'Clean' natural gas adding to climate change

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

As climate change gases decline, data reveals natural gas increase

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… a debate already raging over natural gas extraction in the U.S. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” involves injecting a chemical-laced fluid i …"

"… rily to increased production from natural gas wells.The risks of hydraulic fracturing have been drawing increased scrutiny from the press and from Congress. A r …"

The climate lobby from soup to nuts

By Marianne Lavelle and M.B. Pell

An array of new interests joins Washington's climate change debate

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… erground shale formations with horizontal drilling and high-pressure water fracturing. Just days before the House voted on the climate bill last June, a widely …"

U.S. advisory group on fracking has abundant ties to energy industry

By Evan Bush

As first recommendations emerge, scientists seek ouster of a former CIA director on energy company boards

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… e done safely provided that companies fully disclose the chemicals used in fracturing liquids, and that they face monitoring of their activities and rigorous st …"

"… tee, formed in May, was tasked to review fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, in which gas companies pump sand, water and chemicals into wells drilled …"

"… advocacy-based science and seems to have already concluded that hydraulic fracturing is safe." The scientists ask Chu to replace Deutch "with a person with no …"

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Federal fracking response could be years away

By Evan Bush

In safety demo, Halliburton worker swigs fracking fluid - a sign of industry assurance. Little stands in way of natural gas extraction boom.

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… ls, is a central villain in the controversy over extracting natural gas by fracturing rock beneath the earth’s surface. Opponents fear this fracking fluid may …"

"… ned for downhole use, not dinner tables."Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is used to tap previously unreachable deposits of natural gas in the eart …"

"… any plans to make a policy that would ban horizontal drilling or hydraulic fracturing.”Earlier this month, an Energy Department advisory committee called for …"

"… ups demanded that Obama "employ any legal means to put a halt to hydraulic fracturing" on federal lands.Employees for environmental groups, in interviews with i …"

‘The guy in the wheelchair'

By Kate Willson

How an El Paso smuggler moved a half-billion cigarettes across America

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… vacation in Acapulco in 1988, 18-year-old Abraham crashed his motorcycle, fracturing three vertebrae. About the same time, his parents were struggling financia …"

FACT CHECK: Perry misses the facts on fracking

By FactCheck.Org

GOP presidential hopeful's statement on EPA as a jobs-killer holds no water

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… -changer” in U.S. energy production, Perry cited regulation of hydraulic fracturing as an example of government overreach. Hydraulic fracturing, or “frackin …"

"… n of hydraulic fracturing as an example of government overreach. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is the process of extracting natural gas from undergro …"

"… cy at the University of Wyoming.The EPA is studying the issue of hydraulic fracturing, but no new regulations have yet been proposed. Due to the expanded use of …"

"… tudy the topic, “to better understand any potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water and groundwater.”  The EPA’s initial research r …"

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IMPACT: EPA posts secret 'watch list' that includes chronic polluters

By Corbin Hiar

Days after 'Poisoned Places' stories and disclosure of internal polluter 'watch list,' EPA starts naming names — and divulges no details

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… at energy extraction industries — oil, coal and gas, including hydraulic fracturing — "might be especially prone to inclusion" on the Clean Air Act watch li …"

FACT CHECK: GOP’s phantom job losses

By FactCheck.Org

Looking to smear Obama, Republicans effectively triple job loss stats

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… ng potential effects on drinking water from the practice of hydraulic fracturing, which is one of the factors behind the current drilling boom. “Fra …"

FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats

By The Associated Press

GOP rendition of U.S. energy production isn't in line with the facts

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… ple in his state in recent years thanks to new drilling methods, hydraulic fracturing and high oil prices. He says federal policies neither help nor hurt.In fac …"

FACT CHECK: Bogus oil claims by Crossroads GPS

By FactCheck.Org

Nonprofit group Crossroads GPS gets Obama administration energy policy facts wrong

Excerpts from this story referencing "fracturing":

"… A is studying the possible effects on drinking water of the hydraulic fracturing methods that drillers have used to extract oil and gas from such shale for …"

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