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Wyoming's governor persuaded the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone an announcement linking hydraulic fracturing to groundwater contamination, giving state officials — whom the EPA had privately briefed on the study — time to attempt to debunk the finding before it rocked the oil and gas industry more than a month later, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.
Exploratory work to extract gas by hydraulic fracturing in England should be allowed to resume even though the technique has caused earth tremors, a report commissioned by the government said Tuesday.
Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight to make sure they are running safely.
The state of Wyoming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and two American Indian tribes announced Thursday they have agreed to additional testing of groundwater that the federal agency says may have become contaminated by gas development that includes hydraulic fracturing.
A review team says North Carolina's environmental agency will need to prepare regulations if the state decides to allow a controversial drilling technique for underground natural gas deposits.
A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines.
The rolling hills and scenic bluffs of western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota hide a valuable resource that has sparked what's been called a modern-day gold rush.
In a Dec. 13 story about Colorado's new rules governing the public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Texas' new rules will not require companies to disclose the concentration of chemicals used in their mixes. The companies will be required to disclose the concentration of chemicals regulated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but will not be required to report the concentration of unregulated chemicals.
The Environmental Protection Agency's finding that chemicals used in fracking natural gas wells are to blame for groundwater pollution in Wyoming is likely to fuel opposition to the industry in New York state.
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft finding that it may have detected groundwater pollution resulting from a controversial technique that plays a huge role in modern oil and gas development isn't settled science yet.
The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May.
Facebook has sent notes of apology and is changing automated systems that blocked environmental activists and other people from posting on like-minded Facebook pages.
A U.S. Department of Energy panel wants energy companies to reveal all the chemicals they use in a drilling technique that has allowed them to reach huge and previously inaccessible deposits of natural gas and paved the way for tens of thousands of new wells but that critics say could poison water supplies.
Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim — for Marcellus Shale gas drilling.
Environmental regulators in Michigan have approved new rules for energy companies that produce natural gas by cracking open underground rock formations.
A pair of state groups has launched a registry for chemicals used in extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing.
A private consulting firm says it found toxic chemicals in the drinking water of a Pennsylvania community already dealing with methane contamination from natural gas drilling.
Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a drilling company using a technique at the center of a fierce nationwide debate.
People shouldn't drink water from 40 wells in and around this central Wyoming farming and ranching community, federal officials said Tuesday.
Natural gas industry groups on Tuesday urged the Environmental Protection Agency to limit the scope of an upcoming study on the effects of a natural gas extraction process known as fracking.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has almost finished drilling two monitoring wells to test for pollution in a central Wyoming community where residents suspect chemicals related to gas drilling have contaminated their well water.
A glass of water drawn from John Fenton's underground well outside his rural log home built against a rocky ridge looks and tastes as clear and refreshing as any bottled water.
Fracker Range Resouces Sues Over YouTube of Burning Well - BusinessweekSteven Lipsky shot video of methane- fueled flames shooting from a hose hooked up to his well in Weatherford, Texas, and sent it to Sharon Wilson, a blogger who posted it on YouTube. And he hired Alisa Rich to test the water in his well and alert the U.S. Environmental Protection …
Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers Kay Allen had just started work, and everything seemed quiet at the Cornerstone Care community health clinic in Burgettstown, Pa. But things didn't stay quiet for long. "All the girls, they were yelling at me in the back, 'You gotta come out here quick. You gotta come out here q …
Water OK in 'Gasland' fracking town, EPA says - Chicago TribuneThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said drinking water is safe to consume in a small Pennsylvania town that has attracted national attention after residents complained about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas. The EPA has completed testing water at 61 hom …
Fracking boom spurs sand mining in MidwestThe Wall Street Journal published an article today entitled Midwest Sees a Sand Rush. I thought I would seed the original material, published by USA Today back in January, since it is available without a subscription.
