Energy Industry Won’t Back the ‘F’ Word
The word is "fracking" is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. It's not in the dictionary, the industry hates it, and President Barack Obama didn't use it in his State of the Union speech — even as he praised federal subsidies for it. The word sounds nasty, and environmental advocates have been able to use it to generate opposition — and revulsion — to what they say is a nasty process that threatens water supplies. "It obviously calls to mind other less socially polite terms, and folks have been able to take advantage of that," said Kate Sinding, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense…
January 27th, 2012 / No Comment / Read More »“Communication” and Fracking
Stephen Ewart, Calgary Herald’s Energy and Economics editor and columnist, delves into the communication uncertainty that plagues the hydraulic fracturing debate: As provincial authorities continue to investigate the blowout of an oil well in central…
January 26th, 2012 / Read More »Correcting Misinformation On Hydraulic Fracturing
Forbes decided to set the hydraulic fracking record straight by using facts, not playing on emotion like many of the frac-tivists do. To many walking the planet, fracking has a seriously bad reputation. Thanks to…
January 26th, 2012 / Read More »‘Phenomenal’ Tight Gas Signs in Argentina
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Americas Petrogas Inc. have “phenomenal” tight gas prospects in Argentina and expect “explosive” output growth in 5 years, said Guimar Vaca Coca, managing director of Americas Petrogas. Petrogas expects shale output…
January 25th, 2012 / Read More »
