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"My Water's On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)" is a 2011 American song and accompanying music video about the environmental and public health effects of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), a method of extracting gas and oil. The song was created by Explainer Music, LLC.
Hydraulic fracturing [a] is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening agents) into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep rock formations through which natural gas, petroleum ...
The FRAC Act was re-introduced in both houses of the 112th United States Congress. In the Senate, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced S. 587 on March 15, 2011. [210] In the House, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced H.R. 1084 on March 24, 2011. [211] As of March 2012 Congress had not yet passed either of The FRAC Act bills.
Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to fracture or "frac" the bedrock formations and loosen them up for ...
FrackNation was inspired when documentary filmmaker Phelim McAleer asked Josh Fox, the director of the 2010 documentary Gasland, some questions at an event in Chicago.While Fox was promoting his film project McAleer confronted him about the historical records of people being able to ignite methane in water at "burning springs" long before fracking started.
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Frac or FRAC may refer to: Frac or fraccing, short name for Hydraulic fracturing, a method for extracting oil and natural gas; FRAC Act, United States legislation proposed in 2009 to regulate hydraulic fracturing; Frac module, a format for the MOTM modular synthesizer; Frac pacs, packaged ground coffee for coffee machines
Petroleum industry waste, including frac flowback and produced water, cannot be discharged to the waters of the United States, except under an NPDES or equivalent state permit. [ 10 ] In 1987, Congress amended the Act, [ 11 ] requiring the EPA to develop a permitting program for storm water runoff, [ 12 ] but the exploration, production, and ...