Fracking, Toxics, and Disclosure

Fracking, the environment, and health.

MINING: EPA Tackles Fracking

Tackling toxics.

ost Americans believe that if a chemical is in their cosmetics, their coat, or their couch, someone is making sure it’s safe for their health. In reality, little toxicity information or regulation is required for 80,000 industrial chemicals used in commerce in the United States. To address this, legislation to update the inef ective 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) is currently moving th...

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...

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...