Patch.com The other two projects are in Franklin County and Philadelphia. Kratz said CFA chooses which projects to award using a scoring system that measures economic activity and project viability, among other considerations. ... Though it still emits pollution ... and more »
Chicago Tonight | WTTW The Fracking Boom's Other Frontier. Paris Schutz | September 26, 2013 11:00 am. The rules are set, and now high level fracking is about to come to Illinois. It's the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas deep below the ground. But ...
Huffington Post Canada Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced in June plans to raise the corporate liability cap to $1 billion from $30 million for environmental and other damage that could result from offshore oil drilling . Environmental activists said it's ... and more »
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 4-8 among 1,506 adults, finds that, as with other energy-related issues, there is a sharp partisan divide on the Keyst...
Dallas Morning News (blog) The commission's recommendation would require gas drilling operations be set back at least 1,500 feet from homes, businesses, churches and many other protected uses. That's far more restrictive than the city's current ordinance, which calls for just a ...
Wall Street Journal Driving activists' interest is the upbeat outlook for the $770 billion chemical industry, with growth fueled by cheaper natural gas that makes its raw materials cost less than in many other parts of the world. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking ... and more »
WLTX.com "By combining analyses of water and other volatiles from SAM with mineralogical, chemical , and geological data from Curiosity's other instruments, we have...
Dallas Morning News The recommendation would require drilling operations be set back at least 1,500 feet from homes, businesses, churches and other “protected uses.” The city's current ordinance requires a 300-foot setback. The new measure would also require disclosure of ... and more »
Reuters Precious time will be consumed on both issues as they bounce back and forth between the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic Senate, with each party anxious to make the other look uncompromising and thus responsible for any economic damage ... and more »
