Diesel is cheaper than any other fuel. It is also dirtier.
Oilfield Company Failed to Report Fracking Violations to EPA -- Documents (click here)
...BJ Services Co. acknowledged in January 2008 (The EPA under Bush) to investigators from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that it had violated a 2003 agreement not to use diesel in specific types of hydraulic fracturing. When that was disclosed last month, a BJ Services executive said that the company had "self reported" the violation to EPA.
But EPA says the company never told agency officials. And documents show the company has twice since then told the environmental agency that it has always been in compliance with the agreement....
"BJ Services continued through January to tell us they had not" used diesel in fracturing, said EPA spokeswoman Enesta Jones....
EPA Administrator Jackson Outlines New Vision for Clean, Safe Drinking Water(click here)
Release date: 03/22/2010
Contact Information: Enesta Jones, jones.enesta@epa.gov, 202-564-7873, 202-564-4355 En español: Lina Younes, younes.lina@epa.gov 202-564-9924, 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON - In a speech today at the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) annual conference in Washington, D.C., U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced the agency is developing a broad new set of strategies to strengthen public health protection from contaminants in drinking water. The aim is to find solutions that meet the health and economic needs of communities across the country more effectively than the current approach. EPA is also announcing a decision to revise the existing drinking water standards for four contaminants that can cause cancer.
"To confront emerging health threats, strained budgets and increased needs -- today's and tomorrow's drinking water challenges -- we must use the law more effectively and promote new technologies," said EPA Administrator Jackson. "That means fostering innovation that can increase cost-effective protection. It means finding win-win-win solutions for our health our environment and our economy. And it means broad collaboration. To make our drinking water systems work harder, we have to work smarter."...
WHILE IN Bolivia...
BOLIVIA CELEBRATES WORLD WATER DAY WITH CALL FOR RaTIONAL USE (click here)
NAM NEWS NETWORK Mar 23rd, 2010
LA PAZ, March 23 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Bolivia began celebrations of the World Water Day established by the United Nations N 17 years ago with a call the rational use of water.
According to the Minister of Environment and Water María Esther Udaeta, a Water Fair will also be held in La Paz this weekend to attract the public, especially young people.
The United Nations (UN) choose ”Clean Water for a Healthy World” as theme for World Water Day this year, which sums up importance of supplying superior water to improve people’s health and living conditions....
Is Water a Human Right? (click here)
Juliette Terzieff | Bio | 23 Mar 2010As the United Nations spearheaded efforts to mark World Water Day on Monday, scarcity was at the top of the agenda. And with an increasing number of communities around the world lacking sufficient water supplies, the push to classify access to potable water as a basic human right is gaining ground among a variety of stakeholders....
