Category Archives: Fracking

Obama Administration Supports Fracking and Natural Gas, Despite Environmental Opposition

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

By Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. Last Thursday, the US Department of the Interior released a draft proposal that would “establish common-sense safety standards for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands.” Last Friday, the US Department … Continue reading →

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Groundwater unaffected by shale gas production in Arkansas

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

From Duke University , something sure to irritate people like Josh Fox, Joe Romm,  and Bill McKibben who are certain that fracking is terrible. DURHAM, N.C. — A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey … Continue reading →

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Saturday Silliness: Tamino aka Grant Foster fracks himself

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

People send me stuff. This morning my inbox had a forwarded Twitter item about a Tammy post where supposedly none of what McIntyre discovered about the dating problems in Marcott et al hockey stick “matter”, because “Tamino” has proven otherwise, … Continue reading →

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Up to 233 billion barrels of oil discovered in southern Australia

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

From the Telegraph: The discovery in central Australia was reported by Linc Energy to the stock exchange and was based on two consultants reports, though it is not yet known how commercially viable it will be to access the oil. … Continue reading →

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Is Yoko Ono smarter than a 4th grader?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Guest post by David Middleton First up: Yoko Ono and friends… ‘Fracking kills’: Yoko Ono joins star-studded cast fighting against hydraulic natural gas drilling in upstate New York John Lennon’s son Sean Lennon, actress Debra Winger, songstress Natalie Merchant and … Continue reading →

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Global data doesn’t support Reuters “fracking” Google search trend claim

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Tom Nelson pointed this out this morning. ‘Fracking’ overtakes ‘climate change’ in Google searches | The Dickinson Press | Dickinson, North Dakota This year, for the first time, U.S. online searches for the term “fracking” became more popular than “climate … Continue reading →

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In the UK, just a few hundred people show up to stand in the cold and yell for the ‘National Climate March’

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

This happened last Saturday December 1st, but I just now became aware of it. From their website the photo looks like a lot of people, but the video that follows shows it to be a rather modest affair. I think … Continue reading →

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Another kind of ‘fracking’, this produces geothermal energy

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

From the AGU fall meeting comes some pragmatic engineering tests with fracking like methods that produce geothermal energy. Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geological and environmental challenges if these promising energy sources are to reach … Continue reading →

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Cheap Natural Gas, but wait – there’s more

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Guest post by Ric Werme One minor sign of fall where I live is the arrival of a letter from the gas utility announcing the “Fixed Price Option (FPO) lock-in price” for the winter season. FPO offers a price which … Continue reading →

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More “Fracking” Nonsense About Earthquakes

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Are the science journalists ignorant of science? Or are they intentionally misleading the public? Earthquakes triggered by fluids injected deep underground, such as during the controversial practice of fracking, may be more common than previously thought, a new study suggests.

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In other news…”Ten Reasons Why Fracking is (not) Doomed”

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Guest Post by David Middleton I ran across a really funny story on Real Clear Energy last Friday… Once you get past all of the nonsense about fracking polluting groundwater and global warming hysteria, the article really gets “interesting.”

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On Fracking

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

  This post represents two milestones for WUWT. 1. It is the first post where a detailed examination of fracking has been offered to the readers. 2. It is the first post I’ve authored from an airplane cruising about 35,000 … Continue reading →

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