From: Peter Behr, E&E reporter, published: Monday, August 20, 2012 Ohio’s Utica Shale is starting to give up its secrets, slowly and stubbornly.The first results from a handful of initial wells paint a mixed picture of the potential oil and gas production from the expansive Utica play that has inspired predictions of a hydrocarbon El…
6/21/12 If you read green news, you’ve heard of “fracking.” If you follow progressive politics, you’ve heard of fracking. If you know much about modern energy production, you’ve heard of fracking. If you’re an environmentalist, you’ve probably protested fracking. But those descriptions don’t apply to the 63% of Americans who’ve never heard of, or aren’t…
LOUISA, Ky. — For generations, coal has been king in this Appalachian town. It provided heat, light and jobs for the hundreds of people who worked in the nearby coal mines and the smoke-coughing Big Sandy power plant that burned their black bounty. But now, coal is in a corner. Across the United States, the…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced plans to evaluate the safety and sustainability of a natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The organization will conduct case studies in seven different locations in North Dakota, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. “Fracking” is a means of natural gas extraction used in deep wells…