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 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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Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County
After three chemical spills in the past nine days, and following a history of environmental problems over the last year, Pennsylvania … more…
DEP Issues Citation to Pennsylvania Driller as a Third Spill Occurs
Pennsylvania environment officials have charged Cabot Oil and Gas with five violations after nearly 8,000 gallons of hydraulic … more…
More Gas Contamination Affects Pennsylvania Residents
Pennsylvania environment officials are investigating another natural gas well leak, after residents near the town of Roaring Branch … more…
Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said
When methane began bubbling out of kitchen taps near a gas drilling site in Pennsylvania last winter, a state regulator described the … more…
Inhofe Defends Hydraulic Fracturing on Senate Floor
In a lengthy speech Tuesday Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, … more…
Natural Gas Advocate Takes Gas Industry to Task
They were tough words for the natural gas industry to hear. In a blunt speech before the Colorado Oil and Gas Association last week, … more…
Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing
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Legislators who've been pushing a bill to regulate a controversial natural gas … more…
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Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data
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