March 17, 2011: Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec's natural resources minister, announced Wednesday that the province would no longer authorize hydraulic fracturing operations in the province in the hunt for oil and gas. (keeptapwatersafe.org)
The Department of the Interior has proposed requiring the disclosure of chemicals used during hydraulic - fracturing operations on public lands, but much of the current oil and gas development is taking place on private land. (scientificamerican.com)
«Any successful hydraulic fracturing operation induces microseismicity because the rock is fractured. (sciencedaily.com)