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1. Attacks on hydraulic fracturing in B.C. defy settled science

   Fracking in Canada is highly regulated, with extensive governmental oversight and self-imposed industry best-practices. ...

2. Is fracking safe? Air quality

   In the first three posts (parts one, two and three) in our series on the risks of hydraulic fracturing, we have focused on the potential issues that hydraulic fracturing poses to water. We now turn our attention to the risks hydraulic ...

3. Is fracking safe? Water use

   So far in parts one and two of the this series of posts on the safety of hydraulic fracturing, we have looked at both the overall risk to surface and ground water from unconventional oil and gas activities, as well as the potential for ...

4. Is fracking safe? Well integrity

   In part one of this series of blog posts, we provided evidence that hydraulic fracturing does not pose systemic threats to ground and surface water. Related to this issue is integrity of the wells, which allow oil and gas to come to the ...

5. Despite protests, fracking risks are modest and manageable

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, November 4, 2015 There’s never a dull moment in the debate over the safety of hydraulic fracturing—a process where water, sand, and a small amount of chemicals under high pressure are used to crack open rock formations, ...

6. Is fracking safe? Surface and ground water

   Canada has a lot to gain from developing its shale oil and gas resources through the use of hydraulic fracturing, a method of extraction where water, sand (proppant) and a small percentage of chemicals are injected under high pressure ...

7. Managing the Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing: An Update

   Activist groups continue to oppose hydraulic fracturing, a new application of old technologies that is unlocking vast supplies of oil and natural gas in the United States and Canada. This opposition has resulted in the establishment of moratoria in ...

8. When compared to other procedures, fracking uses relatively small amount of water

   Hydraulic fracturing has unleashed a renaissance of oil and gas production in the United States. The chart below shows American oil and gas production from 1970 to 2014. After more than three decades of declining production, the adoption ...

9. New Brunswick ignores neighbour’s energy success

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant, seems poised to follow through on a campaign promise to institute a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. News reports suggest he’ll implement that moratorium before ...

10. Managing the Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing

    Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a relatively new application of several old technologies used in oil and gas extraction that has made it possible to unlock large quantities of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons—fuels that can be used to access new and ...