1.0respectmyplanet.orghttps://www.respectmyplanet.org/publicationsMatt Wandelhttps://www.respectmyplanet.org/publications/author/rmp_wordpressrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HQdiJBg25i"><a href="https://www.respectmyplanet.org/publications/michigan/michigan-oil-gas-monthly-august-2016">Michigan Oil & Gas Monthly – August 2016</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.respectmyplanet.org/publications/michigan/michigan-oil-gas-monthly-august-2016/embed#?secret=HQdiJBg25i" width="600" height="338" title="“Michigan Oil & Gas Monthly – August 2016” — respectmyplanet.org" data-secret="HQdiJBg25i" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.respectmyplanet.org/publications/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.respectmyplanet.org/publications/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/60580_state_garfield_pipeline_constructioncrop.jpg1038576Michigan oil & gas activity gets busy in August of 2016. August has more applications for new wells than all seven previous months of 2016 combined. We have an applications for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF), as well as applications to explore the Trenton Group in Lenawee & Monroe Counties. The HVHF well takes us down memory lane and we examine why the Integrated Assessment of HVHF published by the University of Michigan's Graham Sustainability Institute is a fundamentally flawed report with flawed timing. Click through to read all about it.