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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 Agency will conduct a nationwide scientific study to determine if the problems are caused by the practice of injecting chemicals and water underground to fracture the gas-bearing rock.

The study, announced Thursday but hinted at for months, will revisit research the agency published in 2004, which concluded that the process of hydraulic fracturing did not pose a threat to drinking water. The 2004 … more

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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-based … 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, … more

Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land

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

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

Interactive: Search Gas Drilling Data in Your State

by Jeff Larson, ProPublica - December 30, 2009 1:21 pm EDT

As part of our report on the strain that the nationwide boom in gas drilling has placed on state regulators, we collected and … 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 rocky … 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 … more

A Fracking Mischaracterization

by Paul Steiger, ProPublica - December 24, 2009 12:13 pm EDT

The headline on Tuesday’s editorial in Investor’s Business Daily – “Get the Frackin’ Gas” – is both clever and on the mark. The … more

Chemicals Sneak Past Law Regulating Tap Water

by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 17, 2009 12:05 pm EDT

This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.

The New York Times' latest story in its … more

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