Accuracy in Media

Another liberal narrative is debunked, this time, hydraulic fracturing does not contaminate groundwater. Hydraulic fracturing is known as “fracking,” and is a way to extract oil from the ground. A Duke University study, after three years, said they did not see groundwater contamination in their study, only surface water due to spilling accidents.

The pro-fracking ruling is at the center of this move by the Obama Justice Department.

The Washington Examiner reported: The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Friday lifting the nation’s 40-year-old ban on oil exports. The vote was 261-159. “This is a bipartisan bill,” Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the original sponsor of the bill, said before the vote. “We have a large number of Democrats … and large number of Republicans” supporting […]

The Obama administration keeps trying to regulate fracking, but their rules are too onerous: A federal judge Wednesday blocked the Obama administration from implementing new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, saying that the administration does not appear to have the statutory authority to do so. The rule, finalized in March by the Interior Department’s Bureau of […]

The Washington Examiner reported: “Saudi Arabia’s largest chemical company has announced plans to invest in U.S. shale gas production, after finding its own country has little natural gas to spare.” “Saudi Basic Industries Corp., the world’s second-biggest chemicals manufacturer, recently signed an agreement with the large Houston shale pipeline firm Enterprise Products Partners LP “to […]

Hey, so claims that were unsubstantiated to start with were debunked. Yay, science and fracking unite!

A good overall take on fracking in Colorado, where residents may have missed out on cashing in on fracking revenues as oil prices have now plummeted.

The Obama administration released a new set of rules regarding the oil extraction practice known as fracking, or hydraulic fracturing. Many supporters of fracking saw the new crackdown on their industry as another attempt to shut them down. It’s no secret that the Obama administration doesn’t like energy independence by way of fracking.

Check out the Daily Signal’s “10 Best and 10 Worst States to Find a Job.” Again, North Dakota is leading the way thanks to the fracking revolution.

This is actually a shovel-ready jobs initiative, but Obama promises to veto it. Makes no sense.