Category Archives: Fracking

Water is the most abundant substance on the planet. Necessity is the mother of invention. Continue reading →

“Some critics of the ban panned it as symbolic because Albany doesn’t sit atop Marcellus Shale rock formation most coveted by the gas industry.” Continue reading →

Brits need to put their hands in the sky and scream, “Shale-luhjah!” Continue reading →

What do Obama-stimulus weather-proofers make? Continue reading →

Meanwhile, Lisa Jackson and her agency work to slow/stop it. Continue reading →

Anything as big and as promising as shale gas is bound to be complicated. This energy source has much to recommend it. To begin with, the U.S. has a lot of it, enough to meet current natural gas consumption for 35 years. Continue reading →

After averting its eyes in the Jerry Sandusky and Michael Mann cases, Penn State might not be the best place to look for vindication. Continue reading →

“A group of residents, who have formed under the banner Erie Rising, have complained for months that all the nearby gas drilling activity — and the emissions it produces — is causing people to come down with cases of asthma, gastrointestinal illness and worse.” Continue reading →

In a blow to the oil and gas industry, a judge has ruled small towns in New York have the authority to ban drilling — including the controversial method known as fracking — within their borders. Continue reading →

“But this revolution could prove to be a Faustian bargain.” Continue reading →