Signs of fracking water found in freshwater mussels
"Cleaned" fracking water is not that clean, and can do significant long-term damage.
Tag: hydraulic fracturing
Hydraulic Fracking leaks much more often than we thought
These oil and gas wells spill pretty often to the surface, a new study found.
Scientists examine over 1,000 chemicals from fracking fluids: many linked to reproductive or development toxicity
The indispensable chemical mixture that allows the industry to fracture rock and release the gas trapped inside looks almost like ...
Fracking banned in New York state over possible threats to public health
New York state officials have chosen to ban fracking also known as hydraulic fracturing after a two-year period of review ...
US drinking water contaminated with gas because of faulty wells, but not fracking
Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images Stanford researchers traced back methane leaks from contaminated drinking water in ...
High level of arsenic contamination found in groundwater near fracking sites
Photo: Peak Oil Researchers at University of Texas at Arlington conducted tests on more than 100 water wells in Texas and ...
Frack now, ask questions later: bio impact of fracking still largely unknown
Since 2007, shale gas has boomed by 700% in the US and is projected to rise for the next 30 ...
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 ...
Everything you wanted to know about shale gas drilling (but were afraid to ask)
People ask me about shale gas all the time - I guess it goes with being a geologist. As much ...
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, ...
