http://www.fractracker.org/2011/07/comparing-and-contrasting-extractive.html…

Follow me and some of the participants as we head to ghana  to compare and contrast fracking policies there and in the US here:

http://extraction-environment.blogspot.com/p/bios-of-student-participants.html

The Emerging Leaders’ Extraction and Environment Program (E-LEEP) will be hosted by University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana in July, 2011 as part of a joint arrangement between the University of Ghana and Duquesne University, and is funded by a grant…

The natural gas “gold rush” has intensified debates around the world over how government regulates the oil and gas industry and protects the health and well being of its residents.

The debate pits those who see the industry as an engine for economic growth against those who fear that lax standards create a potential for natural disaster.



This Common…

Common Cause/NY Releases Report Reflecting Large Infusion of Money to Influence Policy Decisions on Hydrofracking

Pro Industry Lobby Groups Outspend Those Opposing

Gas Drilling by 4-1

Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause/NY:  "New York State's policies regarding hydrofracking will have a profound impact on the future of our state.  It is imperative that…