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Bright Futures; Calm Thoughts

Timmy Celano, Almut Herzfeld Mayer, Olivia Schmich

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http://blog.worldwidemetric.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Fracking-Hydraulic-Fracturing.jpg

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Regulations & Policies

  • Oil and gas companies required to negotiate with local governments
  • Colorado Community Rights Network (CCRN)
    • local government involvement
  • Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)
  • Colorado Pipeline Association
  • an average of 6 months of permitting and completing evaluations before any development can start
  • Environmental Impact Statement

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Regulations & Policies

  • Clean Air Act
  • Clean Water Act
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act
  • The Safe Drinking Water Act
  • The National Environmental Policy Act
  • The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

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http://www.cred.org/explore/regulations

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Environmental Impact

  • Major concerns:
    • “Fraccidents”
    • groundwater exposure to toxic chemicals
      • chemical additives
      • Pavillion, WY; Poplar, MT
        • groundwater contamination;
      • CSU Study
    • earthquakes
    • methane pollution
      • comply with EPA, Federal, and Local jurisdictions
    • disruption of wildlife migration routes

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Environmental Impact cont.

  • COGCC 2015 Summary Report: majority of complaints deal with aesthetics
  • the dangers of obtaining other energy sources (oil spills [land and offshore], nuclear meltdowns)
  • Environmental Impact Statements
    • required by NEPA to evaluate the effects of development on an

environment

  • minimal surface impact
  • no more dangerous than oil wells
  • risk vs. reward

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I love Fracking!

Same!

How are we reading each other's thoughts???

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BIbliography

  • http://blog.worldwidemetric.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Fracking-Hydraulic-Fracturing.jpg
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/colorado-fracking-chemica_n_1146384.html https://ballotpedia.org/Fracking_in_Colorado#Recent_legislation
  • http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/hydrofracking_w.html
  • http://wilderness.org/six-ways-oil-and-gas-drilling-bad-news-environment
  • http://www.epa.gov/region8/pavillion
  • http://anga.us/media/content/E7DEA258-5056-9F69-D4EAB11B15F4A505/images/o/emissions%20and%20production%20trend.jpg
  • http://news.yale.edu/2015/10/12/study-elevated-organic-compounds-pennsylvania-drinking-water-hydraulic-fracturing-surface
  • http://web.evs.anl.gov/uranium/eis/whatiseis/index.cfm
  • http://cogcc.state.co.us/documents/complaints/Complaint_Detailed_Report_12_7.pdf
  • http://www.cred.org/improving-air-quality/
  • http://anga.us/issues-and-policy/declining-natural-gas-industry-methane-emissions#.VnQXJvkrJD9

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