U.S. leads world in shale gas production%2C followed by Canada Fracking has enabled the U.S. to produce far more shale gas Yet many environmentalists oppose fracking The United States, followed by ...

New research suggests that the impact of shale gas on curbing US carbon emissions has been overstated. Politicians have argued that the US was able to significantly reduce CO2 between 2007 and ...

Fracking is a process to unlock vast reserves of shale gas. In fracking ... Natural gas is a potent greenhouse gas with the ability to trap heat almost 21 times more effectively than carbon dioxide.

In their April 2011 paper, Howarth and colleagues argued that fugitive emissions from shale gas extraction are quite large and, so, jumping on the fracking bandwagon would be a poor choice for our ...

Rodney Allam at NET Power's pilot plant in La Porte, Texas, 2017. The Rice Brothers — Danny, Toby and Derek — have made a fortune in the business of fracking shale gas and remain dedicated to ...

Image Courtesy of Al Granberg & ProPublica It goes by a number of names - 'hydraulic fracturing', 'shale gas extraction', 'hydrofracturing' or 'hydrofracking. Not to forget the name beloved of ...

Watch the presser here. Assemblymember Anna Kelles said, “New York State wisely prohibited high-volume hydraulic fracturing in 2020, and now we must extend that commitment to ban the use of ...

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the earth and directing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals ...

A group of environmental advocates was joined by singer/songwriter Natalie Merchant at the Capitol in Albany to call on the legislature to amend the current fracking ban law. About 100 advocates ...

Albany, NY – Following the Assembly’s passage of the legislation (A8866/ S8357) last week to ban drilling and fracking for natural gas and oil using carbon dioxide (CO2), the NYS Senate passed the ...