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Looking for something fun to do
this summer?
How about kayaking in Galveston?!
FREE to O&G Workforce!
As part of the Coastal Impacts Assistance Program,
Artist Boat offers the following programs:
Watershed Education Training
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Stewardship Training in the Coastal Zone for Petrochemical Industrial Workers
Energy production workforce members will participate in watershed education training focused on the Galveston Bay estuarine system. The place-based and experiential learning modules will promote a common lexicon of environmental vocabulary and concepts applicable to all watersheds, estuaries, and wetland regions. Participants will engage in hands-on, place-based, and meaningful watershed experiences through a class in Eco-Art Workshops and outdoor Eco-Art Adventures via kayaks that integrate the disciplines of art and science.
For more information, contact Karla Klay at Artist Boat
kklay@artistboat.org
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West Texas Legislative Summit
August 5-7, 2014
McNease Convention Center
San Angelo, TexasFocus: Energy Several EFD Members speaking:
Tom Williams, EFD
Keynote Speaker: Tim Dove, Pioneer Natural Resources
Cal Cooper, Apache Corporation Issues to be covered include: Energy Issue Overview Water Issue- Regulatory- Recycling, Reuse & Results Transportation Economic Impact & Innovations Energy's Impact on Workforce Energy's Impact on Health & Public Safety
Click here for more information and registration form.
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Thanks to Hess for renewing your
EFD Sponsorship!
Hess wants to help meet the world's energy demand in an environmentally responsible manner. Their goal is to have an enduring, positive impact on the communities where they do business.
Some of Hess' initiatives cover:
Fostering Water Stewardship Reducing Flaring
Respecting Biodiversity Handling Waste
Addressing Spills
Did you know? - 23% Electricity is purchased from renewable resources
- 35% Reduction in Freshwater to fracture a Bakken well
- 26% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 2008-12
* from Hess' website
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'Practical Measures for Reducing the Risk
of Environmental Contamination
in Shale Energy Production'
Paul Ziemkiewicz, J. Quaranta, and M. McCawley
A new study by West Virginia University researchers offers 10 recommendations for reducing environmental and human health effects associated with horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
The report addresses air, noise and light pollution; water management; and engineering flaws. It is co-authored by Paul Ziemkiewicz, of the West Virginia Water Research Institute; John Quaranta, of the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources; and Michael McCawley, of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health.
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Founded in February 2011, the Center for the New Energy Economy is a privately-funded initiative to support the growth of a clean energy economy across the United States. The Center, a part of Colorado State University, is led by former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and is assisted by some of the nation's most important thought leaders in clean energy research, development and commercialization. The Center works directly with governors, legislators, regulators, planners, policy makers, and other decision makers, providing technical assistance to help them create the policies and practices that will facilitate America's transition to a clean energy economy. The mission of the Center is to incorporate best practices from around the nation and world to accelerate the development of a new energy economy.*
*From the CNEE website |
March 16-18, 2015 Deadline: July 21, 2014
February 3-5, 2015 Deadline: August 4, 2014
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Did you miss a newsletter? Archives available on the EFD site! |
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Come see EFD at URTec!
The EFD Team will be exhibiting at the 2014 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference in Denver, Colorado
25-27 August 2014 
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TCEQ launches Eagle Ford Shale Geological Area
webpage
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has launched a webpage for the Eagle Ford Shale Geological Area.
The page contains near real-time air monitoring data from the agency's Auto GC monitor, sampling results and health effects evaluations by county and links to the Texas Air Monitoring System (TAMIS)
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Call for Abstracts
IADC Health, Safety, Environment & Training Conference & Exhibit
Authors are invited to submit proposals for presentations at the conference. For consideration, abstract for each proposed paper
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Ground Water Protection Council
Annual Forum
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National Rural Water Association
Water Pro Conference
October 4-6, 2014
Seattle, Washington
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More 'Hot Spots' Added!
Virtual Fracturing Site coming soon!
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Diesel Displacement
Dual Fuel & Bi-Fuel
Part of a series of white papers concerning the use of natural gas to power drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations. |
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The EFD program, funded by federal, state and foreign government agencies, industry and environmental organizations, provides unbiased science to policy makers and identifies, develops and tests new technologies, processes and systems to reduce the environmental footprint associated with oil and gas activities, from well site selection through natural gas compression. The program, approximately $4 million per year, is engaged in research and technology transfer activities from the Western Slope of the Rockies to the Ukraine, and from the North Slope of Alaska to Columbia (South America). Research includes land, air and water issues, as well as public perception investigations. The program was honored with the Chairman's Stewards Award for Environmental Partnership at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. For more information, see: www.efdsystems.org.
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