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Fracktoids: Hydraulic Fracturing Stories
A curated overview of social media, video, and links on fracking.
A Boost in Radiation Monitoring for FrackingPennsylvania will step up its monitoring of naturally occurring radiation levels in water, rock cuttings and drilling wastes associated w...
Wastewater from fracking could be too much to handle, study saysMladen Antonov / AFP - Getty Images The practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, produces a relatively small amount of wastewater, ...
Does the fracking boom kill renewables?We ask Ethan Zindler of Bloomberg New Energy Finance if a clean energy boom and the expansion of fracking are mutually exclusive.
"Sorry we signed? You bet." Pennsylvania residents tell their fracking stories huff.to/11XpdO9
Fracked And Fractured: Pennsylvania Residents Gambling On Natural Gas DrillingPOINT MARION, Pa. -- Dave Cogar counts down the days until he's fracked. Through a haze of cigarette smoke at the Brass Rail bar here, he...
Is Fracking Safe? The Top 10 Myths About Natural Gas Drilling ...Members of Congress, gas companies, news organization, drilling opponents: They've all made bold claims about hydraulic fracturing ...
Collectively Photographing FrackingThe most basic thing that photography does is visually describe what can be seen. The problem facing photographers of the Marcellus Shale...
Traveling far to see 'fracking' up closeSigns outside of a home in Pennsylvania visited by residents of northern Manhattan and activists to view first-hand some of the impact of...
New York Makes Crucial Decision On FrackingDespite ongoing protests in hopes to ban hydraulic fracturing in New York State, CBS reports the state is about to green-light the contro...
More Views on the Gas Rush and Hydraulic FracturingNicholas School of the Environment Here are a couple of reactions to my exchange with "Gasland" filmmaker Josh Fox after signals emerged ...
Songs Against Drilling - Video Library - The New York TimesWith a blend of interviews and concert footage, the filmmaker Alex Gibney covers an anti-hydraulic fracturing rally and accompanying bene...- Great new series from NPR on fracking:
Science And The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers : NPRPeople living on the front step of the natural gas boom have the same questions: What kinds of pollutants are entering our water and air,...- Recent Headlines
Fuel for the Fire
OBAMA SPECIFIC POLICY POSITIONS In 2008, Obama campaigned on a pledge to enact a sweeping cap-and-trade law that would slash fossil-fuel ...
Wastewater Disposal Is an Issue in HydrofrackingAccepting the waste would both offset the drop in revenue and help keep water rates down for customers in the economically strapped regio...
Critical fracking data held backWyoming's governor persuaded the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone an announcement linking hydraulic fracturin...- Resources
Fracking - ProPublicaThe promise of abundant natural gas is colliding with fears about water contamination.
Fracking Across the United StatesThe country is in the midst of an unprecedented gas drilling boom-brought on by a controversial technology called hydraulic fracturing or...
An inside look at fracking a well - The Denver PostAs traffic whizzed by on Interstate 25, 12 trucks in a field near Frederick, each with a 1,200-horsepower motor, fired up and began pumpi...
Home | FracFocus Chemical Disclosure RegistryGroundwater Protection: Priority Number One Oil and natural gas producers have stringent requirements for how wells must be completed. Th...- Recent news
Fracking-Linked Earthquakes Spurring State RegulationsWith scientific evidence emerging that wastewater from oil and gas drilling is the possible cause of earthquakes, states are adding new r...
