2018-8-29 Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest A Report by Boston Action Research (a project of Civil Society Institute) Written by Emily Chapman Lyle Hopkins Alex Jasset Seth Sheldon Grant Smith Pam Solo and Grant Smith (Eds.) (Photo by Ted Auch) Boston!Action!Research,!a!Project!ofCivil!Society!Institute!! 1Bridge!St.,!Suite!200!!!
Read More2014-9-25 Communities at Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest Sep 25, 2014 Sep 25, 2014; Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; Print; Save; Download PDF As featured on. Report: Frac sand industry impacting lives of thousands who live near
Read More2014-9-30 Mining of the fine-grain sand needed for hydraulic fracturing, known as frac sand, is putting communities in Wisconsin and Minnesota at risk, according to a new report by the Civil Society Institute's Boston Action Research (BAR) and released in cooperation with the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the Midwest
Read More2014-10-10 Dear Editor: Recently, groups with a definite agenda against sand mining released a report inaccurately portraying the industry (“Communities at Risk: Frac Sanding Mining in the Upper Midwest”).As president of the Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association, I’d like to share some facts.
Read More2021-4-15 Frac sand is a high-purity quartz sand that is injected into wells to blast and hold open cracks in the shale rock layer during the fracking process. In the United States, frac sand is being mined intensively from sandstone deposits across large swaths of
Read More2014-9-25 Frac sand mining - the extraction of the fine-particle sand needed for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") of wells -- is expanding rapidly in the United States and poses a little-understood threat to human health, the environment, and local economies, according to a major report issued today by the Civil Society Institute's Boston Action Research (BAR) and released in cooperation with ...
Read MoreBecause frac-sand mining “changes the landscape indefinitely,” and on a far larger scale than sand and gravel mines of the past, the report says, “To many, frac sand mining is the Upper ...
Read More2014-9-26 Frac Sand Mining Has Hidden Dangers. Major Harm Already Seen to Human Health, Water Quality and Property Values in WI and MN; Rapid Growth of Fracking Could Lead to Similar Mining in IL, MA, MI, MO, NY, NC, SC, PA, TN, VT and VA.
Read MoreSand is critical to fracking. After workers drill down into rock, they create fractures by pumping in a mixture of water, chemicals and sand. The sand keeps the cracks propped open so that oil and gas are released. Frac sand mining creates significant air pollution from the handling, mining, and processing of the sand.
Read MoreFrac Sand Mining Hydraulic fracturing uses high pressure water to break open underground geologic formations – most commonly shale. – containing oil and gas. Once the shale is fractured, if the fractures are not propped open, they will close again.
Read More2020-3-14 FROM Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest A Report by Boston Action Research (a project of Civil Society Institute) Adverse Impacts to Water Quality Adverse hydrological impacts may occur at each phase of the frac sand mining process (Figure 1). At some sites dredging occurs and sand is removed below the groundwater
Read More"Communities at Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest" is not a neutral assessment by any means. It was prepared by the Civil Society Institute in partnership with the Environmental Working Group; both groups advocate for policies that would shift U.S. energy systems away from oil, natural gas and coal as a necessary response to global ...
Read More2016-1-21 Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest. A Report by the Boston Action Research — A project of the Civil Society Institute . Written by Emily Chapman, Lyle Hopkins, Alex Jasset, Seth Sheldon, Grant Smith of Boston Action Research, 1 Bridge
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Read MoreChapman, E et al., Communities at Risk: Frac Sand Mining in Upper Midwest. Pan Solo Gro Smith eds. Newton. Case studies of Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining and Gravel Extraction for Urban ...
Read More2014-9-26 Frac sand mining uses significant volumes of groundwater, contributes to air pollution, and has negative socio-economic impacts, according to "Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest" (pdf), produced by the the Civil Society Institute's Boston Action Research project in cooperation with Environmental Working Group (EWG) and ...
Read More2014-3-9 Sand is used in the fracking process, and there's plenty of it to be mined in the upper Midwest. As a sand-mining boom has emerged, residents are divided over whether it's lifting or ruining their ...
Read More2018-3-2 Particularly in the context of the Great Recession, when there was considerable economic anxiety in a lot of rural communities, many people viewed frac sand mining as something that needed to be embraced—that any form of economic development needed to be accommodated and promoted. And people who sold or leased their land [to mining companies ...
Read More2014-9-29 Frac sand mining uses significant volumes of groundwater, contributes to air pollution, and has negative socio-economic impacts, according to “Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest” (pdf), produced by the the Civil Society Institute’s Boston Action Research project in cooperation with Environmental Working Group (EWG ...
Read More2014-9-26 The report, released Thursday, finds the industry is booming with little to no government oversight given to health, environmental concerns of citizens.
Read More"Communities at Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest" is not a neutral assessment by any means. It was prepared by the Civil Society Institute in partnership with the Environmental Working Group; both groups advocate for policies that would shift U.S. energy systems away from oil, natural gas and coal as a necessary response to global ...
Read MoreChapman, E et al., Communities at Risk: Frac Sand Mining in Upper Midwest. Pan Solo Gro Smith eds. Newton. Case studies of Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining and Gravel Extraction for Urban ...
Read More2019-2-14 Communities at Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest (Boston Action Research) (2015) CSI Update of the Energy Revolution 2015: Snapshot of Markets and Technologies (2015) EPA’s "Clean Power Plan”: Is It About Clean Power or Just Carbon Reduction? (Boston Action Research) (2015)
Read More2020-12-8 "Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest." A Report by Boston Action Research, A Project of the Civil Society Institute, 2014; News Reports and Websites The last few years has seen a constant stream of news reports about frac sand. Below, I include articles that provide a general overview of the issues.
Read More2014-9-29 Frac sand mining uses significant volumes of groundwater, contributes to air pollution, and has negative socio-economic impacts, according to “Communities At Risk: Frac Sand Mining in the Upper Midwest” (pdf), produced by the the Civil Society Institute’s Boston Action Research project in cooperation with Environmental Working Group (EWG ...
Read More2020-8-31 While the boom in frac sand mining has largely been concentrated in the 33-county area and predominately in Wisconsin, the report finds fracking companies will require 95 billion pounds of sand ...
Read More2016-7-14 and best use. This means even if no frac sand mining has occurred on the property, the appraiser could consider frac sand mining as the highest and best use and due to the lucrative nature of the frac sand 1 Wis. Stat. § 32.02(1). 2 Wis. Stat. § 32.02(3) (4). 3 Wis. Stat. § 32.07(2).
Read More2018-3-2 Particularly in the context of the Great Recession, when there was considerable economic anxiety in a lot of rural communities, many people viewed frac sand mining as something that needed to be embraced—that any form of economic development needed to be accommodated and promoted. And people who sold or leased their land [to mining companies ...
Read MoreFrac sand mining happens in many states, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma. Prior to 2017, the great majority came from traditional resources of highly pure silica sand deposits in the upper Midwest region. In 2014, the region contributed approximately 70% of frac sand
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