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EPA Launches National Study of Hydraulic Fracturing

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - March 18, 2010 3:38 pm EDT

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

by Mike Webb, ProPublica - March 12, 2010 10:07 am EDT

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?

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - February 26, 2010 9:00 am EDT

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

by Sabrina Shankman and Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - February 19, 2010 10:33 am EDT

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

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

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

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

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 EDT

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

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

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 EDT

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 EDT

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 EDT

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

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - December 27, 2009 8:12 am EDT

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

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

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 EDT

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 EDT

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 EDT

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 EDT

Please note that our Creative Commons license does NOT apply to this story.

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 EDT

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

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 18, 2009 3:32 pm EDT

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’

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

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

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Breaking on the Web: Natural Gas

December 21, 2009

Sierra Club’s Pro-Gas Dilemma Ben Casselman, Wall Street Journal, December 21, 2009

December 07, 2009

Va. Gas Well Royalties Don’t Reach People It Should Dan Gilbert, Bristol Herald Courier, December 07, 2009

November 24, 2009

Texas Worried About Air Pollution Near Drilling Site Mike Lee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 24, 2009

October 14, 2009

Federal Scientists: Limit Offshore Drilling Plans Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2009

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

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