Center for Biological Diversity (press release) The BLM cites sequester-related budget cuts as the reason for the postponement, but lease sales continue in other state...
Chickasha Express Star ENID — The controversial drilling technique hydraulic fracturing uses 90 percent water, and criticism that it harms the environment is not true, Brian Woodard, of Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, said Monday. Woodard, OIPA vice president of ...
Contra Costa Times Lobbyist Paul Deiro of the Western States Petroleum Association told the committee that he sincerely hopes Pavley, industry representatives and other concerned parties can get together with Brown's advisers to work out "a comprehensive regulatory ...
Forbes But the big change in the last two decades is shale gas and “tight oil” – a liquid, trapped in shale (rock), where it doesn't flow naturally but can be extracted ...
CBC.ca Critics of shale gas development say they're disappointed with the report. Some residents of the Taymouth and Stanley areas north of Fredericton, where exploratory drilling has already happened, say the blueprint ignores warnings about hydro-fracking ... and more »
Law360 (subscription) Law360, New York (May 08, 2013, 1:47 PM ET) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued a final rule requiring chemical companies to inform it before manufacturing, processing or importing any of 15 certain chemical substances for ...
Huffington Post KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 9 (Reuters) - An elderly nun and two other peace activists will be sentenced in September on their convictions for damaging a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored, a federal judge said on ... and more »
Huffington Post WORC is calling on states to improve the way they monitor and regulate oil and gas drilling , especially where it affects water — and in many states, wa...
The Independent This releases the hydrocarbons by blasting a mixture of water, chemicals and sand into the shale and has already been linked to earthquakes and water pollution. The government banned fracking for just over a year, after the first hydraulic ... In a ... and more »
SW Radio Africa Coal mining involves the use of chemicals such as ammonia, tar, benzine and cammonia, which Masunda said would be released into the ground, leading to the contamination of underground water streams, while also destroying marine life. Although an ...
