Campaigners in Britain said Tuesday they would take their fight against fracking national after the first scheme since 2011 was given the green light.
Environment
May 24, 2016
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Potential future fracking activity in the UK is unlikely to pose a pollution danger to overlying aquifers, new research from a leading academic suggests.
Environment
Apr 28, 2016
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A test has been developed to check for contamination of shallow groundwater from unconventional gas extraction techniques, such as fracking.
Environment
Apr 22, 2016
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Fear of fracking can have negative effects on the UK housing market around shale gas sites, economic researchers have warned. The research team, from the University of Bristol, the London School of Economics and Duke University ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2016
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The U.S. could soon decrease its dependence on importing valuable rare-earth elements that are widely used in many industries, according to a team of Penn State and U.S. Department of Energy researchers who found a cost-effective ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 2, 2016
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Energy-related developments in the Salish Sea between Washington and British Columbia underscore the need for a transnational approach to assessing the risks to the entire ecosystem, according to a study by the SeaDoc Society, ...
Environment
Jan 5, 2016
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Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have discovered high levels of a toxic element in rock samples taken from an area of the UK targeted for shale gas extraction.
Environment
Dec 23, 2015
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Britain awarded scores of new licences for onshore shale exploration on Thursday in a move that opponents say could lead to controversial fracking beneath protected countryside.
Environment
Dec 17, 2015
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The production of hazardous wastewater in hydraulic fracturing is assumed to be partly due to chemicals introduced into injected freshwater when it mixes with highly saline brine naturally present in the rock. But a Dartmouth ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2015
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Home values decline steeply when fracking occurs in neighborhoods that use well water, says new research from Duke University. But the outcome differs in neighborhoods that rely on piped water, where home values rise slightly ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2015
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