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...

St. Lawrence sewage dump:  City releases test results (Roberto ROCHA, CBC News ; November 17, 2015) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sewage-dump-st-laurent-water-quality-1.3323469 Réseau de Suivi du Milieu Aquatique (RSMA) - Qualité de l'eau - Travaux intercepteur S-E Automne 2015 http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/rsma-2015-fermeture-intercepteur-s-e N. B.:  RSMA data pages found on the  Portail Données Ouvertes De la Ville de Montréal  website may be translated by following suggestions given at the link provided below: http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/english-version-of-the-portail-des-donnees-ouvertes-de-la-ville-de-montreal/ Résultats des analyses de la qualité de l'eau - Résultats  disponibles   19 novembre 2015 ( RSMA / Ville de Montréal ; 26 novembre 2015) http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/95b7a5f3-761c-49bf-8ddd-eaf30425d218/resource/0210fac2-b609-4c09-9a14-4ebaea28b8d4/download/resultatsdisponiblesau20151119....

APNewsBreak:  EPA Wants Toxic Nevada Mine on Superfund List (Scott SONNER, Associated Press ; December 24, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/46e7a1cb530a413fb45f9e3ebd8c706a/apnewsbreak-epa-wants-toxic-nevada-mine-superfund-list Research Report and Consultation: Historical Summary Report of Anaconda-Yerington Mine Site, Yerington Nevada ( U. S. EPA ; October 2010) http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/92ac13b328517708882574260073faee/3521dff2a13a8336882577d900723ddb/$FILE/Main%20Contents.pdf Health Consultation - Yerington/Anaconda Mine Site (A/K/A Anaconda Mine):  Yerington, NV ( U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, ATSDR:  August 22, 2006) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/yerington_anaconda_nevada/YeringtonAnacondaMineHC082206.pdf N. B.:  The Yerington Paiute Tribe originally requested the health assessment of the Yerington-Anaconda Mine by the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in July 2004 . Websites: ...

New new infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L. A. gas leak (Joby WARRICK, The Washington Post; December 24, 2015) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/23/new-infrared-video-reveals-growing-environmental-disaster-in-la-gas-leak/ Slow Motion Methane Disaster (Jonathan THOMPSON, High Country News ; December 16, 2015) http://www.hcn.org/articles/slow-motion-methane-disaster-in-california Natural gas leak that's sickening Valley Residents could take months to fix (Tony BARBOZA, Los Angeles Times ; November 20, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-1121-gas-leak-20151121-story.html Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak Reports Initial Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions  (November 20, 2015) http://www.caloes.ca.gov/ICESite/Documents/Aliso%20Canyon%20Natural%20Gas%20Leak%2011-20-15.pdf Preliminary Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (December 12, 2015) http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/reports/aliso_canyon_natural_...

New!   How Water Contamination is putting California's San Joaquin Valley at Risk (Robin MEADOWS, Pacific Standard ; July 7, 2017) https://psmag.com/environment/how-water-contamination-is-putting-this-california-town-at-risk Fear at the tap:  Unranium contaminates water in the West (Ellen KNICKMEYER and Scott SMITH, Associated Press ; December 8, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce678b95a88c40e2b8e53aed3176c600/fear-tap-uranium-contaminates-water-west Research Articles : Metrics for Assessing the Quality of Groundwater Used for Public Supply, CA, USA: Equivalent-Population and Area (BELITZ et al., 2015) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b00265 Natural Uranium Contamination in Major U. S. Aquifers Linked to Nitrate (NOLAN and WEBER, 2015) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00174 Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium:  Central Valley, California USA (JURGENS et al., 2009) http://oh.water.usgs.gov/tanc/pubs/Jurgens...