Tag: frac sand

Frac-Sand Mining Boom Adds to Growing List of Fracking Dangers

We often think of fracking as mainly using chemicals and water, but the process consumes vast amounts of sand that is injected down wells, helping to fracture the rocks. In turn, this sand mining …

July 15, 2013
Minnesota Communities Declare Independence from Frac-Sand Mining

In Minnesota, local governments are arguing strenuously to maintain local control over large-scale silica mining for fracking within their communities. Since the state …

July 9, 2013

Frac-Sand Mining Boom Adds to Growing List of Fracking Dangers