(AP) -- A scientific study in Poland has found that shale gas extraction at one site produced some toxic refuse but that the waste was reused and didn't harm the environment.
Environment
Mar 2, 2012
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There are no definitive findings that Marcellus Shale drilling activity has affected crime rates in Pennsylvania, but more study is needed, according to a preliminary report conducted recently by the Justice Center for Research ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2012
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The use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development took center stage Friday as a panel of U.S. and Canadian experts discussed the contentious practice in a three-hour symposium hosted by the American Association for ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2012
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A Simon Fraser University researcher known for his expertise on naturally occurring hazards will participate Friday in a shake down of the truth about a new form of human-induced earthquakes.
Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2012
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Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in a study released Thursday by the Energy Institute at The University ...
Environment
Feb 16, 2012
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In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama praised the potential of the country's tremendous supply of natural gas buried in shale. He echoed the recommendations for safe extraction made by an advisory panel ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2012
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A University of Oklahoma interdisciplinary research team will field test a newly developed 'quad porosity model' for shale gas reservoirs in the next few months. The three-year, $1.5 million project was funded by the Research ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite having an eight-year head start on Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction, Pennsylvania residents are just as uncertain about the effects of horizontal hydraulic drilling as New Yorkers, researchers ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Amity, Pennsylvania. Epicenter of the natural gas-containing geological formation known as the Marcellus Shale.
Environment
Dec 12, 2011
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(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.
Environment
Dec 9, 2011
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