Global gas flaring tracker report 2023
The latest Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report, a leading global and independent indicator of gas flaring, finds that global gas flaring decreased by three percent to 139 bcm in 2022 from 144 bcm in 2021.
Natural Gas Exploration
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and oil and natural gas operations: Potential environmental contamination and recommendations to assess complex environmental mixtures
Hydraulic fracturing technologies, developed over the last 65 years, have only recently been combined with horizontal drilling to unlock oil and gas reserves previously deemed inaccessible. While these
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US environmental agency advising Australia on impact of fracking on water
The Australian government has obtained information from US environmental regulators on the impact of fracking upon water supplies to help inform a new set of guidelines it is preparing on the controversial
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Britain should avoid deep injection shale wells: task force
Britain should steer clear of using deep injection wells in shale oil and gas "fracking" and take extra steps to reduce the technique's environmental and health effects, an industry-funded task force examining
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Secrecy over fracking chemicals clouds environmental risks, advocates say
The fracking industry must be compelled to provide far more detailed information to regulators if the public is to be accurately informed of any risks to the environment, advocacy groups say. A report
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Nineteen states go online for issuing green clearance
Almost a year after going online for assessing environmental clearance (EC) applications of bigger projects (Category 'A') which come to Union environment ministry for green nod, the Center on Thursday
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Environment Clearances for Category ‘B’ projects have been put online
Environment Clearances for Category ‘B’ projects have been put online with launch of new web portal and nineteen states have joined it instantly. This has been launched for online submission of applications
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Understanding the radioactive ingrowth and decay of naturally occurring radioactive materials in the environment: An analysis of produced fluids from the Marcellus Shale
The economic value of unconventional natural gas resources has stimulated rapid globalization of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. However, natural radioactivity found in the large volumes
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New report estimates enough natural gas is leaking to negate climate benefits
Natural gas has been touted as an environmentally friendly substitute to coal and oil production, but a new report estimates enough gas is leaking to negate most of the climate benefits of process.
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Government ordered to publish redacted fracking report in full
Heavily redacted report on the impact of fracking in the UK should be released in full, information commissioner tells environment department A heavily-redacted government report on the impacts of
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Alberta Earthquake Measuring 4.4 Magnitude Recorded Near Fox Creek
An earthquake has struck northern Alberta where past tremors have been blamed on hydraulic fracturing from the oil and gas industry. National Resources Canada detected a 4.4-magnitude tremor on Saturday