The Detroit News The bills would call for more transparency of the chemicals used by companies to conduct hydraulic drilling , study the environmental impact of fracking and give the state more oversight authority. “We need to make sure that fracking companies are being ... and more »
Aspen Business Journal Sharply revised downward a 2010 estimate showing that leaking gas from wells and pipelines was contributing to climate change, crediting better pollution controls by the drilling industry even as other reports indicate the leaks may be larger than ... and more »
Environment & Energy Publishing The agenda also lays the path for a number of expected clean air and chemical regulations, including limits on ozone pollution, limits on sulfur in gasoline and regulation of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. EPA sent the future power plant proposal ...
Stuff.co.nz With the help of images taken from space, mission managers plotted a path that was mostly straight with not a lot of boulders, steep slopes and other poten...
Hickory Daily Record Sen Holiday joined nine other protesters at the Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility. The protesters were ... MORGANTON — Chanting “Poiso...
Huffington Post A spark triggered a flash explosion and a fire after a problem during the "flow back" process when drilling fluids are pumped into storage tanks, according to Pat Heaster, director of emergency services in Doddridge County, about 100 miles north of ... and more »
A.V. Club ... water suddenly burst into flames, Gasland Part II helpfully explains that fracking (short for “hydraulic fracturing”) involves drilling a well into gas...
The Guardian America's carbon emissions have dropped 800 million tons since 2007 and are back to 1995 levels, with gas displacing coal and some oil responsible for about half of the total reduction. The carbon benefits of gas will increase as methane rates are cut ... and more »
Environment & Energy Publishing But together they add up to at least 15.6 million gallons of oil, fracking fluid, wastewater and other liquids reported spilled at production sites last year. That's more than the volume of oil that leaked from the shattered hull of the Exxon Valdez in ... and more »
Huffington Post LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - The number of claims filed against BP Plc's oil spill compensation fund has risen by 18 percent over the last six weeks to a total of 195,403, according to the claims website - even though payouts began almost a year ago and ... and more »
