Toward the end of October, scientist and author Matt Ridley called out opponents of fracking for falsely claiming that fracking was causing earthquakes in Lancshire, Great Britain. Ridley stated in an op-ed in The Times of London: Last Saturday, BBC Radio 4 ran throughout the day with headline news about the shale-gas company Cuadrilla causing…
Three anti-fracking trespassers were convicted and will spend time in jail resulting from a jury verdict. According to BBC, the hooligans climbed on lorries (i.e. motorized land vehicles) at Cuadrilla’s site at Preston New Road near Little Plumpton during July of last year, that lasted less than 100 hours. During sentencing, the judge said had…
The Sierra Club is actively campaigning against the sale of drilling leases in Colorado issued by the US Interior Department to allow oil and gas companies to drill for fossil fuels in areas located near the Great Sand Dunes National Park which is located in the south-central part of the state. According to The Daily…
The fracking revolution has transformed America into a global energy powerhouse. Yet, the public holds many misconceptions towards the fracking process. Joe Leimkuhler, vice president of drilling at LLOG Exploration, explains the myths and realities of fracking.
A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that methane increases were due to natural variability and not drilling. According to the Associated Press, manuscript is one of many scientific examinations coming out showing that drinking water around natural gas fracking sites in Pennsylvania are not contaminated. While some…
A study published Friday in the journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment authored by Geologists with the University of Cincinnati reveals no evidence of natural gas contamination in Ohio drinking water from counties where recent oil and gas drilling took place due to their proximity to the Utica Shale formation. According to Science Codex, the scientists…
A little over forty years ago, gas prices were skyrocketing, but now they’re comparatively cheap and oil is plentiful. What happened? It was an American success story – hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Watch PJTV‘s Glenn Reynolds interview Gregory Zuckerman, author of The Frackers, about the benefits of hydraulic fracturing.
