Category Archives: Fracking

Appalachian Coal Fights for Survival on Shale Boom: Commodities

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Admin

Coal mining in Appalachia has survived deadly explosions, the Great Depression and the country’s largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The latest threat is booming shale-gas production. U.S. power utilities are favoring natural gas, which is trading at its … Continue reading →

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New Years Eve Earthquake in Ohio believed to be a result of Fracking

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Admin

Won-Young Kim, a research professor of Seismology Geology at Columbia University who is advising the state of Ohio on the New Year’s Eve 4.0 magnitude earthquake near Youngstown, Ohio, said on Jan. 3 that circumstantial evidence suggests a link between the … Continue reading →

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