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U.S. delays final fracking rules for federal lands
The U.S. government has delayed finalizing rules that expand its
oversight of natural gas drilling on public lands because officials must
evaluate a torrent of public comment on the proposals, the Obama
administration said on Tuesday.
Colleges re-evaluate industry funding ties after shale report
controversies
As scrutiny increases over the relationship between oil and gas
industry funding and academic research, universities are likely to take a
second look at their conflict-of-interest guidelines.
NYT Excerpt: Is Fracking A Blessing Or A Curse?
In his New York Times Magazine column this week, Adam Davidson
writes about fracking, the new technique for extracting natural gas that has
suddenly become a huge — and controversial — deal in this country.
If there is an uneasy equilibrium, right now, between environmentally
concerned citizens and pro-fracking industrial groups, what will the
political balance be like in a decade? What pressures will be on state
legislatures and regulators if the projections are true and millions of
workers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and maybe New York will
owe their jobs to fracking. There will be trillions of dollars of new wealth.
Will environmental and health concerns have any chance against that
juggernaut?
Fracking in N.Y. poses dilemma for Gov. Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who could be squaring off with Hillary Clinton
for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, is stuck between shale
and a hard place on the question of whether to allow fracking in the state.
Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test
Results Under Wraps
Residents living in the shadow of fracking rigs say they’ve suffered
from headaches, nosebleeds and other health effects since drilling began in
their communities. Meanwhile, state agencies refuse to release the results
of air and water pollution tests.
New Fracking Frontier Outside Illinois State Park ‘Makes People
Question The Whole Deal’