Stories Tagged as
Fracking
Pipeline spill exposes a fracking cost
by
Molly Wood
Jan 22, 2015
Wastewater spill is a huge reminder that fracking generates contaminated water.
States play catch-up with sand mining
Jan 19, 2015
In Wisconsin, sand mines go uninspected, fines are modest and some rules have lapsed.
Frac sand companies get creative with local politics
Jan 16, 2015
When a Wisconsin county tried to shut them out, sand companies found a way in.
Sand turns a rural county upside-down
Jan 15, 2015
Fracking creates a sand rush in western Wisconsin, and not everyone is happy.
With oil prices down, small companies feel the squeeze
Jan 14, 2015
When oil prices drop, size and location matter to the survival of oil companies.
To build housing, or not, for oil boom workers
by
Miles Bryan
Jan 6, 2015
When an investment is good for transient energy workers, but not for a small town.
How the oil boom woke up a Texas town
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
Kai talks with Adrian DeLeon, the mayor of Carrizo Springs, Texas.
For public good, not for profit.
New York is first state to ban fracking
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 17, 2014
Kai sits down with Marketplace's Scott Tong to talk fracking.
The problem with fracking
by
Scott Tong
Nov 24, 2014
Fracked oil wells decline in output quickly -- requiring more fracked wells
Dirty 'frackwater' could yield lots of green
Nov 12, 2014
The market for cleaning up the briny waste water is likely to grow dramatically.