If methane leaks
from natural gas extraction and distribution prove to be as high as initial studies indicate, natural gas could even be worse for our climate than coal.
The report reveals how the natural gas industry's use of water - intensive, toxic, unregulated practices
for natural gas extraction are compromising public health and polluting water resources across the country.
Both are considering banning entirely the increasingly controversial and environmentally damaging process
of natural gas extraction popularly known as fracking.
Schneiderman had sued the commission, an agency that regulates drinking water for residents in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, earlier this year after he determined their proposed regulations for the
controversial natural gas extraction method didn't go far enough.
These findings have been published by Matthew Lasich and Deresh Ramjugernath from the University of KwaZulu - Natal, Durban, South Africa, in EPJ B. Alternative applications for such findings are relevant for future energy research, such as energy storage and the development of
natural gas extraction methods.
The EPA is also aggressively prodding state regulators and others involved in
natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale to release what they know about radioactivity in the wastewater.
I'm wondering whether some or all of the Compton Petroleum assets might now be disposed of as
natural gas extraction doesn't really seem to fit in with the MFC's stated corporate mandate.
In particular, she blamed Cuomo's political machinations for the failure of campaign finance and ethics reform efforts, and for New York not
outlawing natural gas extraction through the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing.
The Independent Oil and Gas Association knocked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ultimatum to the Delaware River Basin Commission, which called upon the body to begin an environmental review of its
draft natural gas extraction rules or be sued.
New York State officials are facing some hard deadlines over the next few weeks with regards to whether or not the state will allow the drilling of
natural gas extraction wells using the controversial process known as hydrofracking.
According to the first large - scale study of babies born before and
after natural gas extraction began in Pennsylvania, those living near fracking sites had significantly lower birth weights — and worse health — than other babies.
Given the realities and the time needed to make the transition to a lower - carbon economy, I think probably some expansion of
natural gas extraction needs to be in the mix, but hopefully with better environmental protection than has generally been the case so far.
Most importantly, he says, «FCVs aren't green» because of escaping methane
during natural gas extraction and when hydrogen is produced, as 95 % of it is, using the steam reforming process.
In response to concerns
about natural gas extraction leakage, the EPA is considering tightening federal regulations on oil and gas drilling to reduce methane emissions.
While FLNG may enable development of Australia's smaller, more isolated Northwest Shelf gas fields, it may not reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated
with natural gas extraction and delivery to market.
R&D ers have been talking
up natural gas extraction from methane hydrates — a solid form of the greenhouse gas, found tucked away beneath the sea floor where low temperature and high pressure keep it stable.
7:23: Both Turner and Maragos call for varying degrees of environmental balance with the controversial
natural gas extraction process known as hydrofracking.
The Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of Health are finalizing a health - impact study of fracking, the
controversial natural gas extraction process, and announced last week that three experts have been contracted to sort through the guidelines.
Kort, first author of a paper on the findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, says the controversial
natural gas extraction technique of hydraulic fracturing is not the main culprit.
In the past three decades, Subra has been involved in more than 800 grass - roots struggles across the nation, from groundwater contamination stemming from
natural gas extraction in Texas, Wyoming and North Dakota to pollution from shipyards in the San Francisco Bay.
The North Texas earthquakes of the last seven years have all occurred in areas developed
for natural gas extraction from a geologic formation known as the Barnett Shale.
Conventional crude petroleum and
natural gas extraction was also down.
He was especially disappointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to ban high - volume hydrofracking,
a natural gas extraction process believed to be a potential boon for the area.
The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial
natural gas extraction method.
Astorino had also faulted Cuomo for not supporting high - volume hydrofracking in the state,
a natural gas extraction process Cuomo would later ban after the election.
Gibson, who represents the 19th congressional district in the Hudson Valley, has backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ban on the controversial
natural gas extraction process.
Hydrofracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of
the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.
The groups against the nuclear power plant bailout have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti-fracking efforts that led to a state ban on
the natural gas extraction process.
Schneiderman is also suing the federal government over its review standards for hydraulic fracturing, the controversial
natural gas extraction process.
We don't need and can't survive in good health the pollutants that
natural gas extraction will cause, and we need renewable energy now.
The controversial
natural gas extraction process had been considered a potential economic boon for upstate New York, especially the jobs - starved Southern Tier.
Tkaczyk has frequently touted her opposition to hydrofracking, a controversial
natural gas extraction process.
The SGEIS, or Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement, is a review of potential regulations for hydrofracking,
a natural gas extraction process that involves blasting a mixture of chemicals and water underground in order to access the gas underneath.
The letter comes after the Cuomo administration this month moved to ban hydrofracking, a controversial
natural gas extraction process that would have been used in the Southern Tier and potentially helped create jobs.
Hydro - fracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of
the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.
Still, there was not much applause when Astorino mentioned his support for hydrofracking, the controversial
natural gas extraction process the governor has not made a decision on, angering proponents of the energy industry.
During that time, Martens faced ongoing questions about whether the state would ban hydrofracking, a controversial
natural gas extraction process.
The groups against the nuclear power plant bail out have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti fracking efforts that led to a state ban on
the natural gas extraction process.
He says he is not against nuclear power or
natural gas extraction, but is concerned about the close proximity of the nuclear plant and the gas pipeline.
Teachout was against
the natural gas extraction process.
Two Syracuse University geology professors - along with a graduate assistant or two - are hurrying to collect water samples from drinking wells in the Southern Tier before - and if -
the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing is approved in New York.