Tag Archives: Hydraulic Fracturing

Just the Fracks, Ma’am

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Steve Maley

Natural gas is a cheap, abundant American resource, and cleaner than all of its viable alternatives to boot. It would be hard for a reasonable person not to favor natural gas as a component of our national energy mix, but … Continue reading →

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President Obama, Dr. Steven Chu and Their Fracking Whopper

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Steve Maley

…[It] was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock – reminding us that Government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy … Continue reading →

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The New York Times and its Anti-Fracking Cargo Cult

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Steve Maley

Another day, another distorted and fear-mongering attack from the Old Grey Lady on America’s natural gas industry. Headline: Add Quakes to Rumblings Over Gas Rush (originally published under the headline “Some Blame Hydraulic Fracturing For Earthquake Epidemic”; link may require … Continue reading →

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Drilling in New Jersey? No Fracking Way!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Steve Maley

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie issued a conditional veto on a measure that would have imposed a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing — a/k/a “fracking” — in the Garden State. Instead, Christie has suggested a year-long moratorium on the practice. … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Says Shale Gas is a Giant Ponzi Scheme. Erm, No.

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Steve Maley

The New York Times really hates natural gas. Just in the last year, the Times has run scaremongering articles on the dangers of hydrofracking and Gasland-inspired tales of groundwater contamination in the “shale plays”, the unconventional sources of natural gas … Continue reading →

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