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Tag Archives: Bill Ellsworth

Fracking fuels energy debate

By Erica Gies / July 18, 2012
This site has been drilled and fractured and is now producing gas. Credit: ANGA

The hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of deep shale deposits is unearthing a lot of natural gas — and controversy

Posted in Technology & Engineering | Tagged Alternative energy, Bill Ellsworth, Charles Groat, chemistry, David Blackmon, earthquakes, feature, fracking, Gasland, groundwater contamination, Josh Fox, Lawrence M. Cathles, Marcellus Shale formation, methane, Nadia Steinzor, natural gas, organic chemistry, Pavillion, proppants, Robert W. Howarth, Stephen Osborn, Theo Colborn

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