Feds make concessions to oil industry in new hydraulic fracturing rule
The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new plan to tighten standards for drilling on public lands and force companies to reveal the chemicals they use in the process, after making significant concessions to the oil industry. More »
Companies tout recycled water for fracturing (video)
Young companies who say their innovations make hydraulic fracturing a more environmentally friendly process, by reducing water use and cutting chemicals, touted their technology on a recent CNBC segment. More »
Oil companies are wasting resources, tech pioneers say
Oil companies waste a lot of resources that could easily be saved through developing technologies, executives of pioneering start-ups said during a presentation Wednesday in Houston. More »
Drought puts drain on water supplies for power plants
As drought continues, Texans’ thirst for electricity is drawing down supplies of the water needed to quench it. More »
Growing food needs will squeeze water resource for energy, Odum warns
During Shell’s Innovation Summit this week, Shell Oil President Marvin Odum warned that a projected 50 percent increase in global food consumption by 2030 will strain the relationship between water, food and energy. More »
Cutting water use, costs, through teamwork
Shale drilling could be more profitable and more environmentally friendly if companies were willing to put up with an ugly concept: Working with the competition. More »
Feds give update on broad study of drilling and water pollution
The government is on track to release its study on whether natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing pollute drinking water in late 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday as it gave a progress report on the closely watched analysis. More »
Recycling water is good until it’s expensive
Oil companies are trying to use more recycled water for their drilling operations, but only until it gets too expensive, a Halliburton executive said Tuesday.
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Professor offers salt solution to fracturing problem
Since hydraulic fracturing involves mixing salt with water, an academic asks, wouldn’t it work to start with saltwater and conserve fresh water? More »
Democrats seek probe of climate change effects on thirsty electric sector
Two top Democratic representatives are asking the House to probe whether climate-change related heat waves and droughts jeopardize the nation’s electric supply. More »
Pa. chief to EPA: Let science be guide in Dimock
Pennsylvania’s environmental chief said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has only a “rudimentary” understanding of the contamination in Dimock, the northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential water wells were fouled by a gas driller. More »
Pennsylvania fracking foes fault EPA over tainted water response
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called to say it would start delivering fresh water to their home, Ron and Jean Carter thought they gained an ally in a long fight with Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. More »
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