
minimum of $50,000 and a maximum of $100,000. The penalties for
violators of the act, unchanged since 1935, would rise from $1,000 per
day to $10,000.<br />
Increasing the penalty for violations isn’t the
issue with Karin Foster, executive director of the Independent Petroleum
Association of New Mexico. She said the increased penalties would be in
line with violations under other state laws, but the bill removes
wording that makes the penalties apply only to oil and gas operators who
“knowingly and willfully” violate the Oil and Gas Act.<br />
<b>• HB 335</b>
(Egolf and Sanchez) would require groundwater assessment and monitoring
for fracking oil and gas wells. Requires geologic and hydrologic tests
within a 2,000-meter radius of a well head to a depth of 1,000 feet
below the oil or gas well’s target depth. The bill specifies a list of
chemicals to be tested for with the intent of establishing a baseline
for water quality before oil or gas production begins. The bill will be
heard first in the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee.<br />
<b>• HB
429</b> (Georgene Louis, D-Albuquerque) would allow a private citizen or
entity to sue the state to enforce environmental regulations if they
feel an agency’s failure to act is causing them harm. Republicans in the
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted against the bill,
saying it would increase the number of frivolous lawsuits. Advocates
from environmental and citizen groups say it will help ordinary people
ensure agencies and staff are upholding permits and laws. The measure
passed the committee 6-5, after an amendment was added that will make
the loser of any such lawsuit — defendant or plaintiff — pay the costs.
The measure will be heard next by the House Judiciary Committee.<br />
<b><b>• </b>Senate Bill 463</b> (Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa) state preemption of local oil and gas laws."<br />
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<a href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/022513oilandgas#.UStQ9oWfv3w"><b><i>Link>>>></i></b></a>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-61844061534606038432013-02-21T13:56:00.001-07:002013-02-21T13:58:23.097-07:00Santa Fe County Oil & Gas Ordinance VideoFrom Red Rock Pictures, a new video about the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqFXYbX-mg">Santa Fe County Ordinance</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqFXYbX-mg"><b>Click here >>>></b></a></div>
Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-73749172626923473322013-02-21T13:39:00.001-07:002013-02-21T13:46:14.825-07:00NM Bill to Preempt County Oil & Gas OrdinancesA New Mexico bill introduced, then gone? See below the email cut-n-paste from Kim Sorvig:<br />
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Well,
it appears we did it! For those who haven’t heard, Sen. Carlos
Cisneros got so much negative publicity for his State Pre-emption bill
(SB 463) that when interviewed on KVOT (Taos) yesterday, he said that
the bill was “going nowhere” and “dead”, and that he had requested the
chairman of the Conservation Committee (Peter Wirth) to “put it on
hold.”</div>
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We
still need to keep an eye on this. A bill “on hold” is NOT entirely
“dead” and can be re-introduced by the sponsor on request, at any time.
