We sat down with Cornell professor Anthony Ingraffea, persona non grata in the oil and gas industry, to talk fracking, climate change, and industry regulation on the eve of this week's Eagle Ford Shale conference.
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Co-author of (in)famous Cornell study talks fracking, regulation, and climate change
Lead author of UT fracking study takes industry money
A report released by a watchdog group this week outlines how Chip Groat, lead author of UT's recent study on fracking, since late 2006 has sat on the board of directors for Houston-based oil and gas drillers Plains Exploration and Production (PXP). It's something he didn't disclose in the report or to UT officials.
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O&G psy-ops coming to the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas?
North Texas fracking opponent Sharon Wilson, director of the Oil & Gas Accountability Project for the nonprofit environmental group Earthworks, received some startling insights into how some in the oil and gas industry view — and respond to — grassroots resistance to their work.
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Eagle Ford fracking body packed with industry interests
How does one shatter dense rock thousands of feet below ground with a toxic slurry and suck up the oil and gas in a environmentally responsible manner? Is safe "fracking" of oil shales even possible?
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Fracking Eagle Ford to take 14 billion gallons of water a year, while recycling stays low
At best, only about 20 percent of that water would ever be able to be recycled for reuse.
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