Marcellus Shale

State Must End Threat to NYC's Drinking Water

Scott Stringer | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


Scott Stringer

New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.

Bipartisan Support for a National Energy Plan

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green


T. Boone Pickens

The lack of a national energy plan has been worrying me for most of my professional career. Beginning in the 70s, I noticed America's oil import numbers were trending in the wrong direction.

Don't Take Your Drinking Water for Granted this World Water Day

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Scott Dodd

Where does your drinking water come from? Natural historian Sidney Horenstein has been asking that question around New York City for decades. The ans...

Underlying Questions Remain About Natural-Gas Drilling

Susan Cosier | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green


Susan Cosier

The race to drill for natural gas has never been so furious as it has been over the last few years. Yet, still lingering is the question of whether the process could contaminate groundwater.

The Problem With A Trillion Dollars Of Natural Gas

AP | MARY ESCH | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green


ALBANY, N.Y. — Advanced drilling techniques that blast millions of gallons of water into 400-million-year-old shale formations a mile undergroun...