2013 American Industrial Hygiene Association Fall Conference
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance FracTracker was recently in attendance at the American Industrial Hygiene Association annual conference, held in Miami, FL, September...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing Offshore Wells on the California Coast
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance On October 16th, the Environmental Defense Center released a report focused on the use of hydraulic fracturing by offshore oil drilling...
View ArticleMapping California’s State Bill 4 (SB4) Well Stimulation Notices
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Introduction California passed State Bill 4 (SB4) in September, 2013 to develop and establish a regulatory structure for unconventional...
View ArticleWhat Does Los Angeles Mean for Local Bans and Moratoria in California?
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance California Regulations. As confusing as you may think the regulatory structure is in your state (if you are not fortunate enough to be a...
View ArticleClass II Oil and Gas Wastewater Injection and Seismic Hazards in CA
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In collaboration with the environmental advocacy groups Earthworks, Center for Biological Diversity, and Clean Water Action, The FracTracker...
View ArticleDisproportionate Drilling and Stimulations in California
New Report from FracTracker and the Natural Resources Defense Council By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance The FracTracker Alliance recently contributed to a report released by...
View ArticleHydraulic fracturing, stimulations, & oil & gas drilling unjustly burden...
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance As my first year in The Bay Area of California comes to a conclusion and the summer once again turns into fall I realize how much more this...
View ArticleResponses to the Rash of Oil Train Incidents
By Kyle Ferrar and Samantha Malone Throughout the U.S. more crude was spilled from rail incidents in 2013 than the prior four decades combined. Recently, in a period of three weeks, there were four*...
View ArticleCA Crude Oil by Rail Shipments and Railway Accidents
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Incidents in California involving oil-by-rail cars increased from 3 in 2011 to 25 in 2013. There were 24 incidents within the first 6...
View ArticleLargest Coastal Spill in 25 years [in California]
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator The Santa Barbara Pipeline Spill On May 19, 2015, just 20 miles north of Santa Barbara, a heavily corroded section of pipeline ruptured spilling upwards of...
View ArticleWastewater Pits Still Allowed in California
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator Above-ground, unlined, open-air sumps/ponds It is hard to believe, but disposing of hazardous oil and gas wastewaters in unlined, open-air pits – also known...
View ArticleA Climate Disaster – California in state of emergency as a result of massive...
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance A natural gas well equipment failure in southern California has resulted in the largest point release of methane to the atmosphere in...
View ArticleMore Oil Field Wastewater Pits Found in California!
Who’s in charge here? By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator FracTracker Alliance recently worked with Clean Water Action to map an update to last year’s report* on the use of unlined, above...
View ArticlePetrochemical Industry Presence in East Bay CA’s North Coast Refinery Corridor
Who Lives Near the Refineries? By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator & Kirk Jalbert, Manager of Community-Based Research & Engagement Key Takeaways Communities living along the North...
View ArticleDisproportionate Drilling and Stimulations in California
New Report from FracTracker and the Natural Resources Defense Council By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance The FracTracker Alliance recently contributed to a report released by...
View ArticleHydraulic fracturing, stimulations, & oil & gas drilling unjustly burden...
By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance As my first year in The Bay Area of California comes to a conclusion and the summer once again turns into fall I realize how much more this...
View ArticleResponses to the Rash of Oil Train Incidents
By Kyle Ferrar and Samantha Malone Throughout the U.S. more crude was spilled from rail incidents in 2013 than the prior four decades combined. Recently, in a period of three weeks, there were four*...
View ArticleCA Crude Oil by Rail Shipments and Railway Accidents
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Incidents in California involving oil-by-rail cars increased from 3 in 2011 to 25 in 2013. There were 24 incidents within the first 6...
View ArticleLargest Coastal Spill in 25 years [in California]
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator The Santa Barbara Pipeline Spill On May 19, 2015, just 20 miles north of Santa Barbara, a heavily corroded section of pipeline ruptured spilling upwards of...
View ArticleWastewater Pits Still Allowed in California
By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator Above-ground, unlined, open-air sumps/ponds It is hard to believe, but disposing of hazardous oil and gas wastewaters in unlined, open-air pits – also known...
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