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Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a drilling process that injects millions of gallons of water, sand and undisclosed chemicals at high pressure into horizontal wells to crack open shale rock and release natural gas. Largely unregulated, the fast-spreading gas-extraction method is enjoying an unprecedented boom, but it could also be contaminating underground water supplies.
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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Michigan, one of the last states to join the gas drilling boom, is enacting strict rules against the industry to protect its water before it's too late
As one of the last states to join the natural gas hydraulic fracturing fray, Michigan might be one...
Feb 22, 2011
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In one of the first studies to observe the full course of drilling, scientists found that a well and a pipeline killed trees but did not affect groundwater
A new report by the U.S. Forest Service offers one of the most detailed accounts yet of how...
Feb 6, 2011
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The authors warn shale gas will be burned in addition to coal, not as a substitute, and block renewable energy development
Without a global carbon price, the expanding shale gas boom would exacerbate climate change and...
Jan 19, 2011
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State regulations, especially renewable portfolio standards, will continue as the main drivers of cleantech growth in the U.S., experts say
Cleantech startups could give investors considerably more to cheer about in 2011, if market...
Jan 5, 2011
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“It’s not as if it looks like the industry is hiding something. They are hiding something.”
WASHINGTON—Convincing the natural gas industry that a chemical disclosure protocol should be...
Dec 1, 2010
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Deutsche Bank report predicts massive fuel switching from coal to cleaner burning gas, even without a price on carbon
In 2009, U.S. lawmakers hoping to pass comprehensive climate legislation added tens of billions of...
Nov 22, 2010
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Of the nine companies EPA has asked for full disclosure of the chemicals used in gas drilling, only Halliburton has refused
On Nov. 9, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Halliburton had refused to give the...
Nov 18, 2010
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Disclosure is the rule, anything else is a rare exception, state official says
Two chemical manufacturers are seeking an exemption from new rules in Wyoming that require public...
Nov 2, 2010
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Industry says "yes," but environmental groups say voluntary disclosure is insufficient, as national web tool takes shape
A coalition of state water regulators is introducing a first-ever national Web tool to post...
Oct 19, 2010
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