However, in this case, scheduling is Sen. Wirth’s call, completely. I
am confident that he will make sure the public knows about it if the
bill arises from the grave.</div>
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Apparently
NMOGA has emerged from the smoke-and-mirrors as the obvious origin of
the bill, and they are pushing hard on Cisneros (and anybody else they
can) to get their bill back in circulation. But it is going to take a
lot for Cisneros to reverse himself now.</div>
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This
was a stealth bill – titled so you wouldn’t have a clue what it did or
that it was about oil and gas. Likely, Sen. Cisneros was not supposed
to let any publicity happen. We have had a chance to see how NMOGA goes
about their business, which can help us next time around.</div>
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From
everything I am hearing, it was your e-mails and calls that made this
happen. Thanks to Commissioner Liz Stefanics for the initial alert when
the bill was introduced; to Nancy Stapp (KVOT) for publicizing citizen
concerns and the great interview with Cisneros; to Pat Leahan of Las
Vegas Peace and Justice for a brilliantly clear summary of the issues on
an earlier Nancy Stapp show; to Gail Buono for her watchdog duty; and
to all of you who took action and forwarded the information.</div>
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You can listen to both the Cisneros interview (scary or hysterical,
depending on your mood) AND Pat Leahan’s excellent issues summary, at
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<i>PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE YOU CONTACTED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL E-MAIL CAMPAIGN"</i><br />
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<i>Senate Bill 463 link: <a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/_session.aspx?Chamber=S&LegType=B&LegNo=463&year=13">click here>>>></a> </i><br />
<br />Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-91070946906071530072012-05-24T18:51:00.001-06:002012-05-24T18:51:12.890-06:00Planned Gold (Ortiz) Mine<div class="entry-meta" style="width: 110%;">
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"A company that wants to mine for gold
in the Ortiz Mountains southeast of Madrid again has a lease to explore
and mine in the area, thanks to the settlement of a federal lawsuit. <br />
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“Now that the litigation is behind us, we intend to proceed
immediately with our proposed work programs,” Pierce Carson, president
and CEO of Santa Fe Gold Corp., said in an announcement Wednesday. <br />
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“We believe new technical studies will support our previous
preliminary conclusion that the Ortiz gold deposits form the basis of an
economically attractive mine development.” <br />
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<br />
Carson, of Albuquerque, acknowledged in an interview that any
mining is still probably several years away, following technical,
biological, environmental and archeological studies and then efforts to
get through the permitting process of both state government and Santa Fe
County. <br />
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The county enacted a tough zoning ordinance regulating extractive
industries after an oil and gas drilling proposal provoked controversy
about five years ago. <br />
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“We think the effect on the environment is reasonably minimal,”
Carson said. “We don’t have to use chemicals to extract the gold.” <br />
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Last year, Santa Fe Gold sued Kansas-based Ortiz Mines, Inc.,
after that company terminated Santa Fe Gold’s lease to explore and mine
for gold and other minerals on about 43,000 acres of the Ortiz Mine
Grant. <br />
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<br />
Santa Fe Gold obtained a seven-year mineral lease with Ortiz
Mines in 2004 and made the deal public in 2008. Santa Fe Gold said in
the 2011 lawsuit that it had made $753,224 in lease payments so far. <br />
<br />
But Ortiz Mining served notice last June that it was terminating
the lease, citing concerns that Santa Fe Gold wasn’t doing enough to
move the project forward. <br />
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Santa Fe Gold maintained it had met all lease obligations. Santa
Fe Gold also blamed Ortiz Mines for creating a negative climate for
mining or drilling in the Santa Fe area because it had leased mineral
rights to Texas-based Tecton Energy in 2007. Those plans set off a
public uproar that drove off Tecton and resulted in the restrictive new
county ordinance." <a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/05/24/north/planned-gold-mine-to-move-forward.html"> More>>>></a><br />
<br />Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-65305698838933710242012-01-11T07:20:00.001-07:002012-01-11T07:21:49.370-07:00New Mexico judge halts pit rule appeals<div style="text-align: justify;">Susan Montoya Bryan |<span style="font: 12px arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> The Associated Press</span><br /><span style="font: 12px arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><br /><span style="font: 12px arial; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span>"ALBUQUERQUE — A state district judge on Tuesday sided with New Mexico's oil and gas industry, putting on hold legal appeals related to efforts by the industry to revamp rules for handling drilling and production wastes.<br /><br />The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association had asked for the appeals process to be halted so the state Oil Conservation Commission could tackle the so-called pit rule administratively.