Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Barriers Set Up, Water Being Tested at North Dakota Site of 3 Million-Gallon Saltwater Spill (Regina GARCIA CANO and James MAC PHERSON, Associated Press/U. S. News and World Report ; January 22, 2015) http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/01/22/barriers-set-up-water-tested-at-site-of-north-dakota-spill Brine Spills on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota (July and September 2014) Clean Up Area Extends Nearly 2 Miles After ND Spill  (Josh WOOD and James MAC PHERSON, Associated Press/The Denver Post ; July 10, 2014) http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_26122439/estimated-1m-gallons-saltwater-leaks-nd-bay Tribe Official:  Tests Not Shared on Brine Spill  (Josh WOOD, Associated Press/Native American Times ; August 25, 2014) http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/news/environment/10364-tribe-official-tests-not-shared-on-brine-spill Second Frack Waste Leak in Two Months on Fort Berthold Reservation  (Josh WOOD, Associated Press/Earth...

Cancer Causing Agent Detected in Water from Yellowstone Spill ( CBS/Associated Press ; January 20, 2015) http:// www.cbsnews.com /news/cancer-causing-agent-detected-in-water-from- yellowstone -spill/ Breach in Pipeline Found; Cancer-Causing Agent Detected in Water   (Chris CIOFFI and Tom LUTEY, Billings Gazette; January 20, 2015) http:// m.billingsgazette.com /news/state-and-regional/montana/cancer-causing-agent-detected-in-water-after-pipeline-spill/article_c39e74b3-08ec-5fce-8d18-4085c5c03ed2.html? mobile_touch =true Benzene : Toxicity and Exposure Assessments for Children's Health (TEACH) Chemical Summary   (U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009) http://www.epa.gov/teach/chem_summ/BENZ_summary.pdf ToxFAQs - Benzene   CAS #71-43-2 [ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 2007] http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts3.pdf

Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River - KSWO, Lawton, OK- Wichita Falls, TX: News, Weather, Sports. ABC, 24/7, Telemundo - (Matthew BROWN, Associated Press ; January 18, 2015)

This post is a continuation of a CCST-LBNL  August 2014 Scientific report on Well stimulation that might be found in my former blog post dated August 29, 2014 . According to KGET-17 News in Bakersfield, CA, the following January 2015 report released today  is Volume 1  - the first  out of a proposed three volume series published by the California Council of Science and Technology ( CCST ) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ( LBNL ), and is presented as follows: An Independent Scientific Assessment of Well Stimulation in California - Volume 1:  Well Stimulation Technologies and their Past, Present and Potential Future Use in California  (LONG et al., 2015) http://www.ccst.us/publications/2015/2015SB4-v1.pdf KGET-17 News Report (January 14, 2015) http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/story/d/story/ccst-releases-report-on-well-stimulation-in-califo/38028/tCwZqrNNZ0qnkwWIf2WyYg CCST Spotlight  (January 14, 2015) http://www.ccst.u...

San Joaquin Valley Farmers Reach Secret Deal in Water Dispute  (Carolyn LOCHHEAD, SFGate; January 10, 2015) http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/San-Joaquin-Valley-farmers-reach-secret-deal-in-6007151.php Selected Research Articles : Crisis at Kesterson:  A Review of San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Drainage Problems and Possible Solutions (RAPAPORT, 1986) http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6jq1k2dp.pdf Kesterson Crisis:  Sorting Out the Facts  (BENSON et al., 1990) http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/23/014/23014341.pdf Hydrological and Geochemical Investigations of Selenium Behaviour at Kesterson Reservoir (BENSON et al., 1990) https://publications.lbl.gov/islandora/object/ir%3A94273/datastream/PDF/download/citation.pdf The Birds of Kesterson Reservoir:  A Historical Perspective ( OHLENDORF, 2002) http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/Selenium/Library_articles/Se_Ohlendorf_Birds%20of%20KR.pdf Selenium, Salty Water, and...

