In Pennsylvania, where drilling in the Marcellus is already taking place, environmental groups are asking that state's environmental officials to disclose whether drilling pits have overflowed and spilled their toxic contents into flooded creeks, streams and rivers.
Following observation of natural patterns, we applied this knowledge by experimentally drilling pits at varying densities and sizes in a seawall that had been constructed with simple topographical complexity.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the temporary moratorium on offshore drilling pitted the fishery community of Bayou La Batre, Ala., against the rig workers of Morgan City, La.
Environmental groups in Pennsylvania are asking state officials to disclose whether drilling pits overflowed and spilled their toxic contents into local waterways after the recent historic floods, while legislators in New York are requesting that outdated flood maps be updated to account for the possible repercussions of extreme precipitation on natural gas drilling in the state.
As part of their training, Caldwell runs them through "gun drills," pitting two teams against each other as they race to set up the gun.
Field geological (drilling and pit) investigations, geoelectric recognition, tachimetric geomorphological measurements, and geospatial analysis (GIS) were carried out in the site and its immediate vicinity.
Is anyone shutting down fracking, drilling, open pit mining, deep water exploration?
We mine data sets of drilling and pitting records gathered by the Geological Survey of Finland to reconstruct regional preglacial deep weathering patterns within a GIS framework.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Ruffalo has become something of a polarizing force in this neck of rural New York, where a debate over plans for drilling has pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Seed drills and pit trucks arrived to join such exquisite works as Bowes's 18th-century silver swan automaton, and although unlikely sounding partners, they shared a precious asset: the public loved them.
