Sentences with phrase «called hydraulic fracturing»

We've written a bunch about fracking lately — less colloquially called hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.

China, the world's top energy user, is believed to hold the world's largest reserves of shale gas, which is trapped in rocks and requires a technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to unleash.

These new supplies are less readily accessible than conventional deposits, and extracting the gas requires a process called hydraulic fracturing or «hydrofracking.»

But the research detected no trace of the chemicals injected into or removed from wells during the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing or «fracking.»

Natural gas is extracted from shale plays by a process called hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as «fracking.»

Increased awareness about using a highly technical process called hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas trapped deep within the Marcellus shale has created questions about related human - health and environmental impacts.

Over the past several years, the United States and other countries have undergone an energy revolution as new drilling techniques and a process called hydraulic fracturing have made it possible to recover vast amounts of natural gas.

The gas is extracted using a method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a technique that involves pumping millions of gallons of water laced with chemicals deep underground to blast open the shale and release the gas trapped inside.

Oil and gas companies developing fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Dakota rely on a process called hydraulic fracturing, which produces natural gas by blasting water and chemicals into energy - rich rock formations deep underground.

On a hot and breezy August morning, more than 1,000 protesters gathered in Albany calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban the drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing in New York State.

Shortly after the climate moves came into effect, a drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing unearthed new deposits of natural gas in British Columbia.

The water is injected under high pressure into a wellbore to fracture deep rock formations in order to release the flow of natural gas and petroleum in a process call hydraulic fracturing.

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On Friday November 21st Glass Lewis hosted a Proxy Talk conference call with CERES and Walden Asset Management to discuss the risks from stranded carbon assets, greenhouse gas emissions and hydraulic fracturing as well as trends in -LSB-...]

VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats are calling for new and stronger actions from the B.C. Liberals to ensure long - term sustainability and environmental quality, greater public accountability, and best practices in the natural gas industry as the practice of hydraulic fracturing...

She said she was most proud of fighting for the so - called Safe Act, a gun - control law that New York enacted after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and against hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a process known as fracking.

Hudson Valley United Against Fracking is the latest effort to oppose hydraulic fracturing in New York State, while calling for more in the way of renewable energy.

«Now that the EPA has confirmed what top scientists have said all along, that fracking is safe and has no widespread impact on drinking water, we are calling on Commissioner Martens and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to rescind the temporary ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State.»

Rep. - elect John Katko said the report which led officials in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration to call for a ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing was «riddled with speculation and not facts» and fails to address whether hydrofracking is safe.

ALBANY, NY (01/10/2013)(readMedia)-- New York Water Rangers partners joined with experts from across the state today at a New York State Assembly hearing on the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing («fracking») regulations and to call on Governor Cuomo to protect New York from the harmful effects of fracking.

«As we read today's Quinnipiac poll, more upstate New Yorkers support hydraulic fracturing; others will point to the overall numbers that are heavily skewed by New York City voters who enjoy the benefits of cheap natural gas but have bought into the fear tactics by so - called activists,» said the trade group's executive director, Karen Moreau.

The panel's recommendations included public disclosure of chemicals during the hydraulic fracturing process, which is widely called «fracking.»

The panel stopped short of calling for a sweeping federal rule, but recommended that «regulatory entities» immediately write rules to require full disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals on public and private lands.

Of particular concern were compounds called adamantanes, a natural hydrocarbon found in gas that can be used to fingerprint its origin, and 2 - BE, listed as a common fracturing fluid in the EPA's 2004 research report on hydraulic fracturing.

In particular, concerns that the hydraulic fracturing process (called «fracking») used to capture natural gas could pose a threat to the environment and public health if chemicals used in the operation contaminate underground drinking water.

Tim Harper and Paul Martins improved the drilling technique, called «hydraulic fracturing technology».

Through our current campaign, Our Common Waters, and with exposure to increased oil and gas development near our homes and communities, we have grown concerned about hydraulic fracturing (commonly called «fracking») and its impact on water, air, soil, wildlife habitat, and human health.

The company called Global which is engaged in hydraulic fracturing, known commonly as fracking, has sent two sales agents to a rural area (filmed in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania) to convince the locals to agree to drilling on their land.

Kevin, fyi, Thirty - one of Australia's leading climate scientists and doctors have written an open letter to the Northern Territory Government calling on it to not permit the opening up of new gas fields through hydraulic fracturing.

12:27 p.m. Updated In the final session of an environmental - science communication course that I co-taught at Pace University this spring, Thad Cook, a graduate student, gave a thorough overview of the issues raised by extracting natural gas from shale using hydraulic fracturing, the method now widely called fracking.

A photograph of a cross section of rock that the photographer has interpreted as representing the drilling practice of hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking.

The FRAC Act called for the removal of hydraulic fracturing's exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act, and would have implemented federal regulation of the industry.

In this fascinating blog, the Philadelphia - based artist Jennie Shanker is chronicling her efforts to create ceramics using clay from the Marcellus Shale region — best known as a big new source for natural gas through the much — debated method called fracking, or hydraulic fracturing (recently explored by Times columnist David Brooks).

But any quick sift of the Web provides a pretty solid sense of the range of views — from environmentalists pursuing an outright ban on hydraulic fracturing and related processes, widely called fracking, to landowners seeking the freedom to benefit from their mineral rights.

Hear different perspectives on the controversial natural gas extraction method hydraulic fracturing, commonly called «fracking.»

Last week, the same editors who support EPA's carbon dioxide rules and routinely call for a carbon tax came out against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision to ban hydraulic fracturing in the Empire State, dubbing -LSB-...]

That's worth noting because critics often cite a now - discredited example of methane in water supplies from the 2010 film Gasland (the so - called «flaming faucet «-RRB- that wrongly portrayed the methane as related to hydraulic fracturing.

The dramatic increase in domestic oil and gas production since 2008 — the so - called «shale revolution» — has been a boon to the US economy and the Obama administration... At the core of this evolution is hydraulic fracturing.

While there is a temporary boom in natural gas thanks to hydraulic fracturing or fracing, (now commonly called fracking), gas is also replacing coal in power plants and may well replace gasoline in cars.

The firm Bracewell & Giuliani LLP created a free app called ShalePlay that provides news and resources related to shale gas and hydraulic fracturing.