The American Midwest has seen something of an earthquake boom in recent years, and speculation that the earthquakes are related to shale gas drilling has run rampant. In 2001, the frequency of earthquakes from Montana to Alabama began to rise, the number of quakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater reaching 87 in 2009. The 134 [...]
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15 Nov
One Shale Gas Report, Two Different Takes
On November 10th, the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Natural Gas Subcommittee released its second and final report on the steps that can be taken to improve the safety and reduce the environmental impact of shale gas development. The report lays out 20 recommendations that it believes “would assure that the nation’s considerable shale gas [...]
