Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 A recent study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows that the oil and gas industry are creating earthquakes. New information from the Midwest region of the United States points out that these man-made earthquakes are happening more frequently than expected. While more frequent earthquakes are less of a problem for regions like the Midwest, a geology professor from the University of Southern Indiana, Dr. Paul K. Doss, believes the disposal of wastewater from the hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) process used in extracting oil and gas has the possibility to pose potential problems for groundwater. Map showing significant earthquakes in the Midwest region of the United States. It was analyzed to show links between felt earthquakes and energy development. Image: United States Geological Survey. “We are taking this fluid that has a whole host of chemicals in it that are useful for fracking and putting…
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gets new chairman
Saturday, April 28, 2007 Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda has appointed Timothy W. Casgrain as the new chairman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Mr. Casgrain’s credentials will bring strong leadership to the CBC. I am confident that his experience and sound judgement will greatly benefit the CBC. “Mr. Casgrain’s credentials will bring strong leadership to the CBC,” said Oda. “I am confident that his experience and sound judgement will greatly benefit the CBC.” Casgrain was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at McGill University. In 1969, he served as a teacher in a small African town in Chad for two years. Some years later, he became an accountant. In 1976, he was chairperson of Skyservice Investments Inc., a Canadian aviation company and was Executive Vice President of the Brascan Financial Corp. In 1988, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of NBS Technologies. Since then, Casgrain has served many…
Category:Cornwall
This is the category for Cornwall, a county in England. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 15 May 2014: Cornwall police arrest coach driver after two killed in crash 15 February 2014: Two dead in storms with no sign of floods letting up in Britain 25 February 2013: Three die in Cornwall, UK caravan park of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning 12 March 2011: English policeman Nicholas Stone cleared of rape, facing jail for misconduct 7 May 2010: 2010 UK general election results 24 December 2009: Two killed, 47 injured in coach crash in Cornwall, England 21 December 2009: Man killed in harbour car crash in Cornwall, England 16 November 2009: Edward Woodward, English actor, dies aged 79 7 June 2008: Wikinews interviews manager of site ‘Lose The Game’ 10 March 2008: Strong winds and heavy rain across southern UK see older articles?Category:Cornwall From Wikinews, the free news source…
Political fallout from the sacking of Professor David Nutt gathers momentum
Thursday, November 5, 2009 The political fallout from the sacking of Professor David Nutt as chairman of the United Kingdom’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) by Home Secretary Alan Johnson on Friday is gathering momentum. Alan Johnson in 2007 Image: catch21productions. He was asked to go because he cannot be both a government adviser and a campaigner against government policy. Professor Nutt recently pointed out during the course of a lecture that a number of socially and legally proscribed drugs, amongst them cannabis, on most objective criteria of risk assessment are less dangerous than a number of other drugs, notably tobacco and alcohol. Alan Johnson took exception to this. In his letter dismissing Professor Nutt, Johnson asserted “He was asked to go because he cannot be both a government adviser and a campaigner against government policy.” An article was subsequently published in the online edition of The…
Wikinews investigates the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile after February earthquake
Sunday, October 24, 2010 Left: A recently constructed kiosk with the new design. Image: Diego Grez.Right: The original design of the kiosk, as shown in the plans by the Municipality. Image: Ilustre Municipalidad de Pichilemu. Eight months after a catastrophic earthquake, Wikinews has investigated the devastation caused in February and the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile. The February 27 earthquake and a subsequent tsunami completely destroyed Pichilemu’s most coastal street and its oldest villages. Wikinews has also had access to the original design plans of the new kiosks in Pichilemu, and conducted an interview with merchant Alejandro Mella, known locally as the King of the Cochayuyo (“El Rey del Cochayuyo”), who lost his kiosk after the earthquake. Pichilemu is a coastal city in the O’Higgins Region of Chile, known as one of the “best surfing spots” in South America. Its current Mayor is Roberto Córdova Carreño, who was elected internally by…
Interview with BBC Creative Archive project leader
Thursday, June 22, 2006 Paul Gerhardt, Creative Archive project leader The Creative Archive project is a BBC led initiative which aims to make archive audio and video footage available to be freely downloaded, distributed, and ‘remixed’. The project is still in a pilot stage, and is only available to UK residents, but the long-term future of the project could have a major impact on the way audiences interact with BBC content. The project is partly inspired by the Creative Commons movements, and also by a general move within the BBC to be more open with its assets. Additionally, educational audiences such as schools have expressed an interest in using BBC content within the classroom, both to watch and to create multimedia content from. So far, clips made available under the licence have included archive news footage, nature documentary footage, and video clips content designed for educational uses. “It’s done very…
Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 A recent study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows that the oil and gas industry are creating earthquakes. New information from the Midwest region of the United States points out that these man-made earthquakes are happening more frequently than expected. While more frequent earthquakes are less of a problem for regions like the Midwest, a geology professor from the University of Southern Indiana, Dr. Paul K. Doss, believes the disposal of wastewater from the hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) process used in extracting oil and gas has the possibility to pose potential problems for groundwater. Map showing significant earthquakes in the Midwest region of the United States. It was analyzed to show links between felt earthquakes and energy development. Image: United States Geological Survey. “We are taking this fluid that has a whole host of chemicals in it that are useful for fracking and putting…
Asbestos discovery triggers evacuation and closure of New Jersey middle school
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 The discovery of the presence of airborne asbestos in a middle school in Montclair, New Jersey Friday prompted the evacuation of over 200 students from the school and the school’s closure. Renaissance Middle School, part of the Montclair Public Schools in New Jersey, was closed Monday and remains closed Tuesday while undergoing asbestos testing and cleaning. Asbestos fibers Image: Aram Dulyan. According to a letter sent home to parents by the Superintendent’s Office of Montclair Public Schools on Friday, “plaster may have been disturbed” during construction on new fire doors at the Renaissance School building on Thursday. An inspection arranged by the school district indicated asbestos was present in the plaster, and a subsequent inspection performed by asbestos consultant Detail Associates revealed “a level of airborne asbestos fibers that exceeded the acceptable range” in the third floor hallway of the school. Montclair Public Schools business administrator…
Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark
Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) — Apple Inc. — and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose — Cisco. The company claims to possess the trademark for iPhone, and moreover, that it sells devices under the same brand through one of its divisions. This became the reason for Cisco to file a lawsuit against Apple Inc. so that the latter would stop selling the device. Cisco states that it has received the trademark in 2000, when the company overtook Infogear Technology Corp., which took place in 1996. The Vice President and general counsel of the company, Mark Chandler, explained that there was no doubt about the excitement of the new device from…
Category:June 24, 2009
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