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From Farmers Union Canal Stakeholders: Antibiotic resistance spread through treated sewage effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plants: it can be a real problem: "Antibiotics are released into sewage systems via human excretions. Since most of them are recalcitrant to conventional biological treatment in urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), there is an increased possibility of transmission to the receiving environment and crops irrigated with treated wastewater, either in the form of the parent compounds or transformation products. WWTPs are hubs for the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and other mobile genetic elements. However, their potential uptake by treated wastewater-irrigated crops is still largely unexplored. ... "Our work led to various interesting findings including the fact that exogenous bacteria thriving in wastewater can reside in soil for a long time,” emphasises project coordinator Despo Fatta-Kassinos of the University of Cyprus. “Specific mobile ARGs are strongly…
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"Most shale oil wells drilled in the United States are unprofitable at current oil prices, Rystad Energy has warned. The Norwegian consultancy said... that drilling new wells would be loss-making for more than 100 companies. ...The nature of shale oil wells: ...they are... quick to run out of oil, so drillers need to keep drilling new ones to maintain production. ...'This could turn out to be one of the greatest shocks ever faced by the oil industry, as coronavirus containment measures will add to the headache of producers fighting for market share.'" oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Only-5-Shale-Drillers-Are-Still-Profitable-At-31-Oil.html
Only 5 Shale Drillers Are Still Profitable At $31 Oil | OilPrice.com
Most shale oil wells drilled in the United States are unprofitable at current oil prices, and only five shale operators can still drill at $31 WTI
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"The quakes were the latest of MORE THAN 200 to hit Oklahoma SINCE FEB. 5, according to a statewide map. ...'Swarms are usually short-lived, but they can continue for days, weeks, or sometimes even months,' geologists say." Remember that a few years back, Oklahoma had virtually -no- earthquakes? - then there was fracking and wastewater injection... and more than 200 -in a month-... www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article240954011.html
Eight earthquakes rattle Oklahoma in 24 hours, geologists say
They were the latest to hit the state this month, records show.
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"Hundreds of Colorado oil, gas and mining operators have not been reporting the full extent of their business operations to regulators, depriving the state of an unknown amount of tax revenue, according to a new audit released Tuesday. ...In just one example the audit highlighted, an operator failed to submit more than 1,100 reports. ...'(Severance tax) money is critical for local governments, and is intended to be used for infrastructure projects in communities impacted by the extraction industry.'" www.kunc.org/post/colorado-missed-out-unknown-amounts-oil-and-gas-tax-money-audit-finds#stream/0
Colorado Missed Out On Unknown Amounts Of Oil And Gas Tax Money, Audit Finds
Hundreds of Colorado oil, gas and mining operators have not been reporting the full extent of their business operations to regulators, depriving the state
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"The Earth’s crust is...peppered with radioactive elements that concentrate deep underground in oil-&-gas-bearing layers, ...often pulled to the surface when oil & gas is extracted - carried largely in the brine. 'A lot of guys are coming up with cancer, or sores & skin lesions that take months to heal...' [a brine trucker] says. [He] experiences regular headaches & nausea, numbness in his fingertips & face, and 'joint pain like fire. ...It’s all over your hands, and inside your boots, and on the cuticles of your toes, and any cuts you have...'. 'All oil-field workers... are radiation workers.'" www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/
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"'It’s ridiculous that these drivers are not being told what’s in their trucks,' says... Duquesne’s environmental-center director. 'And this stuff is on every corner... Truckers don’t know they’re being exposed to radioactive waste, nor are they being provided with protective clothing. Breathing in this stuff and ingesting it are the worst types of exposure... You are irradiating your tissues from the inside out.'"
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"...Peter started quietly taking samples of the brine he hauled, filling up old antifreeze containers or soda bottles. Eventually, he packed a shed in his backyard with more than 40 samples. He worried about further contamination but says, for him, 'the damage is already done.' He wanted answers. 'I cover my ass,' he says. 'Ten or 15 years down the road, if I get sick, I want to be able to prove this.'" -- "The most common isotopes are radium-226 and radium-228, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires industrial discharges to remain below -60- for each. 4 of Peter’s samples registered combined RADIUM LEVELS ABOVE 3,500, and one was more than 8,500."
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Rocky Barker, special to the Idaho Statesman, interviewed 1-21-2020, says that Snake River Oil & Gas "Group" (LLC)'s Richard Brown, taking over from Alta Mesa (AM Idaho), is "hoping to get the pipeline for their Willow Creek processing plant tied into the 2 wells that are actually -right in- Fruitland." Brown has been a minority stakeholder in AM Idaho from the get-go and, according to Barker, actually brought Alta Mesa into the state. Stay tuned for more local gas&oil fun and games, with various recycled players, in 2020... www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/controversy-stoking-idahos-oil-and-gas-industry
The Controversy Stoking Idaho's Oil And Gas Industry
Idaho’s oil and gas industry continues to spark interest, concern and controversy, especially in Payette County. Natural gas was discovered in southwest
3 months 1 day ago
Some very good alternative energy news from Australia: "Monash Univ. researchers are on the brink of commercialising the world's most efficient lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery, which could outperform current market leaders by more than four times... and could transform the way phones, cars, computers and solar grids are manufactured in the future. ...[The technology is] simple and extremely low-cost to manufacture, using water-based processes, and can lead to significant reductions in environmentally hazardous waste." techxplore.com/news/2020-01-supercharging-tomorrow-team-world-efficient.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter
Supercharging tomorrow: Team develops world's most efficient lithium-sulfur battery
Imagine having access to a battery, which has the potential to power your phone for five continuous days, or enable an electric vehicle to drive more than 1000km without needing to "refuel".
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"Conservative estimates put U.S. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20% currently allocated to coal and 80% to natural gas & crude oil. ...Designed to lower the cost of fossil fuel production & incentivize new domestic energy sources, (t)oday, U.S. taxpayer dollars continue to fund many fossil fuel subsidies that are outdated, but remain embedded within the tax code... (a)t a time when renewable energy technology is increasingly cost-competitive... (and) fossil fuel subsidies are actually increasing." www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs
There is a long history of government intervention in energy markets. Numerous energy subsidies exist in the U.S. tax code to promote or subsidize the production of cheap and abundant fossil energy. Some of these subsidies have been around for a century, and while the United States has enjoyed unpar...
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