Shale Gas: Pennsylvania is 'ground zero' of U.S. drilling boom (via @guardianeco & @propublica)

Marcellus shale, January 2011. Photo from Creative Commons by Dustin Gray/flickr

The UK Guardian is running a series on the shale gas boom in the northeast United States:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/shale-gas

Suzanne Goldenberg writes an overview story (link below) published April 21: "Sitting atop a vast deposit of natural gas, Pennsylvania knows how lucrative – and dangerous – this rapidly expanding industry is. But how can it prevent large-scale environmental damage?":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/21/pennsylvania-ground-zero-shale-gas?intcmp=122

The series is being produced in collaboration with ProPublica, which in its project "Buried Secrets" has been reporting in depth on the shale gas boom since 2008:

http://www.propublica.org/series/buried-secrets-gas-drillings-environmental-threat

An April 21 ProPublica article "Natural Gas Drilling is at Critical Turning Point" discusses the Guardian series and focuses on the implication of shale gas for Europe:

http://www.propublica.org/article/natural-gas-drilling-is-at-a-crucial-turning-point1

Marianne Lavelle at National Geographic News produced a series on shale gas last year and it can be found here:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2010/10/101022-energy-marcellus-shale-gas-rush/

also see: Signs From Earth Notes: Natural Gas

http://ddimick.posterous.com/?sort=&search=natural+gas

Fracking Visualized: Several "fracking" graphics appear on the ProPublica site. The Guardian series includes a downloadable PDF graphic showing the process of hydraulic fracturing (segment below).

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Environment/documents/2011/04/21/Hydraulicfracturing1.pdf?intcmp=239

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