Hugo Chavez and the anti-fracking movementOne way to neutralize the U.S. is to hurt its ability to produce its own energy. Don't think it's not happening - it is, in a shockingly large variety of ways, by a number of enemies, ranging from China to self-described "stateless statesman" George Soros, whose loyalty is to …
Discovery on fracking fuels anger in Wyoming ยป Abilene Reporter-NewsPavillion residents didn't hear about the finding before the public announcement, said John Fenton, chairman of Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens. Fenton said he was unhappy that regulators hadn't kept local residents fully apprised of the latest developments concerning their …
North Dakota's Boom Could Be America's Boom If The Democrats Would Get Behind Drilling While the nation staggers through a sluggish, jobless recovery, North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate in the country at 3.3%. The jobless rate in Williston, the core of the state's oil patch, which is fed by the Bakken Formation, is impossibly low at less than 1%. The …
Breaking Up with the Sierra Club | Orion MagazineOrion‘s search for a more truthful relationship between humans and the natural world occasionally calls for the expression of outrage. The more we learn about a gas-drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing—or “fracking”—the more we see it as a …
Vermont Fracking Ban Poised To Become Law MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont appears on the verge of enacting the nation's first statewide ban of a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing.
Obama administration tightens fracking rules - May. 4, 2012NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Obama administration tightened rules on hydraulic fracturing Friday, requiring the disclosure of chemicals used in the process when done on federal and American Indian lands. The new rules will also require additional testing of oil and gas well cons …
New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within YearsA new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water supplies far more quickly than experts have previously predicted.
Another recent op-ed in the Binghamton Press & Sun attempted to support Fracking, this time by criticizing Fracking opponents, but it also only told part of the story. Again its authors gas leasing land owners who would personally profit from Fracking. They objected to the Pa …
A recent op-ed in the Binghamton, NY Press & Sun touted the idea that local residents should prepare for jobs that Fracking (if allowed) will supposedly create. However it was incomplete in explaining the details of the proposed preparation. The full picture of Fracking into …
We gonna miss Al of the EPA, he was a warrior who stood up against The Oil/Gas Mafia and its Kingpin, Exxon-Mobil here in Texas. He was attacked from within and without during his tenure, but he never mistook the Oil/Gas Mafia for anything other than what it is, preda …
Great news for America from North DakotaAmerica stands on the cusp of an energy boom, so long as the government doesn't derail the prosperity train barreling down the tracks out of North Dakota. The mammoth Bakken field, it is proving to be bigger -- much bigger -- than previously estimated. It's not yet official, bu …
Shale gas fracking ruled safe, but must stop at drop of a hat Is shale exploration in the UK on stop or go? On Monday the Department for Energy and Climate Change released a geological report into the impact of hydraulic fracturing, a key technique in releasing gas from shale rock deep beneath the Earth's surface. But, as befits the depar …
How the Virginia earthquake packed such a punchLast summer’s Virginia earthquake continues to reverberate in the scientific community. The 5.8-magnitude tremor August 23 wasn’t huge by global standards, but punched above its weight. Scientists were struck by the way the tremor near the town of Mineral managed t …
Palin: 'Frack, baby, frack' a 'very important' policyHalf-term Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday blasted President Barack Obama as “ignorant” on energy policy, saying he wasn’t doing enough to support “drill, baby, drill” and “frack, baby, frack.” During a Tuesday interview o …
Fracking causes earthquakes, studies confirmTwo separate studies are providing insights into the earth-shaking consequences of the controversial gas extraction process known as fracking. Both studies confirm that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can trigger manmade earthquakes. The process involves blasting water, san …
Human-made earthquakes reported in central U.S. - Fracking related.Earthquakes in the United States rose "spectacularly" where oil and gas drillers disposed of waste water underground, a process that may have caused geologic faults to slip, U.S. government geologists report. The average number of earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater in the U.S …
We live in complex times. It is easy to sit in a corporate office, knowing that our society keeps demanding more energy, and justify selling ever-increasing quantities of river water to those who use extreme hydrofracturing techniques to extract natural gas from shale. …
Mr. President, It's All of the Above The Obama campaign problems go beyond the tone-deaf community-organizer politics on the stupid Buffett Rule, the Rosen flap, and the naughty boys at the Secret Service. It's all of the above -- and then some. It's the stupid stimulus, which is turning into a real bust …
More on the Link Between Earthquakes and FrackingScientists from the United States Geological Survey have cautiously weighed in on a subject that has sparked public concern in some parts of the country: spates of small earthquakes in oil- and gas-producing areas. -Henry Fountain
Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes?There are plenty of reasons to worry about fracking—groundwater contamination, methane leaks, that flaming tapwater thing. But can it really cause earthquakes? That's the question the US Geological Survey set out to answer after a spate of tremors in the Midwest—an ar …
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