States Seek Profit, Regulation from Natural Gas Drilling
Pennsylvania’s latest budget proposal includes a tax on energy firms that tap the state’s shale gas reserves.
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Climate Change To Heighten International Tensions Over Freshwater Resources
Growing supply and demand gaps.
NYC Seeks to Ban Gas Drilling Within the City’s Watershed
Fracking could contaminate New York’s unfiltered water supply and require costly filtration, report says.
Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don’t Know
It takes brute force and millions of gallons of chemical-laden watery sand to wrestle natural gas from the earth.
State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread Too Thin to Do Their Jobs
A dead zone in the mountain country of West Virginia meant illegal dumping of watery chemicals.
Drilling Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report Have Problems of Their Own
By Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman ProPublica A version of this story is being published by the Albany Times-Union. Environmentalists, state regulators and even energy companies agree that the problem most likely to slow natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in New York is safely disposing of the billions of gallons of contaminated wastewater […]
Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution
By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Versions of this story were published in the Albany Times Union and the Times Herald-Record. As environmental concerns threaten to derail natural gas drilling projects across the country, the energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation’s reserves without polluting air and drinking water. Energy […]
Climate Negotiations Must Consider Water and Energy Together, IWA Says
Water policy and energy policy must be integrated, according to the International Water Association
Peter Gleick: What the Frack? Poisoning Water for Energy Profits
Injecting water, chemicals, and sand to “frack” the gas from shale rock formations.
Pennsylvania Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns
By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Pennsylvania residents whose streams and fields have been damaged by toxic spills and whose drinking water has allegedly been contaminated by drilling for natural gas are suing the Houston-based energy company that drilled the wells. A worker at the company is among the 15 families bringing suit. The civil case, filed […]
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Africa News Southern Africa Water Wire IPS-hosted African News Feed Asian carp A list of eating instructions The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries posted a video and instructions on carp consumption. Asian Carp Management An official U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Web site designed to coordinate control and management of Asian carp in the […]
Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about the wastewater created by the process: It’s radioactive. And they have yet to say how they’ll deal with it. The information comes from New York’s Department […]
