Stories Tagged as
Fracking
Drinking in Disney World and fracking in Texas
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 14, 2012
Disney World finally turns on the tap, and Halliburton puts out "Lost" signs for a radioactive probe its lost in west Texas.
What's the 'fracking' problem? May be its name
May 30, 2012
A new survey suggests “fracking” terminology may need an image overhaul.
Feds issue fracking rules for public lands
by
Scott Tong
May 4, 2012
Companies will have to disclose the chemicals they use to force oil and gas out of the ground. But only after they extract them, not beforehand.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on the fracking debate
May 1, 2012
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior talks about new efforts to bring tourism to boost jobs and about the department's new partnership with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency.
Fracking linked to more Midwest earthquakes
Apr 18, 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey says a "remarkable" increase of earthquakes in the U.S. mid-continent since 2001 is "almost certainly" the result of oil and gas production. How will these findings impact the fracking industry?
Natural gas prices drop to lowest level in a decade
by
Eve Troeh
Apr 12, 2012
The price of gasoline is skyrocketing in the U.S. -- so why is natural gas at its lowest price in years?
New Chinese gas estimate remixes global energy song
by
Eve Troeh
Mar 2, 2012
The huge shale gas deposit is a big deal for global energy markets.
For public good, not for profit.
Progress Energy CEO on future of natural gas
Feb 13, 2012
Bill Johnson, CEO of Progress Energy, addresses the concerns over natural gas and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Sand rush splits a community
by
Laurie Stern
Jan 27, 2012
How the discovery of a valuable commodity under the rolling hills of a rural Wisconsin community has pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Chinese company to invest in U.S. oil drilling
by
Rob Schmitz
Jan 4, 2012
Sinopec will spend billions of dollars on a partnership to drill for natural gas in Ohio. The company is hoping to gain the needed expertise to grow the fracking industry in China.