Educator Resources
Three Animations To Help You Understand Fracking
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A series of animated “explainers” produced in collaboration with AirWaterGas on the rise of fracking, water use in fracking, and the high stakes game of deciding where to drill.
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IE Questions: Is Fracking Dangerous?
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With the help of researchers at AirWaterGas and UCAR, we dive into controversial waters to answer the question: Is Fracking Dangerous?
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IE Questions: Where Does Fracking Water Go?
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You asked? We answered! Lisa Gardiner of the UCAR Center for Science Education and AirWaterGas helped us answer an audience question: What happens to all the water that comes up after a well is hydraulically fractured?
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CO Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Fracking Bans
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The Colorado Supreme Court has struck down fracking limits in two front-range communities, a big win for industry in a state still divided over oil and gas drilling near rapidly growing populations.
Inside Energy News
Oil Companies Chase Efficiency Deep Underground
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After months of low oil prices, oil companies are scrambling to get more oil out of fewer wells. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports on the technology they are using, deep underground.
IE Read Feed
California Pledges Changes In Protecting Underground Water
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The Associated Press California announces a plan to shut down disposal wells that inject oil and gas wastewater into federally protected aquifers.
Colorado State of Mind
‘Who Owns Oil And Gas?’ Discussed On Colorado State Of Mind
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Inside Energy Reporters Dan Boyce and Jordan Wirfs-Brock appeared on the Rocky Mountain PBS program “Colorado State of Mind” to discuss their analysis of Dan’s Roth IRA as a microcosm of Americans’ retirement investments in the oil and gas industry.
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If You Read Only One Story On Health And Fracking, Read This One
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As communities find themselves in the midst of unprecedented energy development, for people who live near oil and gas wells, are there health risks?
Inside Energy met with scientists to learn how oil and gas drilling affects your health and to clarify the confusion.
Find out about what drilling means for water, air and your health, and how a new research collaboration is helping communities understand the risks and benefits of the drilling boom.
Inside Energy News
Are Oil And Gas Companies Fracking Wyoming’s Water?
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Researchers say oil and gas companies fracked rock formations at the same depth as water wells near Pavillion, Wyoming.
