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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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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 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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EPA has asked Chesapeake Energy to give a "complete accounting" of all the hazardous chemicals released by a gas well that blew out last week
WASHINGTON—Regulators said on Tuesday they have asked Chesapeake Energy to give information on any...
Apr 27, 2011
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Pennslyvania has a total of 4.5 million acres of public lands. Estimates show that as few as 500,000 of these are permanently protected from gas drilling
Editor's Note: Some laud natural gas as cleaner burning, home-grown energy — a "bridge" fuel to a...
Apr 26, 2011
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Residents fear that fracking for gas will cause permanant harm to their forests, state parks and agricultural fields — in addition to their water and air
Editor's Note: Some laud natural gas as cleaner burning, home-grown energy — a "bridge" fuel to a...
Apr 25, 2011
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More than a million abandoned wells may be out there. But the task of finding, plugging and monitoring the old wells is daunting to cash-strapped states
In the last 150 years, prospectors and energy companies have drilled as many as 12 million holes...
Apr 10, 2011
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