http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/21/hydraulic-fracturing-and-food-security-can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-too/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/21/hydraulic-fracturing-and-food-security-can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-too/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:27:13 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24364 What are the implications of hydraulic fracturing on agriculture and food security? In agricultural areas with widespread, ongoing hydrofracking, there have been incidences of livestock poisoning from contaminated surface water sources or grasses, and soil contamination from explosions, spills, flares, irresponsible fracking-wastewater treatment, and leaky gas pipes. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/21/hydraulic-fracturing-and-food-security-can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-too/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/seismologists-link-ohio-earthquakes-to-waste-disposal-wells/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/seismologists-link-ohio-earthquakes-to-waste-disposal-wells/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:31:15 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21504 Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio, in the last nine months are likely linked to a disposal well for injecting wastewater used in the hydraulic fracturing process, say LDEO seismologists.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/seismologists-link-ohio-earthquakes-to-waste-disposal-wells/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/new-york-times-article-raises-concerns-about-hydrofracking/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/new-york-times-article-raises-concerns-about-hydrofracking/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:26:44 +0000 Kavita Jain-Cocks http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12496 An article in the New York Times has prompted debate over the effects of hydrofracking, a means of obtaining natural gas, on drinking water supplies.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/new-york-times-article-raises-concerns-about-hydrofracking/feed/ 3