Congress Launches Investigation Into Gas Drilling Practices
Two of the largest companies involved in natural gas drilling have acknowledged pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel-ba … more…
Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
As more gas wells are drilled in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale, more cases of toxic spills are being reported. Earlier this month, P … more…
Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don’t Know
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
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
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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In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground
This story was co-published with Politico.
For more than a decade the energy industry has steadfastly argued before courts, C … more…
Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope – Repeal It!
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…
New Yorkers Tell State Enviro Department: ‘No Fracking Way’
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…
Pennsylvania Tells Drilling Company to Clean Up Its Act
After a year of chemical spills, water well contamination and an explosion caused by leaking underground methane, Cabot Oil and Gas C … more…
Does Chesapeake’s No-Drilling Pledge Do Enough to Protect NYC’s Watershed?
Last week, the largest natural gas lease holder in New York state issued two slightly different messages about its plans for drilling … more…
Feisty Audience Tackles Natural Gas Drilling Report
At the first public hearing of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's review of natural gas drilling, one speaker su … more…
New York Drilling Study a Step Forward
New York's recently released review of the environmental risks (PDF) posed by natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale offers … more…
Map: Number of Producing Gas Wells
August 20, 2009
Gas Industry Girds to Fight in the Senate Over Climate Ben Casselman, Ben Casselman, August 20, 2009
August 17, 2009
State Parks Targeted for Oil, Gas Drilling Julie Carr Smyth, AP, August 17, 2009
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