Gas flaring, the burning of natural gas released from fracking, in the United States is becoming a centerpiece of US environmental and energy policies.
Fracking remains a controversial way to retrieve fossil fuels, with some communities near fracking production have reported health problems.
Government R&D in the development of oil shale fracking demonstrates that the same approach can be used for renewable energy funding.
Claims by the right that the US has huge reserves of recoverable shale oil are typically simplistic. If only it were that easy.
Do you have running water in your home? Does your home have a heating system? Does it contain electrical wiring? Have you ever twirled spaghetti on a stainless steel fork?.
It is possible – even likely – that the fracking process to extract natural gas and oil from underground rock formations causes earthquakes, in addition to groundwater contamination and air pollution.
Conventional wisdom has it that the United States is a declining producer of energy, and that we’re likely to need more imports unless we can work our way off.
