Engineers are having no trouble capturing the carbon dioxide, but efforts to store it in underground rock formations in eastern Germany have run into local opposition. (discovermagazine.com)
And even though fracking — high - pressure hydraulic fracturing of underground rock formations for natural gas and oil — might grab headlines, IEA sees its future impact as relatively small. (news.nationalgeographic.com)
The Cuomo administration is expected to decide shortly on whether drillers can begin using the controversial technique, which uses high volumes of water mixed with a small amount of chemicals to free natural gas from underground rock formations. (timesunion.com)