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In 2011, drillers pumped more than 500 million gallons of toxic fluid into Ohio's injection wells. More than half of the wastewater came from other states.
A series of earthquakes that rumbled from an oil and gas wastewater well in Ohio last year has...
May 1, 2012
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In an interview, Robert Lestz discusses everything from the risks of using propane to why Canadian companies are more willing to try something new.
When Robert Lestz was a research engineer at Chevron in the 1990s, he began searching for a way to...
Nov 14, 2011
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Little-noticed drilling technique uses propane gel, not water, to release natural gas. Higher cost, lack of data and industry habit stand in the way.
ALBANY, N.Y.—In the debate over hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, two facts are beyond dispute...
Nov 6, 2011
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Documents and interviews reveal that one Pa. water utility has already leased its watershed to gas drillers — and many others are being courted
Cynthia Walter, an ecologist at St. Vincent College outside Pittsburgh, gets a lot of emails from...
Jul 19, 2011
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While environmental groups say technology to clean up wastewater is important, it can't protect drinking water from toxic fracking fluids left underground
A new measure imposed by Pennsylvania regulators to stop natural gas drillers from disposing...
May 23, 2011
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For some, fracking has meant royalty payments and employment. Still others have no land to lease and no jobs available, as they face higher living costs
Editor's Note: SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Northeastern...
May 20, 2011
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'While we're drilling wells there are going to be a whole lot of trucks going past your house. And you're not going to like that,' says an industry insider
Editor's Note: SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Northeastern...
May 19, 2011
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The gas industry’s promise of prosperity has cleaved some communities and frayed the fabric that traditionally binds small towns together
Editor's Note: SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Northeastern Pennsylvania...
May 18, 2011
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A study on the impact of fracking in Pennsylvania and New York shows water within1 kilometer of gas wells has methane levels over 17 times normal
For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing...
May 10, 2011
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The Aubrees were the lone holdouts against a developer's plan to tap gas in their small town. Now, living in the shadow of drilling rigs, they're leaving
Editor's Note: SolveClimate News reporter Elizabeth McGowan traveled to Northeastern Pennsylvania...
May 3, 2011
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