Geological Society: Kansas Earthquake, Oil Production Might Be Related December 23, 2013 The Kansas Geological Society is investigating whether a recent earthquake in southern Kansas might have been caused by oil production...
West Virginia Investigating House, Creek Damage from Fracking Spills October 29, 2013 State regulators are investigating spills from a drilling operation in West Virginia’s Ohio County that damaged a house and entered...
Top New York Court to Decide Whether Towns Can Ban Fracking August 29, 2013 New York’s highest court agreed to decide whether towns and cities have the power to pass anti-fracking laws. The Court...
Arkansas Homeowners Settle Suit Charging Fracking Wastewater Caused Quakes August 29, 2013 By Mica Rosenberg Five Arkansas residents who sued two oil companies claiming wastewater disposal wells from fracking caused earthquakes that damaged their homes...
New York’s Highest Court to Hear Appeals in Fracking Cases August 29, 2013 New York’s highest court will hear appeals in cases related to anti-fracking laws passed in two towns that were upheld...
Arkansas Lawsuits Test Fracking Wastewater Link to Quakes August 27, 2013 By Mica Rosenberg Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought...
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo’s Administration Says ‘No Timetable’ on Fracking Decision May 8, 2013 Months after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration promised a decision “within weeks” on whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for...
Report: California Lags in Fracking Regulations April 12, 2013 A new report on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in California warns there are risks of irreversible contamination of surface and groundwater...
Maryland Researchers Issue Fracking Recommendations March 18, 2013 Researchers commissioned by a state panel studying natural gas drilling in western Maryland have come up with recommendations. The researchers...
New York’s Fracking Health Study Results Likely Years Off March 11, 2013 A health study cited by leading environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as pivotal in helping persuade Gov. Andrew Cuomo to...