+Natual Gas | May 10, 2011

More Problems for the Shale-Gas Industry

By Bryan Walsh

My Going Green column this week covers a new study that contains the strongest independent scientific case yet that shale-gas production can contaminate nearby water wells. A team of Duke researchers examined groundwater wells in northeastern Pennsylvania and New York state—the gasland I visited for our recent cover story on shale—and found evidence that methane [...]

+Natual Gas | February 26, 2011

A Documentary on Natural Gas Drilling Ignites an Oscar Controversy

By Bryan Walsh

If you watch the Academy Awards show on Sunday evening, you might notice Mark Ruffalo—nominated for Best Supporting Actor—and a number of other celebrities wearing a blue water droplet pin. The pins come from WaterDefense.org, a new campaign that is calling attention to the drinking water supplies that activists say are being threatened by the [...]