Category Archive: Fracking

Water Use for Fracking Not Necessarily a Net Loss

In arid Colorado, hydraulic fracturing raises public concerns of a water bust, but water policy expert Reagan Waskom explains that finding ways to conserve water throughout the fracking process is the key to sustainability.

In the Highly Polarized Fracking Debate, Tierney Takes the “Sensible Middle”

Energy policy expert Susan Tierney explains why accepting natural gas may be the only way to keep the nation from turning to more coal for its energy needs.

Longmont Ballot Question 300 to Ban Fracking Passes with Safe Margin

Longmont Ballot Question 300 to ban “fracking” has passed by a margin of nearly 17 percent of votes last Tuesday, Nov. 6.

New York Court Affirms Towns’ Powers to Ban Fracking

by Lena Groeger, ProPublica In a decision that could set a national precedent for how local governments can regulate gas drilling, a New York state court ruled Tuesday for the first time that towns have the right to ban drilling despite a state regulation asserting they cannot. At issue was a zoning law in Dryden, …

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Federal Rules to Disclose Fracking Chemicals Could Come with Exceptions

A natural gas drilling tower at the Marcellus Shale Formation, Lycoming County, Penn. (Photo/Ruhrfisch).

by Lena Groeger, ProPublica Last week several media outlets obtained the federal Bureau of Land Management’s draft of proposed rules requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground. Such disclosure requirements have been championed by environmentalists for years and were endorsed by President Obama in the State of the Union, but …

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Government Focuses on Natural Gas for US Energy Future

From left to right: Rep. Jarder Polsi (D-Colo.),

By Brendon Bosworth In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama made it clear that further expansion of natural gas drilling is a key part of the government’s vision for America’s energy economy. “We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years,” said Obama. “And my administration will …

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