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Gas drilling research suffers from lack of money

Published: August 1, 2012
Tags: drilling, fracking, gas

Is gas drilling ruining the air, polluting water and making people sick? The evidence is sketchy and inconclusive, but a lack of serious money is delaying efforts to resolve those pressing questions and creating a vacuum that could lead to a crush of lawsuits, some experts say.

Scientists: Does fracking pose threat to water?

Published: July 13, 2012
Tags: drilling, fracking, pollution, water

A new study being done by the Department of Energy might provide some of the first solid answers to an extremely controversial question: Can gas drilling fluids migrate and pose a threat to drinking water?

Sites spur interest in Wis. gold mining revival (UPDATE)

Published: November 28, 2011
Tags: Aquila Resources, Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, drilling, gold

EASTON, Wis. (AP) — A drilling company is evaluating three possible gold mining sites in central and northern Wisconsin. It is too early to say whether Aquila Resources, which is incorporated in Canada with U.S. offices in Menominee, Mich., will begin the long regulatory process to mine gold, company president Thomas Quigley told the Journal [...]

Mining company eyes gold deposit in central Wis.

Published: March 7, 2011
Tags: Aquila Resources, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, drilling, Easton, gold, mining, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Canadian mining company hopes to strike it rich in Marathon County of central Wisconsin. The Wausau Daily Herald reported Sunday an ancient gold deposit in the town of Easton might hold as much as $168 million in gold. According to the newspaper, Aquila Resources has notified the state it will [...]

The OSHA report

Published: September 10, 2010
Tags: 3-D Specialty Contracting, Advanced Roofing and Siding Specialists LLC, aerial lift, Altmann Construction Co. Inc., Appleton, Ashland, Baileys Harbor, Barneveld, Berg’s Bobcat Service, Burg’s Rainguard Services LLC, citation, Cornerstone Construction Co. Inc., drilling, education, electrical, Elk Mound, excavation, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, finishing, Flatwater Construction Inc., framing, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp., Grand Chute, Green Bay, hand tool, head protection, housing, Hudson, industrial, Integrity Environmental Services Inc., Karl Kimmes Well & Pump Inc., Kenosha, Kiel, ladder, Madison, Manitowoc, Mike Blindauer Sheet Metal & Roofing Inc., Milwaukee, Mr. Builder, Nieman Central Wisconsin Roofing Co. Inc., Operation Fresh Start Inc., osha, Park Avenue Development Inc., power tool, remediation, remodeling, roofing, safety, scaffolding, self-propelled elevating work platform, settlement, sewer line, Sheboygan Falls, siding, Stoughton, structural steel, The OCI Group LLC, Tielens Construction Inc., training, Travis Markiewicz Construction LLC, truck, Verona, Vilchis Roofing, water line, water well, wiring, Zappa Bros. Excavating Inc.

OSHA reports • Burg’s Rainguard Services LLC, Kiel, must pay two scaffolding citations, totaling $600, because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations June 30 during a siding job in Kiel. • Vilchis Roofing, Menasha, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation and a $450 ladders citation because the [...]

States weigh benefits, risks of drilling in parks

Published: August 17, 2009
Tags: drilling, Environment, environmentalists, gas, oil, state parks
Comments: 1

Julie Carr Smyth AP Writer Columbus, Ohio — State parks aren’t just for hiking, camping and other recreation anymore. Increasingly, these lands are being used for oil and gas drilling as budget-strapped states seek new sources of revenue. As they allow more energy exploration in state parks — in some cases by reversing previous bans [...]