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Category Archives: hydraulic fracturing
EID responds to NRDC; I waited eleven months for this?
EID finally got around to answering NRDC’s list of possible hydraulic fracturing incidents. I’ve griped about the delay before: The one obvious agreement between environmentalists and industry is that there are more anecdotes of possible fracking catastrophes than EID wants … Continue reading
Churnalism encouraged
Here we have Energy In Depth griping about the New York Times’ willingness to exercise some editorial independence. Bizarrely, EID includes this “article” in its selection of journalism exemplars — it is a verbatim rendering of the Pennsylvania Department of … Continue reading
Gasland brings attention, not clarity, to fracking issues
I’ve already noted that the oil and gas industry advocates writing at Energy In Depth have been poking at what they perceive as weaknesses in the flashy argument made by Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland, which is perhaps best known (for better … Continue reading
Dimock, fracking and the rural onus
ProPublica has an interesting update on the hydraulic fracturing pollution lawsuits in Dimock, Pennsylvania. I’ve written a bit about Dimock and a bit more about hydraulic fracturing, and while some of my views have changed since moving out of rural … Continue reading
EPA announces public meetings on hydraulic fracturing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a series of free meetings to obtain public input on EPA’s upcoming research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health. EPA … Continue reading