Huffington Post Fracking, a process that injects millions of gallons of chemical mixed water into a well in order to release gas, has become a contentious issue in New York as critics of the process belive it contaminates drinking water among other hazards. NewYork ...
Amherst Bulletin Caroline White-Nockleby, left, talks about Climate Summer, a group bicycling to promote clean energy and raise awareness of the dangers of fracking for natural gas, as other riders Sarah Foster, center, and Lydia Federico listen Tuesday at North Star ...
Nature.com So, in modern optics research, scientists have developed many types of reflecting surfaces and resonators based on other principles. Given the tremendous and long-standing emphasis that optics places on trapping light, it is ... This is a dielectric ...
Texas Tribune Metzger said the chemicals can seep into air, water and soil and are often blamed for pollution in and around drilling areas. “If we're exporting it, we're keeping all the ... One can't take precedent over the other so much.” While H.R. 1900 focuses on ... and more »
San Antonio Express The water fractures the rock to release oil and gas. Modern fracking employs water, sand and various chemicals that greatly enhance the efficiency ...
Bryan-College Station Eagle Keeping it that way is something he makes a point of doing because, "when scientists make a new chemical , we have to know how to fight it," Gallegos said. Andreina Diaz, an instructor from Venezuela, ... While many of the participants from Chile ... and more »
Economic Times Unless, there is some revolutionary technological breakthrough, which does not require use of fresh water and chemicals , it is vital that we seriously ask ourselves this question: Should we further endanger a rapidly depleting resource on which all ... and more »
Huffington Post Peter Blanchard, director of response services for the agency, said short-term funding was secure but acknowledged his staff was stretched thin, with planning for future spills often inhibited by the need to respond to other kinds of accidents. Payne ... and more »
unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) The statistics are startling; according to a new report by the Center for Environmental Health, 25 percent of chemicals used in fracking have been linked to cancer, and 35 percent of chemicals used in fracking disrupt the normal functioning of our ...
Wall Street Journal The move comes at a time when Dow Chemical Co. and other petrochemical producers, who had even five years ago considered the U.S. too expensive a place to manufacture chemicals , are now planning multibillion-dollar investments in the country. The ... and more »
