DeSmogCAST 10: California Fracking Waste, Keystone Climate Impacts and Energy East Pipeline

onFeb 7, 2015 @ 11:14 PST

In this episode of DeSmogCAST our team discusses an ongoing investigation into hundreds of aquifers in California that may have been contaminated with fracking waste.

We also discuss a letter submitted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the State Department which gives new weight to concerns the proposed $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline, destined to carry crude from the Alberta oilsands to export facilities along the Gulf of Mexico, will have significant climate impacts.

Finally we discuss the Energy East pipeline, a massive project currently proposed by TransCanada, the same company behind Keystone.

See below for articles mentioned in this episode:

California Regulators Allowed Oil Industry To Drill Hundreds Of Wastewater Injection Wells Into Aquifers With Drinkable Water

California Orders Emergency Shutdown Of Fracking Wastewater Injection Sites Over Fears of Contaminated Aquifers

Low Oil Prices, High Oilsands Emissions Should Influence Keystone XL Decision: EPA

TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline Is Clearly An Export Pipeline Says Report

Groups Argue Flawed Assumptions in Energy East Report Behind “Modest” Climate Impacts of Pipeline

By Carol Linnitt

us/Developers Eye Louisiana, Texas Coasts for Offshore Carbon Storage

ByPam Radtke / Floodlight

onDec 30, 2024 @ 03:01 PST

Is the Gulf of Mexico the "single best opportunity" to store climate-warming gas — or an existential threat to wildlife and people?

us/Photos: 2024 Was the LNG Export Boom’s Wild Year

ByAshley Braun and Julie Dermansky

onDec 27, 2024 @ 03:00 PST

DeSmog reflects on some of the major moments in U.S. LNG policy, the courts, and protest in a turbulent year for this fossil fuel.

Analysis

A DeSmog Guide to How the World Changed in 2024

ByDeSmog Staff

onDec 26, 2024 @ 03:01 PST

Our editors and reporters weigh in on a year of seismic political events, and what they’re paying close attention to in 2025.

Whistleblower Demands PA’s Gov. Fix ‘Completely Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network

ByJustin Nobel

onDec 23, 2024 @ 03:00 PST

A new lawsuit alleges toxic, radioactive waste leaked into a PA family’s water well, uncovering a regulatory abyss for miles of fracking pipelines in the state.