In the latest installment of the New York Times' "Drilling Down" series, reporter Ian Urbina doubles down on his pre-conceived narrative that oil and natural gas development (particularly from shale) is inherently dangerous. Keep Reading »

A paper from the Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH) suggests the development of oil and natural gas in general – and the use of hydraulic fracturing in particular – can cause “serious health impacts” for those who live closest to well sites. But if you look past the ominous headlines that the study launch generated and examine the range of strange assumptions that form the basis for the report, the conclusions are not only rendered fairly predictable, but also unquestionably flawed.  Keep Reading »

Everyone knows the story of the boy who cried “wolf” – but have you heard the one about the state representative who cried “gas well”? Keep Reading »

Fracturing proponents have struggled to gain the high ground in the debate on water quality, even as they debunked the myths time and again with facts and data. Fortunately, the groundwater issue may be losing traction, at least concerning some high-profile cases where the regulators recently have retracted allegations or reconsidered data. This is why the thrust of the manufactured narrative that fracturing is a menace to the environment is now shifting to air quality. Keep Reading »