New oil and gas discoveries - Libya Herald Feb 15th 2013, 01:09 |
New oil and gas discoveriesLibya HeraldThe Minister of Oil and Gas, Abdulbari Al-Arusi, announced today, Thursday, that the Algerian state oil company Sonatrach had discovered a oil field and gas deposits in the Ghadames Basin, according the official website of the National Oil Corporation. | | California wants to ban fracking Feb 13th 2013, 15:32 | Tuesday in California, state lawmakers held a hearing about regulating the practice of fracking. Fracking is the technology of extracting natural gas by digging a well thousands of feet down into shale rock formations and then injecting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals under extremely high pressure. The technology also causes the rock to crack or fracture and some activists believe that this poses environmental and health risks. Brenna Norton, an organizer for Food & Water Watch, joins us with more Find RT America in your area: rt.com Or watch us online: rt.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com | Views: 1425 64 ratings | Time: 06:03 | More in News & Politics |
| Researchers to Study Fracking Health Effects; St. Joseph's-Candler Gets Service Award- Health Âin Feb 8th 2013, 05:18 | A coalition of researchers is preparing to study whether using hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas is hazardous to human health. The University of Pennsylvania's Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology has organized a working group with other universities including Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and the University of North Carolina. The group will investigate and analyze reports of nausea, headaches, breathing difficulties and other ills from people who live near natural gas drilling sites, compressor stations or wastewater pits. The aim is to bring academic discipline to the unresolved debate between an industry that denies links between fracking and environmental contamination and those who claim that fracking poisons air and water with natural and man-made chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects and other illnesses. St. Joseph's-Candler Health System has received the 2012 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the highest community service honors in healthcare. St. Joseph's-Candler is a faith-based, locally owned, not-for-profit health system formed by an operating agreement between St. Joseph's Hospital and Candler Hospital -- two of the oldest continuously operating hospitals in the nation. The organization's faith-based, holistic approach to healing encourages individuals to become more knowledgeable about their personal health. The $100000 prize is presented annually to a healthcare organization that provides <b>...</b> | Views: 10 0 ratings | Time: 02:18 | More in News & Politics |
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