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Benefits and Risks of Massive Fracking: Misleading Memes in the Fracking Debate If it seems hard to make sense of massive fracking, that's because it is. Anti- and pro-fracking camps have saturated the fracking debate with misleading, incomplete, and "spun" information. Key data are often trade secrets, ... [read-more]
Hydraulic Fracturing ("Fracking") in Alaska: The controversial "massive" (or high-volume) fracking has little current application in Alaska's conventional petroleum fields, but could be used to develop Alaska's smaller unconventional petroleum fields. It is currently being explored as an option by Great Bear LLC for the Great Bear ... [read-more]
Understanding Dam Failure: Failed ChoicesFaulty decision-making often plays a crucial role in industrial accidents. Two well-understood cases were also world-class dam failures:Teton Dam, USA, 1976Teton Dam was the largest structural collapse in U.S. history, exceeding even the World Trade Centers. The day before ... [read-more]
Water Management at Pebble Mine: Our Pebble Articles Overview Block Caving Water Management Nearby Mining Claims Keystone Dialogue Perpetual Maintenance Tailings Storage Alternative Tailings Storage Opposition Powering Pebble Earthquake Risks (Author's Note: Much of the information about hydrology and water quality at the Pebble Mine ... [read-more]
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