FRAC Act—Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Water
June 10: This post has been corrected.
In a widely expected move that is sure to draw the ire of the oil and gas industry, Democra … more…
New York State Drilling Bill Would Override State Regulators to Protect Water
Oil and gas industry representatives have been singing the praises of state environmental regulations in recent weeks as they work to … more…
Industry Defends Federal Loophole for Drilling Before Packed Congressional Hearing
In a packed and sometimes contentious hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, representatives of the oil and gas industry and their st … more…
Natural Gas Drilling Debate Heats Up
Tomorrow a House Natural Resources subcommittee will hold its first hearing of 2009 on controversial issues related to the burgeoning … more…
Natural Gas Politics
Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massive energy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean … more…
EPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling Loophole
Signaling the potential for an important policy reversal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said in a congr … more…
16 Cattle Drop Dead Near Mysterious Fluid at Gas Drilling Site
ProPublica has been reporting for months about how natural gas drilling is affecting the environment, but of all the causes for co … more…
Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling
Update 6/9: Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Water
Norma Fiorentino's drinking water well … more…
Anatomy of a Gas Well
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Several layers of steel casing typically enclose a well bore. The empty spaces between can be sealed … more…
Colorado Study Links Methane in Water to Drilling
This story was co-published with the Denver Post.
Jesse Ellsworth thought something was wrong with his water when it began to … more…
Clean Natural Gas? Not in My Backyard
Got bubbles? Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking water supplies, but recen … more…
Gas Drilling Update: An Industry Setback in Utah, Plus an Overview From FLYP Media
A U.S. District Court judge put the brakes on a 110,000-acre last-minute sale of federal lands for natural gas drilling in Utah last … more…
Setting the Record Straight on Hydraulic Fracturing
In his Jan. 10 column in the Rocky Mountain News, Independence Institute analyst David Kopel significantly misstates the record on th … more…
Where Things Stand: Environmental Pitfalls of Drilling for Natural Gas in the U.S.
Editor’s note: As part of our year-end coverage, we’re checking in on the latest on each of our in-depth stories.
Drill, baby, dril … more…
NYC: Gas Drilling Will Raise the Cost of Water by 30 Percent
Using some of the strongest language yet regarding the impacts that natural gas drilling in New York state could have on New York Cit … more…
More Regulation of Gas Drilling in the Cards?
Democrats' control of Congress and the White House could bring tighter regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a process of shooting wate … more…
NYC Wants Consultants to Probe Effect of Gas Drilling on Drinking Water
As we have been reporting for the past several months, public officials are increasingly concerned about the energy industry's push t … more…
New Mexico Battles Feds to Stop Gas Drilling Near an Aquifer
New Mexico officials say a gas drilling proposal on federal lands threatens a pristine aquifer that could someday provide drinking wa … more…
Slideshow: Wyoming’s Natural Gas Fields
Last week, we reported on evidence that hydraulic fracturing, a form of natural gas drilling used by Halliburton and other contractor … more…
Buried Secrets: Is Natural Gas Drilling Endangering U.S. Water Supplies?
Nov. 19: This post has been corrected.
In July, a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rura … more…
June 12, 2009
Gov’t Report: Oil, Gas Auction Was Flawed Thomas Burr, Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 2009
February 25, 2009
Alaska Slams BP for 2008 Explosion Wesley Loy, Anchorage Daily News, February 25, 2009
February 11, 2009
Interior Dept. to Revamp Plan for Oil, Gas Exploration David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, February 11, 2009
February 04, 2009
Interior Secretary Cancels Leases on Federal Land in Utah Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, February 04, 2009
January 20, 2009
Court Stops Utah Oil and Gas Leases Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2009
January 14, 2009
IG Report Details Iraq Oil Contract Failures Walter Pincus, Washington Post, January 14, 2009
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