Articles by: Fracking News

Owen Paterson: fracking would be boon for poorest parts of the UK

Former environment secretarys comments a reminder of just how out of touch the Tories are, says Labour Fracking could be a financial boon to poor and remote parts of the UK, according to former environment secretary and climate change sceptic …

October 16, 2014 - 9:13 am Energy RSS, Fracing

'No brutality' at fracking protests

No evidence has been found of police brutality against anti-fracking demonstrators at Barton Moss, an independent report finds.

October 16, 2014 - 8:55 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Landowners sue over fracking delay

Landowners in Southern Illinois are suing Gov. Pat Quinn and the head of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, saying the state's delays in issuing permits for horizontal hydraulic fracturing are unconstitutional.

October 16, 2014 - 8:39 am Energy RSS, Fracing

‘Fracking boom could fuel increase in emissions’

FRACKING will not stop ­climate change and could lead to 11 per cent higher greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, some of the world’s top scientists have warned.

October 15, 2014 - 7:12 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking firm lodging appeal after council rejects its planning application

West Sussex county council refused application by Celtique Energie for oil and gas exploration near South Downs national park A fracking company is lodging an appeal against a county council decision to refuse it permission to explore for oil and …

October 15, 2014 - 1:06 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

SE Illinois pro-fracking coalition holds meeting in White Co.

A grassroots pro-fracking coalition met with landowners and politicians Tuesday night in Carmi, Illinois. 

October 15, 2014 - 11:53 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking sites fertile ground for NY candidates

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Pennsylvania drilling sites are emerging as destinations for political pilgrimage for candidates for governor in New York as politicians and voters alike weigh in on whether to allow the technique called hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.…

October 14, 2014 - 6:06 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Study Links Hundreds of Ohio Quakes to Fracking

Study links hundreds of small, unnoticeable Ohio earthquakes in late 2013 to fracking

October 14, 2014 - 6:00 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Study links hundreds of Ohio quakes to fracking

A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated oil-and-gas …

October 14, 2014 - 5:48 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking Linked to More Ohio Earthquakes

Another rare case of fracking-caused earthquakes has jolted Ohio. A new study connects some 400 micro-earthquakes near the town of Canton, in Harrison County, to hydraulic fracturing wells. The three wells operated from September through October 2013 in the Utica …

October 14, 2014 - 5:07 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking Triggers More Ohio Earthquakes

Another rare case of fracking-caused earthquakes has jolted Ohio. A new study connects some 400 micro-earthquakes near the town of Canton, in Harrison County, to hydraulic fracturing wells. The three wells operated from September through October 2013 in the Utica …

October 14, 2014 - 5:07 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Study links hundreds of Ohio quakes to fracking

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated oil-and-gas extraction technique.

October 14, 2014 - 5:01 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

No vote on Illinois fracking rules until November

An Illinois legislative panel has put off voting on rules for high-volume oil and gas extraction until next month, as it grapples with how to ensure regulations are fair to industry while protecting the …

October 14, 2014 - 4:10 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking Water Treatment: The North American Market

– Identify reasons behind re-evaluating water as a strategic element in the value chain as seen by oil and gas companies. – Learn about treatment technologies which includes performance data as well as capital and operating-cost information. – BCC Research …

October 14, 2014 - 3:48 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

No fracking without court order: DNR boss

The director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources testified Tuesday that if state legislators do not act to set rules governing horizontal hydraulic fracturing the agency will not issue fracking permits “absent a court order to the contrary.”

October 14, 2014 - 1:39 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

UK to allow fracking companies to use 'any substance' under homes

Proposed amendment in Infrastructure Bill would make mockery of world class shale gas regulation claims, campaigners say The UK government plans to allow fracking companies to put any substance under peoples homes and property and leave it there, as part …

October 14, 2014 - 1:00 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking drives growth in sand mining, raises new health-risk questions

Demand is exploding for the massive amounts of sand used in fracking, creating a windfall for mines from Texas to Wisconsin but leading to worries about the health impacts of… Click to Continue »

October 13, 2014 - 4:05 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking Michigan — here we go again

Once again several hundred thousand acres of northern Michigan are in play for fracking in an area 25 to 70 miles south and east of Traverse City.

October 13, 2014 - 10:15 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking fears in South West

Some of WA's best agricultural land could be opened up to controversial gas exploration.

October 12, 2014 - 2:10 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking rules to disappoint environmentalists

Fracking opponents hope the state of Illinois will adopt rules to implement fracking so onerous that oil companies will not proceed to drill. The opponents will likely be disappointed. read more

October 12, 2014 - 2:08 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Anti-fracking protesters march on Premier's Warrnambool office

MORE than 50 people protesting against fracking dragged a mock oil rig to the doorstep of Premier Denis Napthine’s Warrnambnool office on Saturday.

October 12, 2014 - 1:07 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking fears in South West

Some of WA's best agricultural land could be opened up to controversial gas exploration.

October 12, 2014 - 12:15 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

In Texas, Traffic Deaths Climb Amid Fracking Boom

Texas is in the midst of a fracking boom, which is opening up huge energy reserves and bringing in jobs. But traffic fatalities, some involving inexperienced and fatigued truck drivers, have surged.

October 12, 2014 - 6:57 am Energy RSS, Fracing

In Texas, Traffic Deaths Climb Amid Fracking Boom

Texas is in the midst of a fracking boom, which is opening up huge energy reserves and bringing in jobs. But traffic fatalities, some involving inexperienced and fatigued truck drivers, have surged.

October 12, 2014 - 6:47 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking will improve, not hurt public health

University of Maryland researchers just concluded that hydraulic fracturing — the process of shaking oil and gas free from below — could endanger the health of nearby residents by exposing them to air

October 12, 2014 - 6:46 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Experts share fracking infornaton at meeting

People curious about fracking in North Carolina attended an informational panel Saturday afternoon.

October 11, 2014 - 10:56 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Pink Drill Bits Bring Complaints of Komen Tie to Fracking

The Komen Foundation has again riled breast-cancer activists, this time by accepting $100,000 from a company that serves the fracking industry.

October 11, 2014 - 8:37 am Energy RSS, Fracing

Fracking review panel members pulled from academia

Five-person panel given a year to complete work

October 10, 2014 - 8:54 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

In Texas, a Fight Over Fracking

The possible success of a referendum to ban the gas-extraction process called hydraulic fracturing in Denton, Tex., has alarmed oil and gas companies.

October 8, 2014 - 8:38 pm Energy RSS, Fracing

Pennsylvania seeks record fine for EQT fracking fluid leak

(Reuters) – Pennsylvania environmental regulators on Tuesday sought a record $4.5 million penalty from EQT Corp, a natural gas producer, for damage caused by the release of fracking fluids from a gas drilling site in the Marcellus region. The production …

October 7, 2014 - 2:41 pm Energy RSS, Fracing