Browsing by Subject "fracking"
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Differences in the Media’s Framing of Fracking/Shale Gas in New York, Pennsylvania, Germany, and the United Kingdom
(2014-04-25)Over the past decade, commercial mining firms in the United States have increasingly used horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract natural gas from shale rock formations (shale gas). The production ... -
Frack to the Future? Closing Oil- and Gas-Related Fractures in the Law of Water Protection
(2011-04-29)In a world of increasing concern about foreign oil imports and climate change, natural gas is expected to become an increasingly important part of the United States’ fuel mix. As conventional natural gas sources are depleted, ... -
West Virginia Community Awareness and Opinion of Water and Hydraulic Fracturing
(2015-04-23)The need for cleaner energy sources has driven a boom in oil and gas extraction via hydraulic fracturing. However, significant environmental issues that have been raised in response to this rapid expansion of fracking. Most ...
