Hydraulic fracturing, often called fracking, fracing or hydrofracking, is the process . natural reservoirs, including unconventional reservoirs such as shale rock or .

In “The End of Country,” Seamus McGraw examines the promise—and peril—of the coming natural gas drilling boom.

Jun 6, 2011 – By Russell R. Chianelli, The University of Texas at El Paso, MRTI In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal titled “Stepping on the Gas,” .

Mar 1, 2011 – Drilling method criticised for contaminating water sources but MPs hear US energy firm must only disclose details in 2015.

How fracing or hydraulic fracturing is used to release natural gas from the Marcellus formation.

Feb 25, 2011 – Fracking Shale Gas Industrialization - Video by ChipTex. How New York Towns Can Control Shale Gas Industrialization via local controls.

Mar 3, 2011 – Natural gas derived from the process is lifting the economy, but it's environmentally risky.

Jun 2, 2011 – “Fracking” has been around for decades, but only recently were big shale gas deposits found in the US, prompting new questions about the .

Photos of Marcellus Shale gas well hydraulic fracturing, fracing, fraccing or Marcellus fracking.

Aug 16, 2011 – Aquatech International Inc. of Cecil is one of the companies seeking to add to its wastewater treatment business. On Monday, it showcased a .

Apr 20, 2011 – Never mind the spin, what do we know for sure about the controversial process of fracking?

Jun 27, 2011 – WASHINGTON - June 27 - “The New York Times' recent series on shale gas fracking reinforces deep concerns voiced by Food & Water Watch .

Oct 10, 2011 – The potential of the Utica shale could help explain why gas companies have snatched up thousands of leases across Onondaga and .

Jul 6, 2011 – Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, pumps water, sand and chemicals underneath shale formations to force out trapped gas or oil. The discovery .

1] This is particularly true for tight sands, oil shales and coalbed methane. Hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking, which rhymes with cracking) is a .

Natural gas drillers use hydraulic fracturing techniques.

May 12, 2011 – As science journalists (nominally, at least), we're in the business of explaining things here at Ecocentric. Climate change, air pollution, offshore .

Water Contamination from Shale Gas Drilling Hydraulic fracturing, the growing practice of drilling for the natural gas embedded in shale rock formations.

Feb 2, 2011 – Is hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale an energy transition strategy, or an environmental disaster in the making?

4 days ago – Shale Fracking Causes Earthquakes. Full story: Forbes.com. I'm a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, a writer here and there on this .

4 days ago – A report today showing that shale fracking (or frakking) causes earthquakes: the British Geological Survey says that the two earthquakes in .

Apr 6, 2011 – Shale gas is the last fossil fuel to be exploited. It is relatively clean and relatively cheap, but it's downside is the harm that it can do to the .

Aug 11, 2011 – An anticipated 90-day draft report on hydraulic-fracture shale gas drilling, so- called "fracking," was released Thursday by the Department of .

Jun 2, 2010 – Environmental group says water source for 17 million people is the most endangered river in the US.

France bans shale gas 'fracking'. July 01, 2011. FRANCE has become the first country in the world to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing, used to mine for .

Jul 22, 2010 – CANONSBURG, Pa. -- Nearly 1200 people attend a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hearing on a controversial natural gas drilling .

Apr 11, 2011 – While natural gas is often viewed as a cleaner alternative to conventional fossil fuels -- and is often promoted as a "bridge fuel" by .

Aug 30, 2011 – US Energy Department panel endorses shale fracking, suggests pumping ground with millions of gallons of chemical water will help save .

Jul 26, 2011 – The UK government has welcomed new developments in "unconventional" gas resources. It is largely a let's-wait-and-see response, which .

Mar 30, 2010 – Now there are more than 14000 wells in the Barnett Shale, thanks to a combination of being able to drill horizontally and fracking—pumping .

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Apr 14, 2011 – Exploiting shale gas in the province will require the use of the highly controversial hydraulic fracturing technique (a.k.a. fracking). “Fracking .

Oct 25, 2010 – 'Fracking' Mobilizes Uranium in Marcellus Shale, UB Research Finds . colleagues found that uranium and hydrocarbons in Marcellus shale .

15 hours ago – The EPA will try to determine what to do with water used during fracking, as well as water that is already underground and flows back up the .

Jul 30, 2011 – Editor's Note: This is the latest episode of Energy NOW!, A video program dedicated to energy and environmental issues. You can see the full .

Apr 13, 2011 – Natural gas has been hailed as a way to get off foreign oil -- but now a Cornell study says its greenhouse gas emissions are higher than coal\'s.

Jul 1, 2011 – French senators voted to outlaw hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, making France the first country to pass a law banning the technique for .

Oct 3, 2011 – Total, Schuepbach Kept Plans To Use Hydraulic Fracturing.

Jul 9, 2011 – PITTSBURGH -- Bishops, nuns and rabbis are joining the environmental and social debate over natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale .

Oct 10, 2011 – The gas industry is spending millions of dollars to sell the merits of drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale. But how much of their propaganda is .

Jul 30, 2011 – Tapping the energy stored in a rock formation called the Marcellus Shale has been an economic boon to Pennsylvania, but is the state -- and .

Sep 30, 2011 – Two publicly traded companies based on the Main Line have formed a joint venture.

Aug 5, 2011 – The process of Marcellus Shale Fracking for the trapped shale natural gas and oil reserves that are up to 9000 feet below the surface are still in .

Jan 25, 2010 – Shale gas -- the natural gas acquired from Marcellus shale and other deposits via "fracking" -- is clean burning and abundant, but drilling for .

A proposal to use high-volume hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations threatens drinking water, public health, and habitat.

Jul 19, 2011 – Environmental groups filed a formal protest this week with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management calling for a halt to the leasing of 2600-acres .

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