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Energy leader wants transparency on hydraulic fracturing

chron.com -- Environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing are legitimate, but banning the technique thwarts efforts to wean the world off dirtier fuels, the head of the International Energy Agency told a Rice University audience Friday.

The agency's executive director, Maria van der Hoeven, called on natural gas producers to improve transparency around hydraulic fracturing and its impact on aquifers and greenhouse gas emissions. Lingering questions about the natural gas production technique sometimes called "fracking" are fueling opposition worldwide and could increase global dependency on coal, she said.

"Companies have to realize that they need to be transparent about what they are doing and they need to take the people's concerns seriously," van der Hoeven said, speaking at the university's

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remay
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Need more transparenacy on preparation (as in cementing the casing, etc)
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HMM
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Interesting.
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Howven makes sine good sense in the article. Be upfront with the people and they will be happy.
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All fracken right
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Frack away. We need the oil.
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fracking is that a bad word?
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frac that
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hmm....
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Energy leader wants transparency on hydraulic fracturing?

Good luck with that. The BIG GREED industry of OIL & GAS so love their lies and secrets.

They especially like to hide behind "trade secrets" ....

Makes it harder for folks to know what to test for :0\
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Looks like they could use something safer than pumping toxins into the ground.
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I can't Believe it.
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Transparency is not Obama's way. It appears that you are not as smart as he is, so he must think for you.
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lots of questions surrounding this method. answers are needed before anyone can really make a good judgement but id still think fracturing the stable layer beneath the surface can largely not be beneficial long term.
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amazing this is the technology we have to use to get the gas out of the ground.
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France has plenty of nukes, so they do not need natural gas.
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sure ok !!!
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There is no such thing in hypocritical Washington...
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"dirtier fuels" ??? That's a good one. Nothing's dirtier than the process of fracking up a few sniffs of NATGAS in your neighbor's backyard.
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ok...
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gee willickers... for real..?
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Okay.
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gee willickers...
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Let's not ban the technique. Just make it safer.
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I DO as well, but it most likely won't happen.
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I'm all for it as long as they can make it Safe and don't ruin the water supply etc.
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Good
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Just like the "transparency" in El Presidente Hussein's administration?
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Whatever happened to increas?ed government transparency
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hmm...
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I totally agree, SteelPenny.
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So does the general public.
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Right on SteelPenny.
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OK, whatever works.
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Let's have some transparency on Zero'BOY's school records.
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Ok
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Always going to be give and take. Someone is going to have to find a middle ground.
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cant wait for the results of this.
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ok
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