Researchers led by Rob Jackson of Stanford University recently released a study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology that suggests that shallower wells could pose more risk to groundwater than deeper ones. (You may recall Dr. Jackson from previous fracking-related work he did while...
A recent report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – which finds that water usage for hydraulic fracturing varies across different basins in the United States, and that water use has ramped up as domestic oil and natural gas production has skyrocketed – has garnered...
Inside Climate News (ICN) recently produced an article alleging that industry has somehow bought off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particularly with respect to its forthcoming study on groundwater and hydraulic fracturing. ICN, which has a history of taking sides when it comes to...
The University of Michigan has released the preliminary findings of its long-awaited hydraulic fracturing study, and the conclusions are likely to upset some of the most fervent anti-fracking activists in our state. Much of what is presented merely reaffirms what anyone who has been paying...
The EPA has issued a 278-page progress report on its gigantic hydraulic fracturing study due for completion in 2014 or thereabouts. The interim report offered a multitude of words one assumes are intended to obscure the ultimate direction of the report. Nonetheless, there are some...
Colin Harris Partner, Bryan Cave LLP Editors note: This is a guest column by Colin Harris, an attorney with Bryan Cave LLP originally featured on Forbes.com. Colin has 20 years of experience in matters pertaining to the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. Mark...
Last month the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a missive with a stark headline -“Federal Scientists Warn NY of Fracking Risks.” It conveyed the impression, yet again, that the sky was falling with respect to hydraulic fracturing and natural gas development in New York State,...
A thorough review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 666-page final drinking water report further solidifies what EID reported last week: the substance of the report — its actual data — reinforces the 2015 draft report’s topline conclusion that there was no evidence of “widespread,...
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited study on the relationship between groundwater and hydraulic fracturing, finding that fracturing technology has “not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources,” as routinely claimed by oil and gas critics. The assessment, originally requested...
Watching the Ohio Oil & Gas Land Management Commission’s June meeting on leasing the state’s mineral rights and recent coverage of a related protest is like taking a time machine back to 2013. Fortunately, many of the concerns raised about fracking, produced water management and...
It’s that time of year again. The Center for Western Priorities is out with yet another report on oil and gas industry “spills,” and as has been the case in years’ past, it once again misrepresents data and leaves out crucial context on the industry’s...
Oil and natural gas development is not responsible for groundwater issues in Pavillion, according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality report, Final Pavilion, Wyoming Gas Field Domestic Water Wells Report on Recommendations for Further Investigation (Final Report), released this week. This latest report represents...