After several states began requiring that hydraulic fracturing firms disclose their activities and the chemical composition of their fracturing fluids, the firms changed their behaviors and local water quality improved.
The market will be the first of its kind among emerging economies, outside of China. Leading researchers from the University of Chicago, Yale and J-PAL will help design the program,...
The analysis outlines the optimal climate policy, which is straightforward to implement and provides two to three times the emissions reductions for the same cost as conventional policies.
The estimated impact on water quality is more pronounced during the period when wells generate large amounts of flowback and produced water, and where water monitors are closest to wells....
The study recommends an immediate return to the Obama Administration’s approach paired with a more appropriate discount rate that together would produce a social cost of $125 per ton of...
In recent years, shale oil and gas industry observers have noticed a trend: Companies are drilling unprofitable wells simply to keep up contracts with landowners. A new analysis looks at...