Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Published online before print May 9, 2011; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1100682108 ) open access article http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/05/02/1100682108 [Abstract] Directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies are dramatically increasing natural-gas extraction. In aquifers overlying the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York, we document systematic evidence for methane contamination … Continue reading »
Posted on May 9, 2011 …
Research and Policy Recommendations for Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale-Gas Extraction
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment / by Robert B. Jackson, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Stephen G. Osborn, Nathaniel R. Warner, Avner Vengosh http://bit.ly/mbO1Ec [From CNNMoney] A new study from Duke University found potentially explosive levels of methane in drinking water supplies located close to natural gas wells.A new study from Duke University found potentially … Continue reading »
Department of Energy: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011
US Senate http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/S699BillText.pdf [From an E&E Daily article by Katie Howell, sub. req'd] The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee meets this week to discuss two carbon capture and storage measures…The CCS measure (S. 699) — sponsored by Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) — would establish … Continue reading »
Fracking Subcommittee Charge
US DOE http://www.energy.gov/news/documents/Fracking_subcommittee_charge.pdf [NYT Green blog by John M. Broder] Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has appointed a panel of seven scientific and environmental worthies to study the rapidly growing method of natural gas extraction known as hydraulic fracturing and to make recommendations about how it can be done more cleanly and more safely. The … Continue reading »
