Ozone Hole, Fracking and Other Issues
Posted by feww on April 22, 2011
NY Officials Suspend Fracking
New York officials have suspended all horizontal, high-volume hydraulic fracturing until July, awaiting safety ruling by environmental regulators.
Chesapeake Energy suspends fracking in Pennsylvania after blowout spills toxic fluid into river
The Chesapeake well spewed thousands of gallons of toxic fracking fluid into a nearby waterway immediately after the blowout on Wednesday, said the Bradford County emergency management officials.
“The company said it still did not know the cause of the blowout a day and a half after it occurred.” More…
Ozone Hole Harming Australians
Climate models developed by Columbia University indicate the impact of the Antarctic Ozone Hole is very strong over Australia.
“The ozone hole results in a southward shift of the high-latitude circulation – and the whole tropical circulation shifts southwards too,” researchers said.
The ozone hole has resulted in rainfall moving south with the winds, they said.
“In terms of the average for [the region], about a 10% [of the] change [is caused by by the ozone hole, ] but for Australia, it’s about 35%,” a researcher told BBC. More…
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