Embryonic self-fracking

MINING: EPA Tackles Fracking

Fracking, Renewables & Mean Field Games

The dramatic decline in oil prices, from around $110 per barrel in June 2014 to less than $50 in January 2015, highlights the importance of competition between different energy sources. Indeed, the sustained price drop has been primarily attributed to OPEC’s strategic decision not to curb its oil production in the face of increased supply of shale oil in the US, spurred by the technological inn...

Fracking, the environment, and health.

Estimating Wastewater Impacts from Fracking

Wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing (" fracking ") for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale is already overwhelming disposal options and will continue to do so as gas development increases, according to newly published research. The investigation did not evaluate environmental consequences of the wastewater. But lead author Brian Lutz, an assistant professor in the Kent State University D...

NY DEC Takes on Fracking

assessment, human health, environmental fate and impact, risk assessment and risk management, and informatics and modeling. The emphasis on informatics and modeling, new for this update of the strategy, reflects the need for a way to organize the rapidly growing wealth of data on ENMs. Coral reefs sequester carbon dioxide, support fisheries, protect the coastline from storms, and help generate ...