September 21, 2012

Shell Fracks Egypt, Threatening Scarce Water Resources; Egyptians Demand Moratorium.

Shell is bringing fracking to Egypt, threatening the North African country’s already limited water resources.

The company is using hydraulic fracturing technology to drill three wells in Egypt’s Western Desert, in the Alam El Shawish West concession. Concerned that scarce …

August 22, 2012

National Environmental Groups, Representing Millions, Tell Gov. Cuomo: Don’t Threaten Water and Land with Fracking

Nearly 100 state groups and opinion leaders had called Gov. Cuomo’s plan to allow fracking in five upstate counties “inconsistent” with his pledge to protect public health and the environment.

Amid reports that a decision on fracking in New York …

August 22, 2012

Is the Natural Gas Industry Buying Academics?

There’s a clear and present danger of industry and university being way too cozy.
By Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, July 30, 2012

Last week the University of Texas provost announced [1] he would reexamine a report by a UT professor …

June 15, 2012

How the Fracking Industry Keeps its Secrets

Nondisclosure agreements prevent doctors and researchers from gathering valuable data on the health and environmental impacts of fracking.
By Mike Ludwig, Truthout.org, May 17, 2012

The “Rogers” family signed a surface-use agreement with a fracking company in 2009 to close …

May 24, 2012

Vermont Governor Signs Bill Banning Hydraulic Fracturing

Vermont is the first state in the nation to ban the practice of extracting natural gas from shale.
By Terri Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press, May 16, 2012

MONTPELIER — An anti-fracking crowd gathered Tuesday night in Albany, N.Y., for a …

May 23, 2012

Insight: Peak, Pause or Plummet? Shale Oil Costs at Crossroads

The push and pull of production costs in the world’s fastest-growing oil frontier is adding uncertainty to the outlook for U.S. oil prices.
By Selam Gebrekidan, Reuters, May 17, 2012

(Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum was among the first major U.S. …

May 20, 2012

UK Backtracks on Fracking

Ministers decide there is not enough gas under UK to justify controversial ‘earthquake’ drilling
By Matt Chorley, The Independent, May 20, 2012

The Government has rejected shale gas technology as a solution to Britain’s energy crisis, conceding it will do

May 16, 2012

No 'Fracking' Until Further Study, Says Irish Minister for Energy

No hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” for gas would take place in Ireland pending further “detailed scientific analysis and advice”.
By LORNA SIGGINS, The Irish Times, May 12, 2012

MINISTER FOR Energy Pat Rabbitte has reiterated that no hydraulic fracturing or …

April 30, 2012

The Facts on Fracking: Interview with Barbara Arrindell of DCS

Interview with Barbara Arrindell, Director of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability

By Summer Rayne Oakes, April 30, 2012

I AM PICTURES in association with I HEART H2O has just launched a trailer for their “ANYBODY of WATER” campaign to …

April 3, 2012

RISKS AND RICHES IN THE FRACKING ERA

Hydraulic fracking is sweeping through our region, leaving in its path new jobs, new prospects, new hope — and much concern it is expanding too fast.
By Jeanne Starmack, Youngstown News, April 1, 2012

LAWRENCE COUNTY, PA.

Rich and Shirley …

April 3, 2012

Md. House Votes to Require Energy Companies to Fund Safety Studies on Natural Gas Fracking

“We don’t want to become another Pennsylvania where farms and lives have been ruined by fracking pollution.”
By Chesapeake Climate Action Network and CitizenShale, March 20, 2012

ANNAPOLIS – Positioning Maryland to be the first state in America to study …

March 30, 2012

A Rash of Earthquakes Appears to be Related to Oil and Gas Drilling

EARTHQUAKES: ‘Remarkable’ spate of man-made quakes linked to drilling, USGS team says
By Mike Soraghan, EnergyWire, March 29, 2012

A rash of earthquakes in the middle of the country appears to be related to oil and gas drilling, according to …

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