media-and-stakeholder-relations-hydraulic-fracturing-initiative.116.featured.jpg On October 31 and November 1, Houston will be abuzz with natural gas industry communications professionals arrivin...
Hide Yo Kids Fracking.jpg The gas industry has not done itself any favors by downplaying the risks associated with fracking, something the industry is apparently just realizing. Labeling affected...
fracking-photo-drink.jpg Halliburton Chief Executive Officer Dave Lesar touted the safety of the company's new CleanStim fracking fluid during a keynote address at a gas industry conference in Co...
IN AUSTRALIA, landholders are responding to the country’s rush to exploit massive reserves of unconventional coal seam gas with a simple but defiant gesture. They’re locking their gates. More than…
Screen shot 2011-08-11 at 3.51.54 PM.png The Natural Gas Subcommittee of the Secretary of the Energy Advisory Board released their draft report today, which outlines immediate actions to imp...
Picture 3.png Although New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has yet to take a stance on the issue of hydraulic fracturing within his state, he introduced legislation on Tuesday that…
Picture 2.png The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is busy trying to figure out why communities near gas production facilities are experiencing life-threatening levels of hydrogen sul...
danger men.jpg The Associated Press is reporting some new details about the mysterious memo that surfaced earlier this year which encourages buyers of oil and gas leases to lie to…
Screen shot 2011-08-03 at 11.29.37 PM.png Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been known by the EPA to contaminate underground sources of drinking water since 1987. In a 25-year old investigat...
Screen shot 2011-08-02 at 2.23.46 PM.png The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission has voted unanimously to ban disposal wells for unconventional gas drilling wastes in a region that has been…
justice denied.jpg The U.S. government is asking a federal judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state of New York against the government that was seeking…
fracking air quality.jpg The U.S. EPA is poised to enact the first ever rules on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) with a proposal that would allow the agency to regulate the practice…
Shale Gass Fredericton Inn Thurs. June 23, 2011 044.jpg On August 1st and 2nd, a Day of FRACtion involving marches and protests is taking place across most of Canada’s Atlantic…
Screen shot 2011-07-30 at 6.12.22 PM.png British Columbia is providing the gas industry with 78 million cubic meters of free water each year, according to a recent CBC article. That…
Screen shot 2011-07-30 at 3.33.03 PM.png Energy politics tend to have a socially galvanizing effect. In production zones, big industrial producers promise massive social incentives to locals who ...
Screen shot 2011-07-28 at 11.39.42 AM.png The anti-frack movement just got a bit cooler thanks to Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG). Today, the citizen-led environmental organization release...
Screen shot 2011-07-21 at 5.43.24 PM.png The gas industry has finally received the slap on the hand it deserves for parroting the outdated refrain: “there are no instances of documented…
CWB993.gif A German member in the European parliament (MEP) is proposing a straightforward way to prevent (or outlaw) exploration and drilling for unconventional gas in the European Union (EU). H...
090720_gerard_schwartz_297.jpg Oil industry lobbyist and president of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Jack Gerard made his industry's goal clear in a recent interview with Fortune Magazine...
20110630-safe-fracking-fairytale.jpg In a major setback for the oil and gas industry, the French Senate last week voted 176 to 151 to ban hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking), the controversial...
