The Delaware RiverKeeper Network webinar Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle with scientist and author Justin Nobel is now available for on demand viewing.

In 2020, Justin Nobel wrote an expose of fracking’s radioactivity, in particular in the wastewater and other wastes produced by conventional and unconventional natural gas drilling.  [Read more here]

“There is little public awareness of this enormous waste stream, the disposal of which could present dangers at every step — from being transported along America’s highways in unmarked trucks; handled by workers who are often misinformed and under protected; leaked into waterways; and stored in dumps that are not equipped to contain the toxicity. Brine has even been used in commercial products sold at hardware stores and is spread on local roads as a de-icer.”

These other resource links are available from the webinar--

-- List of supporting documents to Justin Nobel’s presentation including a 223 page bibliography of reports on the environmental aspects of drilling wastewater

-- Natural Resources Defense Council report-- Hot Tracking Mess

-- Justin Nobel’s July 2021 on the NRDC Report

Upcoming Events

-- September 15: The Case For A Full Ban On Fracking In Delaware River Watershed

For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the Delaware RiverKeeper Network website.

Related Articles:

-- DEP: To Propose Regulations Allowing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Across PA

-- New Penn State Study: Shows Road Dumping Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Has Little Dust Suppression Benefit, Contains Pollutants Harmful To Human Health, Agriculture, Aquatic Life

-- Penn State Study Recommends Only Using Nontoxic Products Or Highly Treated Drilling Wastewater To Remove Radium, Oil, Metals Before Road Spreading

-- House Republicans Pass Bill Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Wastewater, Rolling Back Environmental Protection Standards

-- 81 Groups, 3,342 Individuals Express Opposition To Bill Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater

-- Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Well Wastewater Is Happening Now In Crawford, Erie, Warren Counties As House Prepares To Take Up Bill This Week To Make It Legal

-- Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County

-- Save PA’s Forests Coalition: Hosts Aug. 25 Webinar On Watersheds And Wilderness At Risk From Natural Gas Development

[Posted: August 21, 2021]

8/23/2021