On AlterNet: hydraulic fracturing
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "hydraulic fracturing"
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 17, 2009.
The energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation's natural gas reserves without polluting air and drinking water.
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.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. December 8, 2009.
An estimated 77 billion barrels of contaminated water were generated worldwide in 2000 by oil and gas operations. In recent years this volume has increased.
Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. December 2, 2009.
The company, which had to pay $120,000 in pollution fines earlier this year, has denied charges that it's poisoning Pennsylvania's water.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 1, 2009.
The civil case, filed in Scranton, Pa., seeks to stop future drilling in the Marcellus Shale by Cabot Oil and Gas near the town of Dimock.
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.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. September 24, 2009.
More bad news about the threats to water quality from drilling operations that use fracking.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. July 9, 2009.
The industry is misleading the public into a false choice between the economy and the environment.
