On AlterNet: gas drilling

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "gas drilling"

Oscar-Nominated 'Gasland' Director Calls Latest Attack on His Film 'Outlandish' and Tells Why the Industry Is Getting Desperate

Brad Jacobson, AlterNet. February 22, 2011.

Josh Fox talks about why the gas industry is losing control of the message and how it has underestimated the power of citizens affected by gas drilling.

Fracking With Food: How the Natural Gas Industry Poisons Cows and Crops

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 30, 2010.

Natural gas drilling operations have mucked up food from Colorado to Pennsylvania. So why is no one paying attention?

How Long Will the Natural Gas Industry Run Amok in the Northeast?

Kara Cusolito, The Nation. June 11, 2010.

From Pennsylvania to Ohio, natural gas drilling is wreaking havoc on communities and landowners. What will it take to get stronger regulatory oversight?

Meet America's Most Endangered River, Thanks to the Natural Gas Drilling Industry

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. June 4, 2010.

Off-shore oil drilling is not the only risky business in the industry. Natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale is raising alarm.

Flammable Drinking Water? Why Gas Drilling in New York and Nearby States Could Become an Environmental Catastrophe

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. April 21, 2010.

A new EPA study could completely reshape natural gas drilling practices in the U.S. But will New York wait around for the findings?

Is New York's Budget Deficit Leading it to Adopt Natural Gas Drilling Practices That Threaten Drinking Water?

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. January 20, 2010.

The state's environmental regulations are supposed to ensure that drilling in the Marcellus Shale proceeds smoothly; they don't even come close.

Residents of Upstate New York Fight Gas Drilling...With Zombies (Video)

Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. December 15, 2009.

"Frac Attack: Dawn of the Watershed" is essentially a zombie PSA with a clear message: Stop gas drilling.

Radioactive Wastewater in New York Raises More Concerns About Oil Drilling

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 10, 2009.

In a state hardly equipped to deal with such materials, drilling advocates have yet to explain where the water will go.

Company Says NYC Watershed More Important Than Profit From a Gas Well

Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica. October 28, 2009.

The company's announcement takes many of NYC's concerns off the table, but others, including what will happen with the wastewater from drilling across the state, remain.

NYC's Drinking Water at Risk? State OKs Controversial Gas Drilling Inside the Watershed

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. October 1, 2009.

Have the necessary precautions been put in place by the state to safeguard drinking water for 9 million people?

Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than Officials Said

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. August 5, 2009.

Methane released from gas drilling has caused a fatal explosion and water contamination across seven counties in Pennsylvania.

New York Times Looks Like Industry Shill in Latest Story on Gas Drilling

Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. June 25, 2009.

The paper published a story about the virtues of natural gas drilling that read like an industry power point presentation.

Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Water

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. June 16, 2009.

The bills would require the energy industry to disclose the chemicals it uses in a controversial drilling practice that threatens drinking water.

Congress May Close Huge Drilling Industry Loophole that Threatens Clean Drinking Water

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. May 26, 2009.

Congress is having second thoughts about the environmental dangers posed by the burgeoning gas drilling industry.

Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. April 30, 2009.

When houses are exploding because of gas seeping into well water, you know you have a serious problem.

Thanks to Natural Gas Drilling, PA's Water Is Flammable

Staff, Clean Water Action AlterNet: Water. April 30, 2009.

Watch this video to see a person light drinking water on fire as it comes out of the tap.

New York's Drinking Water Threatened by Drilling Plans

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. February 27, 2009.

The state has done little to study the impacts drilling might have on water supplies and is unprepared to treat the waste water it produces.

How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 26, 2008.

A rush to develop domestic oil, gas and uranium deposits along the Colorado River and its tributaries is a threat to our children's future

NYC: Gas Drilling Will Raise the Cost of Water by 30 Percent

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 16, 2008.

NYC's chief accountant warned state officials that drilling could have "crippling implications" for the city's water system.