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False Fears About Fracking

Bridge Magazine cites dishonest 'Gasland' scene

… on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), and while the author provides … The author cites the anti-fracking film, "Gasland," and references … certainly has nothing to do with fracking. According to the Colorado … water on fire unrelated to fracking, and stated "it's not relevant." … issue of gas drilling or fracking. Wheeler did not respond …

US On Pace To Produce More Oil In 2018 Than — Ever

Fracking, less-heavy regulatory hand contribute

… director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said that oil production has been increasing for the last seven years due to fracking and other advances in drilling technology. Oil production in Michigan has been moving in the opposite direction, however. In the 1980s, Michigan …

Without Fracking, Oil Prices Would be at Record Highs

… is telling us is without fracking in the United States we’d … United States is done with fracking and has been for decades.” … Supplies Existed Long Before Fracking Fracking Concerns Overblown; Risks … Do the Experts Say About Fracking In Michigan? Commentary: …

Lighting Water On Fire? Gas In Water Supplies Existed Long Before Fracking

Part three: Main fear about process existed before hydraulic fracturing

… series looking at the issue of fracking in Michigan. Part one discussed … result of deep, horizontal fracking in the state? No. The pamphlet … When people think about fracking they often picture scenes … nothing to do with the word [fracking]." Donald Siegel, a professor … for Public Policy, said the fracking process provides access to …

August 5, 2016 MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call Report

Mandate more music, restrict fracking, surrogate moms and more

… at this time. House Bill 5366: Impose new regulations on gas and oil “fracking” Introduced by Rep. Sarah Roberts (D), to ban issuing any new permits … to committee, no further action at this time. House Bill 5370: Impose “fracking” pollution presumption Introduced by Rep. Julie Plawecki (D), to establish …

Experts: Earthquakes, Water Usage Not Concerns With Fracking in Michigan

Part one: Natural gas extraction fears are largely overblown

… hydraulic fracturing, or, fracking. Fracking is a process that extracts … group, "Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan," is working … The main fears surrounding fracking center around water contamination … University, said the actual fracking process takes place thousands …

Fracking Concerns Overblown; Risks Exist With All Energy Extraction

Part two: The debate over emissions, flowback and risk

… article looking at the issue of fracking in Michigan. Part one discussed … about hydraulic fracturing, "fracking," tend to be overblown or … the surface as a result of fracking, leaking, greenhouse gas … damage the environment. "Fracking is an enabling technology … on what happens other than fracking." However, several experts …

Despite Mideast Tensions, Michigan Gas Prices Remain Cheap

Before America’s domestic fracking revolution, oil tankers on fire would have burned motorists

… recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman would have triggered a worldwide spike in oil prices. But the increase in U.S. production, driven by fracking and other innovations, has changed the worldwide oil market. Dan Kish, the senior vice president of the Institute for Energy Research, said in an …

What a Biden-Harris Presidency Would Mean for the Future of Energy

Both support largely ending oil and gas production

… themselves to heavily restrict fracking as they focus on climate … hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the means by which American … debate, he added, “No new fracking.” That broad and somewhat … workers out of a job by banning fracking would be a hard sell for … quickly limited his anti-fracking rhetoric to targeting energy …