Assembly Bill 159 will be heard by the Assembly Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining committee Tuesday February 21st at 1:30pm. Click here if you can attend the hearing.
Here is a digest of the bill:
Section 1 of this bill prohibits any person from engaging in hydraulic fracturing in this State, and section 5 of this bill repeals provisions relating to the hydraulic fracturing program. Sections 2 and 3 of this bill make conforming changes. Section 4 of this bill provides that any permit issued by the Division of Minerals before the effective date of this bill, authorizing a person to drill and operate an oil or gas well that is or is intended to be hydraulically fractured, expires on that date.
We strongly suggest all Nevadans opposed to fracking show up and share your testimony, either in Carson City or Las Vegas. Click here for the agenda that includes meeting location room numbers.
We can avoid some of the worst consequences of climate change by keeping fossil fuels where they belong: in the ground.
I don’t know about you, but I pay for earthquake insurance on my home, my largest personal investment. It nearly doubles my insurance premiums. Given that we live in a frequently drought-stricken state which is also an earthquake zone, here’s some food for thought on this issue:
- 10 Chief Pros and Cons of Hydraulic Fracturing
- Fracking’s Problems Go Deeper Than Water Pollution
- Study: Water Use Skyrockets as Fracking Expands
- 4 states confirm water pollution from drilling
- Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Much Higher Than Reported
- Fracking and Water Consumption — A 2011 EPA report estimated that 70 to 140 billion gallons of water are used to fracture 35,000 wells in the United States each year – approximately the annual water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50,000, according to Earthworks.
- Fracking Fumes: Air Pollution from Hydraulic Fracturing Threatens Public Health and Communities (PDF)
- Is Fracking Polluting the Air? (Have you driven through west Texas on I-40 lately? The stench is sickening.)