Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

US agrees to environmental review of offshore oil fracking (Brian MELLEY, Associated Press ; January 29, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b8ceae449d89459a903bba2f56bd8d39/us-agrees-environmental-review-offshore-oil-fracking Press Release : Lawsuit Prompts Offshore Fracking Moratorium Off California Coast (Kristen MONSELL, Center for Biological Diversity ; January 29, 2016) http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2016/fracking-01-29-2016.html Reports : Troubled Waters:  Offshore Fracking's Threat to California's Oceans, Air, and Seismic Stability ( Center for Biological Diversity ; September 2014) http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/offshore_fracking/pdfs/Troubled_Waters.pdf Acidizing:  Treatment in Oil and Gas Operators [Briefing Paper; American Petroleum Institute (API)] http://www.api.org/~/media/files/oil-and-natural-gas/hydraulic-fracturing/acidizing-oil-natural-gas-briefing-paper-v2.pdf N. B .  For additional inform...

Natural Methane Gas Leak - Porter Ranch, Aliso Canyon, CA Leaking Los Angeles gas well ordered shut down ( Associated Press ; January 23, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/af937cce5e6c42d583e43269107942f9/leaking-los-angeles-gas-well-ordered-shut-down Refugio Pipeline Rupture - Santa Barbara, CA Oil stranded by pipeline break could be trucked out (Michael R. BLOOD, Associated Press ; January 22, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9c48737dd06a49cb9522fb2338e23f5f/oil-stranded-pipeline-break-could-be-trucked-out California Farmer Drought Issues - Central Valley, CA The Latest:  Some California farmers expect no federal water (Scott SMITH, Associated Press ; January 22, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/125bd3a67f17448cbc04661e2b853205/latest-california-reservoirs-half-full-after-big-storms California farmers brace for water shortage despite El Nino (Scott SMITH, Associated Press ; January 17, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/874ea15d77c147ffb90e...

Brown declares a state of emergency at Porter Ranch amid massive gas leak (Tony BARBOZA, Los Angeles Times; January 6, 2016) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-brown-declared-emergency-at-porter-ranch-amid-massive-gas-leak-20160106-story.html Leaking gas well in Porter Ranch lacked a working safety valve (Zahira TORRES and Frank SHYONG, Los Angeles Times ; January 3, 2016) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0104-gas-leak-20160104-story.html Websites : California Governor's Office of Emergency Services  ( Cal OES ) Aliso Canyon Gas Leak - Latest News http://www.caloes.ca.gov/ICESite/Pages/Aliso-Canyon. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment  ( OEHHA ) Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Field, Los Angeles County http://oehha.ca.gov/public_info/emergency/alisocanyon.html Center for Disease Control and Prevention  - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC-NIOSH) n-Butyl Mercapta n http://www.cdc.gov/nios...