Fracking Blog Collection
collection that pulls all blogs about fracking - used for a portlet
- Stay Cool This Summer by Saving Money and the Air
- Captain Kilowatt here with some tips on staying cool, saving money and keeping the air clean this summer. If you follow any of these tips, send us a pic and you can join the ICL energy superheros.
- Fracking and Truth Decay
- Some legislators may have been less than forthcoming about money they might make if the Legislature gets natural gas bills passed. What is it with fracking this year? While ICL does not oppose responsible gas development to provide economic development and an imperfect transition from coal in a time of climate change, we continue to be discouraged by how it gets done.
- Credibility in the Legislature?
- The natural gas fracking debates in the Idaho Legislature led some lobbyists to intentionally misrepresent ICL and ICL's positions. Credibility in the Statehouse is earned. We still have ours.
- Idaho Statehouse: Sage-grouse, Fracking and Energy Issues
- Learn about Idaho bills on sage-grouse, fracking, wind moratorium and utility rates. And plan to attend our 2012 Legislative Reception next Tuesday, Feb 21!
- Go Ahead, Use the Cancer-Causing Chemicals
- Senate committee refuses to even print a draft bill that would prohibit using cancer-causing chemicals when fracking natural gas wells in Idaho.
- News from the Front Lines
- Legislation limiting local decision making on oil and gas development and production, and laying the ground work for injection wells to pump toxic chemicals into the ground (HB 464) sailed through committee. Very disappointing.
- Idaho Statehouse: Fracking, Energy Efficiency and the EPA
- Learn about Idaho bills on fracking, energy efficiency and banning the EPA. You can now listen to hearings and debates that take place at the Idaho Statehouse.
- A Rose by Any Other Name . . .
- Where the frack did the word frack come from, anyway?
- Your Voice for Conservation: Bighorn Sheep, Fracking and Geothermal
- Learn more about this week's issues, including threats to bighorn sheep, fracking rules and incentives for geothermal on state lands.
- YVC: Tapeworms, Fracking and Redistricting
- Things are in full swing at the Statehouse, and the Idaho Legislature is reviewing all the administrative rules.
- YVC: Fracking, Energy and Wildlife
- Read what our legislative priorities are for 2012!
- Fracking Appears to Be Causing Quakes
- A seismologist concludes that 11 quakes in Ohio over the last ten months are a result of fracking activities.
- Your Voice for Conservation
- The 2012 Idaho Legislative session is right around the corner! We continue to be your voice for conservation at the Idaho Statehouse.
- Fracking Rule Approved By Commission
- Idaho's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved the first regulations for Idaho's new oil and gas industry. Next step? On to the Idaho Legislature.
- Sowing Seeds of Energy Innovation
- Farmers and ranchers from around the Northwest were in Boise this week, sharing their stories of creating energy for themselves.
- Like Clean Air? Dislike Fracking? Do Your Part at Home
- Get your home ready for winter while protecting clear air and clean water.
- Draft Fracking Rule Out for Public Comment
- After almost a year of discussion, a draft rule to regulate drilling for oil and natural gas in Idaho is out for public comment.
- Fracking Rule Drafted
- The Idaho Department of Lands and other stakeholders have created a final draft rule to oversee oil and gas extraction and fracking.
- The Friendly Fracosaurus
- The Colbert Report attacks a coloring book devoted to the merits of natural gas drilling and fracking.
- A Fracking Update
- Find out what is going on at the state and local levels regarding natural gas drilling in Idaho.

