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Bradford Duplisea
2011-05-12 14:24
Sierra Club Canada
French lawmakers have voted to ban a controversial technique used to extract shale gas and oil that opponents say contaminates the environment.
If the vote by the lower house of parliament passes the Senate next month, France will be the first country to...
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Bradford Duplisea
2011-07-21 14:42
Sierra Club Canada
A public meeting is being held tonight to discuss the issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing and associated concerns.
"My main point for doing a public event, I'm really just trying to raise awareness about the issue," said Heidi Verheul,...
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Bradford Duplisea
2011-12-08 21:39
Atlantic Chapter
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may have linked fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — to groundwater pollution for the first time.
The EPA announced Thursday that it found compounds likely...