http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:41:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/22/the-boom-of-hydraulic-fracturing/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/22/the-boom-of-hydraulic-fracturing/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:51:19 +0000 Cassie Xu http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36913 Experts discuss the rise and boom of unconventional hydrocarbon extraction in the final Sustainable Development Seminar Series of the 2012-2013 academic year.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/22/the-boom-of-hydraulic-fracturing/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/18/green-films-for-earth-day-2013/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/18/green-films-for-earth-day-2013/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:24:28 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35747 Mothers, carbon, trash, vanishing ice and "secret lives": Watch a movie for Earth Day and learn. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/18/green-films-for-earth-day-2013/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/seismologists-link-ohio-earthquakes-to-waste-disposal-wells/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/seismologists-link-ohio-earthquakes-to-waste-disposal-wells/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:31:15 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=21504 Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio, in the last nine months are likely linked to a disposal well for injecting wastewater used in the hydraulic fracturing process, say LDEO seismologists.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/06/seismologists-link-ohio-earthquakes-to-waste-disposal-wells/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/15/hydraulic-fracturing-resources-for-journalists/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/15/hydraulic-fracturing-resources-for-journalists/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:16:25 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16911 (Updated April 10, 2013)    Earth Institute scientists can offer a wide range of expertise to journalists covering natural-gas production using hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking). This includes basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; and economic/political questions surrounding the practice. Here is a brief guide. (Click on hyperlinks for individual [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/15/hydraulic-fracturing-resources-for-journalists/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/11/fracking-gains-ground-in-new-york/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/11/fracking-gains-ground-in-new-york/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:49 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16139 Fracking is back in the news again, and in a big way. On July 1, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, released its recommendations regarding the controversial natural gas extraction technique. Amidst the din of statewide protests, the agency supported fracking in most of the state’s portion [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/11/fracking-gains-ground-in-new-york/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/09/clean-water-vs-cheap-energy-can-we-have-both/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/09/clean-water-vs-cheap-energy-can-we-have-both/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 13:30:20 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14501 The social fabric of a water quality debate: Anti-fracking protesters converge on Albany... again. A battle of wills between advocates of clean water and cheap energy ensues.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/09/clean-water-vs-cheap-energy-can-we-have-both/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/25/pennsylvanias-gasland-spill/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/25/pennsylvanias-gasland-spill/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:30:28 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13839 Pennsylvania well spills tens of thousands of gallons of fracking fluid into a nearby creek; Gasland director Josh Fox talks to Columbia University about renewable energy.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/25/pennsylvanias-gasland-spill/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/28/another-fracking-demonstration/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/28/another-fracking-demonstration/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:30:56 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13236 Disclaimer: Although this blog post has been researched like any other news piece I would write, it represents my personal perspective about natural gas drilling. For a journalist, it feels strange to begin with a disclaimer, but that’s what I’ll do here. The reason is simple: This blog post is skewed. Why? because, if the [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/28/another-fracking-demonstration/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/03/hydraulic-fracturing-potential-for-contamination-of-drinking-water-sources/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/03/hydraulic-fracturing-potential-for-contamination-of-drinking-water-sources/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:32:44 +0000 Stephen Yang http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2615 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/03/hydraulic-fracturing-potential-for-contamination-of-drinking-water-sources/feed/ 6