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CNNMoney: Fracking blowback spooks energy industry

Posted Mon, 2011/03/21 - 11:03am by RCAP

Original posting of this article

HOUSTON (CNNMoney) -- The oil and gas industry is reeling from attacks on what it considers one of its most important technologies -- fracking.

Protests across New York State have temporarily banned the practice. Unfavorable coverage in the media and a scathing documentary film that was nominated this year for an Oscar also seem to have scared the industry.

Society of Environmental Journalists: Oil fracking poses similar concerns as gas fracking

Posted Mon, 2011/03/07 - 11:13am by RCAP

March 2, 2011

The technique called hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) that is increasingly being used to extract natural gas is drawing widespread attention, concern, and media coverage across the country. Next up: oil fracking.

EPA submits draft hydraulic fracturing study plan to independent scientists for review

Posted Fri, 2011/02/11 - 5:20pm by RCAP

The draft plan is open to public comment

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted its draft study plan on hydraulic fracturing for review to the agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), a group of independent scientists, on Feb. 8. Natural gas plays a key role in our nation’s clean energy future, and the process known as hydraulic fracturing is one way of accessing that vital resource.