This article was originally published on Nov. 6, 2010, in The New York Times.By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and TOM ZELLER Jr.In the sparsely populated pastures of De Soto Parish in Louisiana, the ability to extract gas from shale — which can…
read moreWASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified a list of 134 chemicals that will be screened for their potential to disrupt the endocrine system. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interact with and possibly disrupt the hormones produced…
read moreThe Nov. 14 episode of CBS's "60 Minutes" included a segment on natural gas drilling in a process called hydraulic fracturing, also sometimes called fracking. The report focused on the discovery of vast amounts of natural gas in the U.S., which…
read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing two software tools for risk assessment and consequence analysis: The Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool (VSAT), an upgraded all-hazards risk-assessment tool The Water Health and Economic Analysis Tool (WHEAT), a newly developed consequence-analysis…
read moreEPA conducting congressionally mandated study to examine the impact of the hydraulic fracturing process on drinking water quality; Halliburton subpoenaed after failing to meet EPA’s voluntary requests for informationWASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Nov. 9 that…
read moreThe explanation by many is that Democrats lost the South, but the rural losses were mostly in the north. Democrats now can ask, "What's the matter with New Hampshire?"By Bill Bishop and Julie ArderyMap showing the election results in the…
read moreby Jennifer A. DlouhyWASHINGTON — Energy companies and environmental groups have more often been adversaries than allies when it comes to hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique used to unlock natural gas from shale rock nationwide.But a handful of gas producers…
read moreThe Republican congressman from one of the nation's poorest and most rural districts said yesterday that he has the votes to become chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee if his party takes control of the chamber as a result…
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