Explosion, fire shake Lima’s Husky Refinery - LimaOhio.com - limaohio.com (Megan KENNEDY, LimaOhio.com/Civitasmedia.com ; January 10, 2015)

Oil Company Invol ved in Arvin Gas Leak Investigated for Oil Tank Emissions (Ruth BROWN, Bakersfield Californian; January 8, 2015) http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x23121551/Oil-company-involved-in-Arvin-gas-leak-investigated-for-oil-tank-emissions Website: Kern Environmental Enforcement Network ( KEEN ) http://kernreport.org/

Nebraska High Court Tosses Suit Over Keystone Pipeline Route  (Grant SCHULTE, Associated Press ; January 9, 2015) http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KEYSTONE_PIPELINE_NEBRASKA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Excerpt from AP Article: "Four judges on the seven-member Nebraska Supreme Court said the landowners should have won their challenge to the 2012 state law that allowed the governor to empower Calgary-based TransCanada to force them to sell their property for the project. But because the case raised a constitutional question, a supermajority of five judges was needed to rule on the law." Nebraska Supreme Court Backs Keystone XL Pipeline Route (Aruna VISWANATHA and Patrick RUCKER, Reuters ; January 9, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-usa-keystone-court-idUSKBN0KI1FV20150109 Excerpt from Reuters Article: "The court's decision allows the U.S. State Department to decide whether the pipeline meant to carry Cana...

Shell Reaches $83.5 Million Settlement over Oil Spill  ( Associated Press/France 24 ; January 7, 2015) http://www.france24.com/en/20150107-nigeria-shell-83-million-dollar-settlement-oil-spill-bodo-niger-delta/ Ogoniland Oil Spills:  Shell Admits Nigeria Liability (BBC News Africa; August 3, 2011) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14391015 UNEP Report : Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland  [ United Nations Environmental Programme ( UNEP ) , 2011] http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/OEA/UNEP_OEA.pdf Amnesty International You Tube Video : The True Tragedy:  Bodo Oil Spills ( Amnesty International ; November 9, 2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ_iNWcJIoA

New Report Calls for Better Oversight of Oil Injection Wells  (John COX, Bakersfield Californian ; January 6, 2015) http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/business/kern-gusher/x23120647/New-report-calls-for-better-oversight-of-oil-injection-wells N. B. :  Links to the 19-page  Clean Water Action report named in the aforementioned Bakersfield Californian article, as well as a second eight-page complementary article , are available for perusal below: Aquifer Exemptions:  The First Ever Look at the Regulatory Program that Writes Off Drinking Water Resources for Oil, Gas, and Uranium Profits ( Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund ; January 2015) http://www.cleanwateraction.org/files/publications/Aquifer%20Exemptions%20-%20Clean%20Water%20report%201.6.15.pdf Regulating Oil and Gas Activities to Protect Drinking Water:  The Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control Program -- Overview and Concerns   ( Clean Water Actio...

'Death Warrant to Our Environment & People':  Native Americans Say No to Keystone XL ( RT.com ; January 4, 2015)  http://rt.com/usa/219643-keystone-pipeline-protest-washington/ Keystone XL Pipeline May Threaten Aquifer that Irrigates Much of Central U.  S. (Steven MUFSON, Washington Post ; August 6, 2012) http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/keystone-xl-pipeline-may-threaten-aquifer-that-irrigates-much-of-the-central-us/2012/08/06/7bf0215c-d4db-11e1-a9e3-c5249ea531ca_story.html The Ogallala 'High Plains' Aquifer : Ogallala Aquifer (Water Encyclopedia.com) http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Ogallala-Aquifer.html Tapping Unsustainable Groundwater Stores for Agricultural Production in the High Plains Aquifer of Kansas, Projections to 2110  (STEWARD et al., 2013) http://www.pnas.org/content/110/37/E3477.full.pdf The Ogallala Aquifer Initiative (USDA-NRCS Website) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/...

Senate Republicans to push bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline [ Raw Story / Agence France-Presse (AFP) ; December 31, 2014] Topics Page:  What is the Keystone XL Pipeline?  (NPR State Impact Texas) http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/keystone-xl-pipeline/ Other Pipeline Updates: Constitution Pipeline Environmental Groups Ask Feds to Reconsider Constitution Pipeline  (Katie COLANERI, NPR State Impact Pensylvania; December 31, 2014) https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2014/12/31/environmental-groups-ask-feds-to-reconsider-constitution-pipeline/ Public Comments Sought on Draft State Permit Applications for Proposed Construction of The Interstate Constitution Pipeline  ( New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ; December 24, 2014) http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/100137.html N. B.:     Public Comment period spans from December 24, 2014 to January 30, 2015! Energy East Pipeline ( Canada ) Guysborough Seeks En...