<br /><br />The commission has scheduled a weeklong hearing later this month to address the industry's proposed changes to the rule, but environmentalists are seeking to stop the proceeding. " <a href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/N-M--judge-halts-pit-rule-appeals"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">More>>>></span></a><br /><br /></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-43945479153619978852011-12-08T17:19:00.003-07:002011-12-08T17:21:29.231-07:00EPA: Fracking may cause groundwater pollution<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/story/2011-12-08/epa-fracking-pollution/51745004/1"><span id="byLineTag">By Mead Gruver, Associated Press</span></a></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">"CHEYENNE, Wyo. – CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/U.S" title="More news, photos about U.S.">U.S.</a> Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The draft finding could have significant implications while states try to determine how to regulate the process. Environmentalists characterized the report as a significant development though it met immediate criticism from the oil and gas industry and a U.S. senator." <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/story/2011-12-08/epa-fracking-pollution/51745004/1"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">More>>>></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-72154616412756063172011-11-17T09:09:00.003-07:002011-11-17T09:12:43.110-07:00Debate over fracking heats up<div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="dateline"><span>SANTA FE</span></span> <span class="article-source"><span>(KSFR)</span></span><br /><br />"Fracking debate before state Oil and Gas Commission<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">SANTA FE -- As the issue becomes talked about more and more, industry has moved to start talking about it publicly. The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association is taking part in a nationwide program conducted by the industry to disclose the chemical compounds in fracking fluids. When the initiative came up this past summer, Steve Henike of the state industry group says they want the Oil and Gas Commission to approve disclosure of fracking compounds after a well is drilled. But Doug Micklejohn of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center says disclosure should take place before, not after, the fact. " <a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksfr/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1876097/KSFR.Local/Debate.over.%3Cu%3Efracking%3Cu%3E.heats.up.%28Listen.again"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Listen>>>></span></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="article-content"><span></span></span></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-56097658931174364892011-11-07T11:19:00.001-07:002011-11-07T11:20:51.605-07:00Supreme Court refuses to hear renewable fuel case<p style="text-align: justify;" id="columnname"> <a class="column" href="http://www.marketwatch.com/Search?mp=91&rs=true">Market Pulse</a> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/Search?mp=91&rs=true">Archives</a> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" id="lastupdate"> Nov. 7, 2011, 1:07 p.m. EST<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="byline">By Steve Gelsi </span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;" class="pulsestory"> <p id="" class=""> "NEW YORK (<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-renewable-fuel-case-2011-11-07?link=MW_home_latest_news">MarketWatch</a>) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a request from the oil and chemical industry to strike down the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA); as well as the American Petroleum Institute submitted a petition in July for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case." <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-renewable-fuel-case-2011-11-07?link=MW_home_latest_news"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">More>>></span></a></p><p class=""><br /></p></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-21208351017260400832011-11-07T08:31:00.002-07:002011-11-07T08:35:31.183-07:00Cuadrilla Resources confirms that fracking caused earthquakes<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/02/uk-gas-fracking-idUSL5E7M220J20111102"><span id="articleText">Reuters</span></a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span><br /><span id="articleText"></span><span id="articleText">"LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Shale gas exploration triggered small earthquakes near Blackpool in northwest England earlier this year, UK firm Cuadrilla Resources said, adding to concerns about the safety of a technology that is transforming U.S. energy markets." <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/02/uk-gas-fracking-idUSL5E7M220J20111102"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">More>>>></span></a></span><br /><span id="articleText"></span><br /><span id="articleText"></span></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-57029527111603597342011-09-28T19:32:00.002-06:002011-09-28T19:35:54.447-06:00Senator wants debate on pipeline safety bill<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/28/ap/congress/main20112897.shtml">CBS/AP</a><br /><br />"<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/28/ap/congress/main20112897.shtml">(AP) WASHINGTON</a> — The only senator opposed to a bill to toughen federal safety regulation of oil and gas pipelines said Wednesday he's willing to work with Senate leaders to schedule a debate on the measure, but he's still blocking expedited passage.<br /><br />Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who is philosophically opposed to federal regulation, also blamed Democratic leaders for the Senate's failure to act on the measure, saying they could have scheduled a debate and vote on the bill at any time."...<br /><br />..."The bill is supported by the industry's major trade associations — the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the American Gas Association and the Association of Oil Pipelines — as well as the Pipeline Safety Trust, a safety advocacy group."...