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CDC Scientist: Tests Needed on Gas Drilling Impact

One of the government’s top scientists says much more research is needed to determine the possible impacts of shale gas drilling on human health and the environment. “Studies should include all the ways people can be exposed, such as through …

English Tremors Blamed on Shale ‘Fracking’

The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May. But a report commissioned by Cuadrilla Resources, which is drilling …