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Methane Leaks in NYC Raise Doubt Over the Viability of Natural Gas and Fracking

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"big rig" currently vertical, Dimock, PA. photo: arimoore

New Study Exposes How Natural Gas Isn’t the Clean Fossil Fuel It’s Hyped up to Be Leakages of gas in production and distribution systems can lead to higher greenhouse gas levels than burning other fossil fuels like coal [...]

Recent Study Says Shale Brines Are Migrating to Drinking Water

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Carol French of Bradford County, Pa., told Public Herald in a June 2012 interview how she believes Marcellus and fracking fluids have migrated from deep underground to contaminate her drinking water. photo: J.B.Pribanic

New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water by Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania’s natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking [...]

North Dakota’s Fracking Spills a ‘Significant Problem’

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In situ burn at a crude oil spill on a wetland in Mountrail County, North Dakota. photo: USFWS (flickr)

North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity by Nicholas Kusnetz for ProPublica Oil drilling has sparked a frenzied prosperity in Jeff Keller’s formerly quiet corner of western North Dakota in recent years, bringing an infusion of jobs and [...]

Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Fracking

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Flag-map of Vermont. photo: Wikimedia Commons

In an excerpt from StateImpact’s report, the industry responds to Vermont’s decision: The Amer­i­can Petro­leum Insti­tute is rais­ing ques­tions about the measure’s con­sti­tu­tion­al­ity, argu­ing a whole­sale ban on an indus­trial prac­tice vio­lates the document’s Com­merce Clause. Vermont Fracking [...]

EPA Sets Air Quality Regulations for Fracking Emissions: Effective 2015

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A natural gas well during the 'flaring' stage. photo: J.B. Pribanic

The EPA’s First Fracking Rules — Limited and Delayed by for Lena Groeger ProPublica The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever national air pollution regulations for fracking on Wednesday. First proposed in July 2011, the final rules have been welcomed by environmental groups [...]