<br /><br />..."Paul's actions show he is "blinded by ideology" and "indifferent to the overwhelming evidence that self-regulation of the gas industry is a prescription for further death and injury," Speier said in a statement." <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/28/ap/congress/main20112897.shtml"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">More>>>></span></a><br /><br /></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-57175620789969446602011-09-19T20:05:00.000-06:002011-09-19T20:07:02.877-06:00New York fracking lawsuit could set drilling precedent<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/19/newyork-fracking-suit-idUSS1E78D29G20110919">Reuters</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="articleText"><div id="articleInfo"> <p> <span class="timestamp">Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:04pm EDT</span> </p> </div> <span class="focusParagraph"><p> "* Anschutz Exploration files suit against town of Dryden</p> </span><span id="midArticle_0"></span><p> * Unincorporated town amended zoning to bar gas drilling</p><span id="midArticle_1"></span><p> * State department has recommended end to NY drilling ban</p></span></div><span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_2"></span><p> By Dan Wiessner</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span><p> ALBANY, NY, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A lawsuit challenging a small town's ban on natural-gas drilling could have implications throughout New York state, where officials are poised to approve a controversial drilling method known as fracking.</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span><p> Privately held Anschutz Exploration Corp filed suit on Friday against Dryden, a rural suburb of Ithaca with about 13,000 residents that last month amended its zoning laws to bar all gas drilling within its unincorporated borders.</p><span id="midArticle_5"></span><p> New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has recommended ending a year-long ban on drilling in New York, although a public comment period on the rules was extended this month following concerns that fracking contaminates underground wells and aquifers.</p><span id="midArticle_6"></span><p> The Anschutz suit, which asks the state Supreme Court in Tompkins County to invalidate the amendment, is the first to test the legal implications of the state's move.</p><span id="midArticle_7"></span><p> Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves cracking open rocks deep underground with a blast of sand, water and chemicals to unleash natural gas and oil.</p><span id="midArticle_8"></span><p> Anschutz, which controls more than 22,000 acres in Dryden, said New York's Environmental Conservation Law bars local governments from any <a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/regulatory" title="Full coverage of regulation">regulation</a> of drilling." <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/19/newyork-fracking-suit-idUSS1E78D29G20110919"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">More>>>></span></a></p></span><br /><span id="articleText"></span><br /></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-13534048581417996462011-09-04T09:48:00.010-06:002011-09-04T12:55:25.779-06:00Gold Firm Loses Lease<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="abqjournal.comhttp://www.abqjournal.com/main/2011/09/04/north/gold-firm-loses-lease.html">Albuquerque Journal North</a>
<br />Mark Oswald
<br />Sept. 4, 2011
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<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"A company with plans to mine for gold in the Ortiz Mountains southeast of Madrid says in a lawsuit that it has a better chance of getting the necessary approvals now that New Mexico has a governor with “a pro-business stance.” Also, the Albuquerque-based Santa Fe Gold Corp. says in a federal court complaint, Santa Fe County’s “politically liberal” population may be more willing to support mining operations these days, because of the jobs it could bring during the recession’s economic hard times. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="hilight"><span style="font-size:100%;">But Santa Fe Gold Corp. has lost the lease to explore for and mine gold and other minerals on about 43,000 acres of the Ortiz Mine Grant. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">On Tuesday, the mining company filed suit accusing mineral rights owner Ortiz Mines Inc., of Kansas of breach of contract. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The lawsuit also reveals that Santa Fe Gold – despite losing the lease – has already obtained a state “general mining permit” for preliminary work at the Ortiz Mountain site, issued Aug. 19. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The state Mining and Minerals Division provided a copy of the permit this week. It grants conditional approval for a year for a “mining disturbance” not to exceed two acres consisting of “collecting rock samples by hand and baseline environmental data collection.” </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Santa Fe Gold obtained a seven-year mineral lease with Ortiz Mines in 2004 and made the deal public in 2008. Santa Fe Gold says in its lawsuit that it has made $753,224 in lease payments so far.</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >But Ortiz Mining served notice in June that it was terminating the lease, citing concerns about Santa Fe Gold’s effort to move the project forward."...</span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >
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<br /></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-54684403290107471782011-09-02T10:15:00.001-06:002011-09-02T10:16:55.634-06:00BP Can Deny It All They Want But That Looks Like Oil Again At Deepwater<div style="text-align: justify;">Business Insider
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<br />"Somehow the fact <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/bp" class="hidden_link">BP</a> hired 40 ships to lay booms around the growing slick at the Deepwater site slipped past most media attention early last week.
