December 6, 2010

Beyond Fracking: Experts Challenge Safety of Exploratory Wells, Vertical Drilling

by Marie C. Baca
ProPublica

For more than two years, the natural gas drilling debate has focused primarily on the use of hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells. But expert testimony submitted for a government hearing next month challenges long-held assumptions …

September 3, 2010

Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water

Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Sept. 1, 2010, 4:42 p.m.

The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to …

July 22, 2010

Information From Gas-Drilling Companies Isn’t Coming Easily

Information From Gas-Drilling Companies Isn’t Coming Easily, Congressmen Say
by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, July 20, 2010, 1:55 p.m.

Gas and oil companies have deflected congressional inquiries about whether they are drilling near underground drinking water sources and how they are …

July 16, 2010

Investigation Confirms PA Fracking Well Blowout Was Easily Preventable, Potentially Catastrophic

Investigation Confirms Pennsylvania Fracking Well Blowout Was Easily Preventable, Potentially Catastrophic
By Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t, Wednesday 14 July 2010

Pennsylvanians are wondering if their state could become the next environmental ground zero after …

April 9, 2010

Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry

Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, April 7, 2010, 7:09 a.m.

A federal study of hydraulic fracturing set to begin this spring is expected to provide the most expansive look yet …

January 29, 2010

PA’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills

Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica, Jan. 27, 2010, 4:08 p.m.

As more gas wells are drilled in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, more cases of toxic spills are being reported. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania’s environmental officials …

November 11, 2009

Is NY’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?


Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Nov. 9, 2009, 5:10 a.m.

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially …

September 27, 2009

PA Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County

Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Sept. 25, 2009, 12:39 p.m.

After three chemical spills in the past nine days, and following a history of environmental problems over the last …

August 2, 2009

Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said

Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 31, 2009, 11:29 a.m.

When methane began bubbling out of kitchen taps near a gas drilling site in Pennsylvania last winter, a state regulator …

July 8, 2009

Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data

Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, July 8, 2009, 4:55 a.m.

The two key arguments that the oil and gas industry is using to fight federal regulation of the natural gas drilling process called hydraulic …

May 28, 2009

Natural Gas Politics

Natural Gas Politics
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, May 26, 2009, 8:14 a.m.

Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massive energy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean water laws, Congress is having second thoughts about …

March 1, 2009

Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard

Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2009, 12:52 p.m.

Got bubbles? Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking water supplies, but recent reports of …

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