Why Do Environmentalists Hate Fracking?
Environmentalists don’t like fracking because it can pollute groundwater and perpetuates our addiction to fossil fuels.
Environmentalists don’t like fracking because it can pollute groundwater and perpetuates our addiction to fossil fuels.
Man-made earthquakes are now common across Oklahoma and other parts of the Midwest and South thanks to the surge in hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) activity…
Technological Innovation and Concern for the Environment Are Helping to Clean Up Drilling for Oil and Gas…
Lithium extraction for the batteries that power our cell phones, laptops & electric cars is hardly as risky for the environment as fracking…
I hear there’s a greener form of fracking for natural gas and oil that uses carbon dioxide instead of water to access underground reserves.
Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” for natural gas in New York has drawn serious investor interest, potential state government support and a swell of outraged citizen opposition.
Pennsylvania residents have had their lives destroyed by nearby fracking operations, and are starting to band together to do something about it…
A Canadian company is trying to bring controversial tar sands mining to Utah. The company, Earth Energy Resources, says its new technology means the process will be safe and efficient. Environmentalists strongly disagree.
Can you explain what “fracking” is with regard to natural gas exploration and why it is controversial?
The rock formation known as the Marcellus Shale in New York and other states is set to be drilled for oil shale, a process that would result in millions of gallons of toxic wastewater as well as widespread habitat damage.