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New Gas Drilling Rules, More Staff for Pennsylvania’s Environmental Agency

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - February 9, 2010 12:44 pm EST

For months, the gas drilling industry and environmentalists alike have been fixated on New York, waiting for its environmental agency … more

Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 27, 2010 4:08 pm EST

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

2: Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman on Gas Drilling Wastewater

by Mike Webb, ProPublica - January 20, 2010 2:30 pm EST

Guests Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman talk about their latest report “Drilling Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report … more

Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 6, 2010 5:00 pm EST

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has changed the procedures the Bureau of Land Management must follow before leasing federal land for o … more

Montana Gas and Oil Regulatory Actions on the Rise

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 5, 2010 1:51 pm EST

Last week, ProPublica rolled out a database tracking natural gas drilling and regulation in each of the 32 drilling states in the cou … more

Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don’t Know

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - December 31, 2009 2:48 pm EST

It takes brute force to wrest natural gas from the earth. Millions of gallons of chemical-laden water mixed with sand -- under eno … more

State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread Too Thin to Do Their Jobs

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - December 30, 2009 12:38 pm EST

Larry Parrish knew something was wrong as soon as he wheeled his state-owned pickup off the West Virginia highway and onto the roc … more

Drilling Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report Have Problems of Their Own

by Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 29, 2009 12:00 am EST

Dec. 29: This story has been updated and clarified.

A version of this story is being published by the Albany Times-Union.

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New York City Calls for Drilling Ban in Watershed, Rejects State Study

by Joaquin Sapien and Abrahm Lustgarten and Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - December 24, 2009 3:47 pm EST

After months of warning signs,  New York City officials have called for a ban on natural gas drilling within the city’s 2,000-square- … more

Colorado Towns Take Extra Measures to Protect Their Water From Gas Drilling

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - December 15, 2009 4:08 pm EST

In 2005 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management offered up thousands of acres of federal land in Colorado to drilling. Because the land wa … more

Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - December 14, 2009 12:00 am EST

Versions of this story were published in the Albany Times Union and the Times Herald-Record.

As environmental concerns threaten … more

Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope – Repeal It!

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 6:12 pm EST

There's nearly a month left in a public comment period for an environmental review of natural gas drilling in New York, but envi … more

Familiarity Breeds Content

by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica - December 3, 2009 2:39 pm EST

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When I was a young reporter in the Washington bureau … more

Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - November 20, 2009 10:00 am EST

Pennsylvania residents whose streams and fields have been damaged by toxic spills and whose drinking water has allegedly been contami … more

New Yorkers Tell State Enviro Department: ‘No Fracking Way’

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 3:42 pm EST

It didn't take long for a New York City public hearing on natural gas drilling to descend into near chaos.

Just seconds after the f … more

ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten on the Brian Lehrer Show

by Mike Webb, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 3:31 pm EST

Yesterday, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show had ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten on to discuss his report about the high level of radioactive m … more

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

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - November 9, 2009 5:10 am EST

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

Pennsylvania Tells Drilling Company to Clean Up Its Act

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 6, 2009 9:40 am EST

After a year of chemical spills, water well contamination and an explosion caused by leaking underground methane, Cabot Oil and Gas C … more

Public Gets More Time to Comment on New York’s Gas Drilling Plans

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 4, 2009 4:40 pm EST

Responding to calls from politicians, environmentalists and concerned residents, the New York State Department of Environmental Conse … more

Does Chesapeake’s No-Drilling Pledge Do Enough to Protect NYC’s Watershed?

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 2:40 pm EST

Last week, the largest natural gas lease holder in New York state issued two slightly different messages about its plans for drilling … more

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