Experts See Closer Link Between Earthquakes and Oil Drilling 专家称地震和石油钻探关系密切 Since 2009, earthquake activity has greatly increased in the central and eastern United States. A new report from U.S. earthquake experts links dr

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石油开采废水变宝 The increased use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, to extract natural gas and oil in many parts of the United States, has dramatically increased the nation's energy supply, but also raised concerns about such

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What is fracking? It is a way of getting gas or oil from inside rock, deep underground. Mining companies break the rock using water. This week, the Commissioner for the Environment gave a report on fracking in New Zealand. She said that the mining co

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Study: No Evidence Hydraulic Fracturing Pollutes Water A new study finds no evidence that the controversial practice to extract natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing is contaminating ground water. The report, Separating Fact from Fiction in Shale

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Fracking Could Lead to Big Profits for Some Companies A machine, developed by a company called OriginOil, removes sludge from water that came from an oil drilling site - with a process originally developed for extracting algae. Petroleum is nothing b

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JEFFREY BROWN:And, finally tonight, we turn to Poland, where there's a familiar controversy surrounding new energy exploration. Our story is part of a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and comes from special correspondent St

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