by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 11, 2020 | IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Wastewater, Water
New Mexico’s Oil Conservation Comission has agreed to set a hearing date for a proposed rule that would make spilling produced water illegal, reports the New Mexico Political Report. Produced water is the toxic waste water that comes up with oil or gas during...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 10, 2020 | Environment, Health, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, Social Media
written by Ellie Cabell Ammonia is a naturally occurring colorless gas. It is created within the human body and is used by the body to make proteins and other necessary molecules. It is also created in nature when plants, animals, and bodily wastes decay, as well as...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 6, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Social Media
Written by Ellie Cabell We in the Western U.S. are accustomed to battles over water between agricultural and urban consumers. Now clean, clear, delicious water has become so precious, even the bottled water ubiquitous in our lives is being contested. The Nestle water...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | October 28, 2020 | Environment, Industrial Wastewater, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Wastewater
Yet another spill of contaminated produced water! Husky Energy just announced that 900,000 litres of produced water spilled from one of its pipelines in northwestern Alberta. That’s a lot of toxic water on the loose! Produced water is a byproduct of oil &...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | October 2, 2020 | Climate Change, Environment, Social Media, Wildfire
Just don’t breathe it … that’s what my doctor’s office told me yesterday. Surf the Internet’s medical sites and you’ll find the smoke from wildfires is accused of dramatically increased asthma attacks, damage to your lungs and heart, strokes, and even heart attacks...
by Ellie Cabell | October 2, 2020 | Cancer, Industrial Pollution, Social Media
A nurdle is a small piece of plastic, about the size of a lentil, which is the building block from which plastic products are made. Masses of nurdles escape into the environment before they become part of a plastic product, causing nurdles to be a large portion of...
