Shale gas is not a credible ‘new green message’
It's confusing as to how shale gas extraction offers the oil industry "a new green message", as it was suggested last week in an interview with Shell's outgoing chairman. Look a little closer at shale...
View ArticleCasey: Voluntary fracking chemical registry ‘not enough’
The release of a national online registry of hydraulic fracturing chemicals this week has received qualified praise but has not stemmed calls for more disclosure about the natural gas extraction...
View ArticleTexas Oil & Gas Accountability Project seeks more drilling oversight
The Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project issued a report Thursday calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to oversee regulation of air emissions from oil and natural gas exploration and...
View ArticleIn Support of a Moratorium: Unprecedented Public Opposition to Fracking in...
How organized is the anti-fracking movement getting? Well, this week, activists delivered 30,000 public comments to regulators, all in opposition to the controversial natural-gas extraction process....
View ArticleN.Y. drilling regs may take all summer
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The new head of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation believes that gas drilling in the massive Marcellus Shale formation is the most daunting environmental issue the...
View ArticleFracking fears
Several states — notably Pennsylvania, New York, and Arkansas — are having big problems with a method of drilling for natural gas called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” Their experiences provide...
View ArticleNew Jersey wants to get tough on fracking
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey is concerned about the impacts of natural gas development projects in neighboring states and is seeking tough regulations to project the water resources in the Delaware River...
View ArticleNew York and Texas Define the “Fracking Battleground” as the Political...
Two of the largest, most powerful electoral states have become the fiercest fracking battlegrounds in the nation – with a major citizen group in Texas demanding that industry regulators turn from...
View ArticleDemocratic report: carcinogens injected into wells
WASHINGTON (AP) – Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service companies from 2005-2009, a report by three House...
View ArticleChemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies injected hundreds of millions of gallons of hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals into wells in more than 13 states from 2005 to 2009, according to an investigation by...
View ArticleRecipe for Disaster: Fracking Fluids Exposed
Congressional Democrats just landed a knockout blow to the pro-fracking argument that the chemicals drilling companies inject into natural gas wells simply aren't that bad – and don't pose any real...
View ArticleState might sue feds over fracking study
New York state will sue the federal agency regulating gas drilling in the Delaware River corridor if it doesn't commit to a full environmental impact study of its proposed regulations within 30 days,...
View ArticleFrackers Take Aim at Louisiana’s Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
The fracking battle – being fought with growing ferocity in communities across the country – has arrived in my home state of Louisiana. According to the Associated Press, Devon Energy, a natural gas...
View ArticleNew Study Links Drinking Water Contamination to Fracking: Can Proponents...
It just got much more difficult for frackers and their supporters to keep a straight face in the sizzling national debate over whether the benefits of hydraulic fracturing outweigh the dangers. The...
View ArticleMy Water’s On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)
Here's a musical take on the dangers of Fracking:
View ArticleProtecting 9 Million New Yorkers from the Dangers of Fracking
New York's attorney general has taken the first step in turning back Exxon Mobil's plan to use "fracking" on up to 18,000 gas wells in New York City's watershed – an application of the highly...
View ArticlePreemptive Strike: Fracking Opponents Look to Ban the Practice Before It Starts
The arc of the quintessential fracking battle is still taking shape, but it's beginning to look like a recurring feature in the storyline may be the "ban" – a word drilling companies are loathe to even...
View ArticlePro-Fracking Arguments Fail to Grasp One Inconvenient Issue –– the Reality on...
The Wall Street Journal – owned by conservative gadfly Rupert Murdoch – ran an opinion piece over the weekend that showcases the untruths, convenient omissions and wildly unscientific cause-and-effect...
View ArticleThe Fracking Wars: New York’s Legendary Tap Water in the Cross Hairs
New York's tap water is legendary. It's envied around the world for its purity, taste and abundance. Every week, billions of gallons of fresh, clean water are delivered from large pristine upstate...
View ArticleToxic-Free Zone: One City’s Approach to Protecting Residents from Fracking
As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) prepares to lift a ban that would re-open the Empire State to the controversial natural gas drilling process known as "fracking," one upstate city is taking a unique...
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