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Hydraulic fracturing

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$A man clears rubble in Sparks, Okla., following two earthquakes in 24 hours in November 2011. The area is home to thousands of fracking wells.$

Feeling the impact of fracking

Boston College scholar uses Radcliffe fellowship to study earthquake link

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DateJune 16, 2017June 21, 2017

$A new study by Kate Konschnik (right), lecturer and director of Harvard Environmental Law Policy Initiative, and Archana Dayalu, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, claims that companies are less willing to disclose the chemicals they use while fracking.$

Disclosures on fracking lacking, study finds

Firms withholding chemical reports at higher rate

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DateDecember 15, 2015

John Shaw, the Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology and a professor of environmental science and engineering, expects natural gas to continue to displace coal in electricity generation. It is projected to become the nation’s largest electricity-generating fuel by 2040.

Staying power for shale gas

Geologist sees a path to easing fracking concerns

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DateMarch 12, 2015

Joan Ruderman, senior adviser to the Radcliffe science program, said that water is in the headlines regularly today, from stories about chemical pollutants like PCBs being cleaned up to links between water and energy, to the search for water in arid parts of the world. Ruderman took part in Radcliffe’s annual science symposium, this year titled “Cloudy with a Chance of Solutions: The Future of Water.”

Seeking to connect on water issues

Among key topics at Radcliffe symposium: Unity on policy

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DateOctober 17, 2012April 8, 2019

New source of natural gas

Industry official says new extraction technique is dramatically increasing supplies

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DateFebruary 25, 2010May 21, 2019