US Surpasses Russia and Saudi Arabia as World’s Largest Oil and Gas Producer
A new report released by the Energy Information Administration showed that the US will end 2013 as the largest producer ...
Tag: hydraulic fracking
New study links high levels arsenic and other contaminants to hydraulic fracking sites
A new study of 100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated links of contaminants such ...
New evidence links fluid injected into fracking wells to significant earthquakes in the US
A trio of papers recently published in Science link hydraulic fracking and geothermal energy production to numerous earthquakes in the ...
Fracking accident leaks benzene into Colorado stream
Here we go: once again, Colorado's fracking boom raised fears that something dangerous will be leaked in the water, and ...
“Hands off!”, Oil industry warns the US government
Oil, oil, shale gas, oil, fracking, oil - this is pretty much all you hear all day, especially if you ...
The real reasons why American CO2 emissions dropped this year
This year, we witnessed the United States' carbon emissions drop to a record level, one that hasn't been seen in ...
Shale gas isn’t a ‘clean bridge fuel’, study finds
There has been a lot of fuss lately about shale gas, which has become increasingly important in the past decade, ...