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Fracking has helped make the U.S. the world's top oil producer. But that economic benefit comes at an environmental cost.
The oil and gas industry supports the idea that states should control the regulatory specificities of fracking. [51] Some contend that these exemptions are carefully analyzed. A 2004 EPA study concluded that fracking injection in coalbed methane wells "posed little or no threat to drinking water;" the study has since been contraverted.
The ban received 59% support [314] and the city became the first in Texas to ban fracking. The fight between the two sides was strong: the anti-ban group 'Denton Taxpayers for a Strong Economy raised nearly $700,000 to campaign against the ban, most of it from gas and oil companies XTO Energy , Devon Energy and Enervest. [ 315 ]
HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris understands that natural gas prices will rise if fracking is banned, industry executives said on Tuesday, explaining their confidence the ...
There were more than 1,400 fracking incidents associated with oil and gas wells in Ohio between 2018 and September 2023, according to FracTracker Alliance — a nonprofit that collects data on ...
Maryland introduced a temporary fracking ban in 2015, [117] which was made permanent in 2017. [118] [119] Washington joined these states by banning hydraulic fracturing in May 2019. [120] A type of fracking technique called slickwater fracking was used in Texas in 1998 to complete natural gas wells in the Barnett Shale. [121]
Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not ban fracking during the Democratic ticket’s first sit-down interview of the campaign alongside running mate Tim Walz.
Countries using or considering to use fracking have implemented different regulations, including developing federal and regional legislation, and local zoning limitations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2011, after public pressure France became the first nation to ban hydraulic fracturing, based on the precautionary principle as well as the principal of ...