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<br /><cite class="byline">By Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Katarzyna Klimasinska - <span class="datestamp">Aug 23, 2011 2:17 PM MT </span></cite>
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<br /><cite class="byline"><span class="datestamp"></span></cite></div><p style="text-align: justify;">"The U.S. will slash its estimate of undiscovered Marcellus Shale natural gas by as much as 80 percent after a updated assessment by government geologists. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The formation, which stretches from <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/new-york/">New York</a> to Tennessee, contains about 84 trillion cubic feet of gas, the <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/" title="Open Web Site" rel="external">U.S. Geological Survey</a> said today in its first update in nine years. That supersedes an Energy Department projection of 410 trillion cubic feet, said Philip Budzik, an operations research analyst with the Energy Information Administration. <span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">“We consider the USGS to be the experts in this matter,” Budzik said in an interview. “They’re geologists, we’re not. We’re going to be taking this number and using it in our model.” </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The revised estimates, posted on the agency’s website, are likely to spur a debate over industry projections of the potential value of shale gas." <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-23/u-s-to-slash-marcellus-shale-gas-estimate-80-.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> More>>>></span></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
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<br /></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-2036840582293160162011-08-24T09:21:00.003-06:002011-08-24T09:24:16.056-06:00Fracking might have caused Colorado/New Mexico Area Quakes<a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksfr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1843949">http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksfr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1843949</a><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div> </div> <div>
<br />Listen at <a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksfr/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1843949/KSFR.Local/Probing.the.causes.of.earthquakes..Could.man.be.one.%28Listen%29">KSFR</a></div> <div> </div> <div>
<br />"SANTA FE, Aug. 23 -- Following a succession of earthquakes near New Mexico's northern border, geology professor Rick Astor of New Mexico Tech says one possibility for the "swarm" of quakes in that area is the prevalance of energy drilling there.
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<br />He says faults inside the earth have stress and often can slip. "Earthquakes could be induced if the fault's frictional properties are altered by the injection of (fracking) fluids."'
<br /></div>Drilling Santa Fehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463406523652999968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549147439573680907.post-42691064931663679822011-08-15T09:55:00.004-06:002011-08-15T09:59:41.647-06:0060 Minutes: "A look at the world's new corporate tax havens"<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/14/60minutes/main20091720.shtml">60 Minutes</a>
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<br />"(CBS News) </div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="storyText"><p>Our government is in knots over ways to lower the federal budget deficit. Well, what if we told you we found a pot of money - over $60 billion a year - that could be used to help out? </p> <p>That bundle is tax money not coming in to the IRS from American corporations. One major way they avoid paying the tax man is by parking their profits overseas. They'll tell you they're forced to do that because the corporate 35 percent tax rate is high in relation to other countries, and indeed it seems the tax code actually encourages companies to move businesses out of the country. </p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20047260-10391709.html" class="linkIcon video"><b>Tax havens: Do companies pay their fair share?</b></a>
