The EPA released 622 documents related to its study of water contamination tied to hydraulic fracturing in Pavillion, Wyoming, as Republican lawmakers criticized the findings.
The government of Canada and the province of Alberta will outline its
program for monitoring the environmental impact of the oil sands
industry, an Alberta environment ministry spokeswoman said.
Obama pushed drilling for gas in shale rock and support for cleaner
energy sources to boost the economy in his final State of the Union
address before facing U.S. voters in November.
The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to give more weight to
factors including social and environmental benefits in deciding which local
mass-transit initiatives will get federal money.
Global energy companies amass stakes in North American shale oil and natural-gas discoveries, even
as earthquakes and tainted water threaten to stall the biggest drilling
boom in at least two decades.
Calfrac Well Services Ltd.’s bonds are outperforming peers as investors
bet that U.S. regulators will continue to allow the practice of
hydraulic fracturing, which accounts for almost 90 percent of its sales.
