The Liard River Basin is threatened by proposed fracking (Two Island Films)
Read this Jan. 31 article from the Whitehorse Star on the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing of shale gas wells on the Yukon’s groundwater:
The Yukon needs a better understanding of its groundwater system before the government gives hydraulic fracturing a green light.
That was the message this morning from hydrologist Gilles Wendling.
Wendling was the first of eight experts scheduled to make presentations before the select committee regarding the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing today and Saturday in the legislative assembly.
In the Yukon there (Read more…)