Natural Gas Drilling

New Technology Opens Vast Stores Of Natural Gas

washingtonpost.com | Steven Mufson | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Natural Gas Shales, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Shale, Natural Gas Reserves, Natural Gas Stores, Natural Gas Extraction, Technology News

This corner of the state is at the forefront of an old-fashioned land rush that has implications far beyond Conklin, N.Y. Oil and gas companies are vy...

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Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Quality, Fracking Fluid, Fracking, Contamination, Water, Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Water Supply, New York, New York News
Alison Rose Levy

New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.

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Pennsylvania Faces A Tainted Wastewater Onslaught Due To Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Drinking Water, Waste Water, Water, Natural Gas, Green News

Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Stee...

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Roan Plateau Drilling: Battle Eminent As Gas Company Suggest 3,200 Wells

The Denver Post | Mark Jaffe | Posted 10.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Barrett Corp., Bureau of Land Management, Earthjustice, Natural Gas Drilling, Roan Plateau, Denver News

The fight over plans for natural-gas drilling on the Roan Plateau has erupted anew after Bill Barrett Corp. told investors that there are up to 3,200 ...

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Water Contamination In Wyoming Could Be From Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Contamination, Water, Epa, Natural Gas Contamination, Natural Gas Drilling, Contaminated Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Natural Gas, Green News

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination [1] near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three...

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

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: History, World Water Day, Water Pollution, Urban Planning, Clean Water Act, Public Health, Catskills, Natural Gas Drilling, World Water Forum, Drinking Water, New York City, Marcellus Shale, Green News
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...

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Underlying Questions Remain About Natural-Gas Drilling

Susan Cosier | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Natural Gas Drilling, Marcellus Shale, DEC, Schlumberger, Bj Services, Haliburton, Epa, Benzene Contamination, Safe Drinking Water Act, Natural Gas, New York State Department of Conservation, Propublica, Groundwater Contamination, Green News
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.

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The Problem With A Trillion Dollars Of Natural Gas

AP | MARY ESCH | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Natural Gas Drilling, Marcellus Shale, Green Energy, Natural Gas, Green News

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

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