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EPA Launches National Study of Hydraulic Fracturing

Responding to reports of environmental contamination in gas drilling areas across the country, the U.S. Environmental Protection A … more…

ProPublica Stories Cited by Scripps Howard Foundation

Two ProPublica reporting projects were finalists for the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award. Abrahm Lustgarten and J … more…

New Yorkers’ Drilling Comments Are In … Now What?

When New York State's environmental agency came out with a draft environmental review of drilling in the Marcellus Shale in September … more…

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…

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

Feb. 9: This post has been updated.

For months, the gas drilling industry and environmentalists alike have been fixated on New York, … 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…

2: Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman on Gas Drilling Wastewater

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

Montana Gas and Oil Regulatory Actions on the Rise

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

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.

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…

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns

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

Last Public Hearing on New York’s Gas Drilling Plan Tonight

A hearing tonight in Corning, NY marks the fourth and final public hearing on the state’s environmental review of natural gas drillin … 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…