<br /><i>"60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl talks tax havens and the new ways American companies are stashing their profits abroad.</i></p> <p>Companies searching out tax havens is nothing new. In the 80s and 90s, there was an exodus to Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, where there are no taxes at all. </p> <p>When President Obama threatened to clamp down on tax dodging, many companies decided to leave the Caribbean, but as we first told you in March, instead of coming back home, they went to safer havens like Switzerland.</p> <p> </p> <p>Several of these companies came to a small, quaint medieval town in Switzerland called Zug.</p> <p>Hans Marti, who heads Zug's economic development office, showed off the nearby snow-covered mountains. But Zug's main selling point isn't a view of the Alps: he told Lesley Stahl the taxes are somewhere between 15 and 16 percent. </p> <p>"And in the United States it's 35 percent," Stahl pointed out.</p> <p>"I know. It's half price," Marti said.</p> <p>Marti told Stahl that Zug most probably has the lowest tax rates in Switzerland.</p> <p>"So you're kind of a tax haven within a tax haven?" she remarked.</p> <p>"Maybe, yes," he acknowledged.</p> <p>The population of the town of Zug is 26,000; the number of companies in the area is 30,000 and growing at an average rate of 800 a year. But many are no more than mailboxes. </p> <p>Texas Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett questions whether the recent moves of several companies are legit. "A good example is one of my Texas companies that's been in the news lately, Transocean," Rep. Doggett told Stahl. </p> <p>Transocean owned the drilling rig involved in the giant BP oil spill. They moved to Zug two years ago. </p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360936n" class="link"><b>Extra: Benefits of bringing back cash</b></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360934n" class="link"><b>Extra: How to shift profits</b></a>
<br /></p> <p>"I'm not sure they even moved that much. They have about 1,300 employees still in the Houston area. They have 12 or 13 in Switzerland," Doggett told Stahl.</p> <p>"And yet they claim that they're headquartered over there," Stahl remarked.</p> <p>"They claim they're Swiss. And they claim they're Swiss for tax purposes. And by doing that, by renouncing their American citizenship, they've saved about $2 billion in taxes," Doggett explained.</p> <p>Stahl and "60 Minutes" decided to visit their operations in Zug.</p> <p>A woman at the door told Stahl, "At the moment my boss is not here."</p> <p>She said her boss wasn't there and we should call someone halfway around the world, in Houston.</p> <p>"But this is the headquarters," Stahl remarked.</p> <p>"I know," the woman said.</p> <p>When asked if the CEO was there or is normally at the Zug office, the woman said "No."'</p> <p>Produced by Shachar Bar-On</p>
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<br /><cite class="byline">By Jim Efstathiou Jr. - <span class="datestamp">Aug 11, 2011 9:23 AM MT</span></cite>
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<br /><cite class="byline"><span class="datestamp"></span></cite></div><p style="text-align: justify;">"Natural-gas companies risk causing serious environmental damage from hydraulic fracturing unless they commit to the best engineering practices, a <a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/task-force/">task force</a> named by Energy Secretary Steven Chu concluded. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Regulations to protect public health will work best when drillers embrace techniques that avoid “undesirable consequences,” according to a draft report today by a subcommittee of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. The increased use of fracturing, or fracking, which forces water and chemicals into rock, raises the potential for a “serious problem,” the panel found. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The report offered recommendations for companies involved in fracking, such as Chesapeake Energy Inc. and <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=SWN:US" title="Get Quote" class="web_ticker">Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN)</a>, to follow, and guidelines for state regulators that oversee drilling. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">“While many states and several federal agencies regulate aspects of these operations, the efficacy of the regulations is far from clear,” according to the report. “Effective action requires both strong regulation and a shale-gas industry in which all participating companies are committed to continuous improvement.” </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.ewg.org/" title="Open Web Site" rel="external">Environmental Working Group</a> in Washington, which advocates for clean air and water, questioned the findings of a panel it said was dominated by the gas industry. The <a href="http://www.ipaa.org/index.php" title="Open Web Site" rel="external">Independent Petroleum Association of America</a> in Washington, which represents oil and gas companies, said the report marks “a useful starting point,” for discussions." <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/gas-fracking-poses-serious-environmental-risks-u-s-panel-finds.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">More>>>></span></a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
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