drilling industry

Several university-led studies that have downplayed concerns about the controversial drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing have been funded in part by drilling companies themselves, Bloomberg News reports.

Bloomberg cited, for example, a 2009 report published by Pennsylvania State University predicting

07/24/2012 1 comment

Renewable Energy

Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality

written by Walter Wang

For years the natural gas drilling industry has decried the lack of data that could prove—or disprove—that drilling can cause drinking water contamination. Only baseline data, they said, could show without a doubt that water was clean before drilling began.

The absence of baseline data was one of the most

05/17/2011 0 comment

Some University Fracking Studies Funded by Industry Groups, Report Says

Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality