The Better Path Coalition is disturbed about a new watchdog report that found the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed oil and gas companies to use toxic chemicals during the fracking process, group co-founder Karen Feridun told Sputnik.
The Trump administration is being sued by an activist organization for allegedly allowing oil companies to dump waste from fracking and drilling into the Gulf of Mexico, without considering the detrimental effect it will have on marine life.
The leadership of the Pawnee Nation, a Native American tribe, on Friday filed a lawsuit against multiple Oklahoma oil companies, claiming that their operations caused a recent earthquake.
Le 3 septembre, l'État d'Oklahoma, dans le sud des États-Unis, a été frappé par le plus important séisme de son histoire. Un tremblement de terre causé par l'exploitation du gaz de schiste dans la région. Une thèse crédible difficile à démontrer.
Victoria will become the first Australian state to ban fracking, the controversial method of extracting coal seam gas, the state government said in a statement on Tuesday.
Around 7 million people in the US live in areas at risk of damaging, human-induced earthquakes that are often linked to fracking, a report said Monday.
British Columbia's energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in northeast B.C. in August of this year was caused by a nearby fracking operation.
Geophysicists with Stanford University have found a connection between
the increased oil drilling in the southern US state of Oklahoma and the
spike in seismic activity in the area.For over five years, a spate of
earthquakes have shaken the state, turning it into the most seismically
active area in the United States.
A technique used to boost oil and gas production, known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking, has not led to "widespread, systemic impacts" on drinking water resources in the United States, the country's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday.
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αφοπλιστική ειλικρίνεια το αμερικανικό ειδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο
Bloomberg σε πρόσφατο άρθρο του παραδέχεται πως η πολυδιαφημισμένη – από
Ε.Ε. και ΗΠΑ - προσπάθεια να αναδειχθούν τα αποθέματα αερίου σχιστών
(shale gas) της Γηραιάς Ηπείρου σε εναλλακτική πηγή ενέργειας σε σχέση
με τις εισαγωγές αερίου από τη Ρωσία ήταν ανεπιτυχής.
Η γαλλική πετρελαϊκή Total παραιτήθηκε από την άδεια για άντληση αερίου σχιστών ( shale gas) στην χερσόνησο της Ζηλανδίας στη Βόρεια Δανία, κοντά στην πρωτεύουσα της χώρας Κοπεγχάγη. Ο λόγος της παραίτησης είναι τα αποθαρρυντικά αποτελέσματα των πρώτων ερευνών.
A study of global untapped oil wealth, published by the US-based IHS research firm on Wednesday, shows that Russia, China, Iran and Mexico are the four countries that would benefit the most from such new extraction methods as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
Speaking at the opening session of the EU Energy Security Conference, Sefcovic cited Europe’s geological conditions, population density and public environmental concerns as the main obstacles preventing widespread shale gas exploration.
California Governor Jerry Brown is defending his decision to exempt farmers from most mandatory water restrictions, as a historic drought worsens in the far western U.S. state.