Articles tagged: fracking
University of Michigan to hold town hall on future of fracking in the state
Posted: Apr 10, 2013The University of Michigan will be hosting a town hall meeting April 16 on the future prospects for the environmentally controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the state. Read more »
MLIVE: Anti-fracking group to visit Ann Arbor in statewide ballot petition drive
Posted: Mar 29, 2013A Michigan group working to collect enough signatures to get a ban on the oil and gas industry's practice of fracking placed on a statewide ballot will be stopping in Ann Arbor as a part of their petition drive, according to media reports. Read more »
WITH VIDEO: University of Michigan researchers to brief state officials on fracking Tuesday
Posted: Mar 04, 2013Scientists from the University of Michigan will be speaking before Michigan officials and politicians Tuesday in Lansing about a hydraulic fracturing impact study they're conducting. Read more »
U-M researchers studying hydraulic fracturing
Posted: Nov 28, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
OPINION: Fracking is a dangerous proposition for Michigan that could poison our water
Posted: Jun 18, 2012You recently published an article on fracking in Washtenaw County, basically in Saline. It seems to me that fracking in a part of the state that is known for radon is a dangerous proposition. Radon ... Read more »
WITH VIDEO: Are we next? Possibility of fracking in Washtenaw County drums up fear
Posted: Jun 07, 2012Tim and Wendy Dwyer know just about every inch of their 60-acre horse and wheat farm in Saline Township. In the driveway, a traffic cone marks the spot where a killdeer has decided to lay ... Read more »
'Fracking' advocates, critics gearing up in Michigan
Posted: Apr 24, 2012The fight over hydraulic fracturing is coming to Michigan, along with a significant environmental test for the Great Lakes state's Republican governor. Read more »
Oil and gas company says it can't promise fracking won't happen in Washtenaw County
Posted: Apr 19, 2012An oil and gas company drilling in the Saline area says it can't promise it won't ever use the controversial technique known as "fracking" in Washtenaw County. "No, we can't (promise) that," said Greg Vadnais, ... Read more »
Jeff Irwin: 'Pure Michigan legacy could be severely damaged' if state fails to address fracking
Posted: Nov 07, 2011State Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, joined other Democrats in Lansing Monday in urging House Republicans to take action to protect Michigan waters from fracking. "Michigan's esteemed Pure Michigan legacy could be severely damaged if ... Read more »
Opinion: Fracking for natural gas needs to be banned in Michigan and elsewhere
Posted: Apr 09, 2011Halliburton has devised a means of extracting natural gas from shale rock called fracking. This fracking process involves drilling deep wells that go far below the underground aquifers, fracturing the shale, and creating great pressure, ... Read more »
What the frick is fracking? Watch documentary 'Gasland' March 29 to find out more
Posted: Mar 11, 2011Today our guest writer is Alex Yerkey, Michigan campaign organizer for Clean Water Action. What the frick is "fracking"? A very cool-sounding word. A way uncool and ungreen activity. Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing, ... Read more »
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