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.
…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.
…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
…People curious about fracking in North Carolina attended an informational panel Saturday afternoon.
…The Komen Foundation has again riled breast-cancer activists, this time by accepting $100,000 from a company that serves the fracking industry.
…Five-person panel given a year to complete work
…The possible success of a referendum to ban the gas-extraction process called hydraulic fracturing in Denton, Tex., has alarmed oil and gas companies.
…(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 …
Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI), the $26 billion (marketcap) oilservices provider with oil and gas operations in 80 countries, flipped the switch Wednesday on its new policy of disclosing 100% of the chemistry in its hydraulic fracturing fluids. The company said …
The rush to embrace natural gas and fracking is steamrolling valid worries about long-term risks to environment.
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Duke, Ohio State, Stanford, Dartmouth, Rochester scientists conclude that failed pipe and cement allowed gas to leak
The first peer-reviewed comprehensive studies testing drinking water quality and any links to nearby shale gas production have found that the well completion …
In a ruling Thursday that overturned the city of Longmont’s ban on hydraulic fracture stimulation, a Boulder County, Colorado judge—and the case itself—illustrated the power that Proposition 89 would convey to municipalities and other local governments statewide.
Boulder Judge D.D. …
Note: this is Part Two of a two-part series looking at the rapid pace of oil and gas development in Weld County in 2014. Click here to read Part One: Will Voters Kill Colorado’s Golden Goose?
2013 was a record …
Residents of Loveland voted against a moratorium on fracing on June 24, the first city in Colorado to do so.
Loveland is the sixth Colorado city to put a halt on fracing to a vote according to the Coloradoan. …
Jerry Brown, the Democratic Governor of California, signed a bill on September 11, 2013, enacting strict measures on hydraulic fracturing in the state.
The bill, which he describes as “the most comprehensive of any in the country,” requires drilling companies …
