Does Fracking Change the Energy World? Prospects and Impacts of Unconventional Gas

Da die Veranstaltung auf Englisch stattfand, erfolgt die Beschreibung an dieser Stelle ausnahmsweise auch auf Englisch:

Fracking, i.e. unconventional gas and oil development in shale formations, is a controversial subject for which the public needs accessible and reliable data in order to make well-informed decisions.

• What are the environmental and regulatory shortfalls experienced in the U.S. with regard to the recent boom in the extraction of this fossil fuel?
• What are the production trends, electricity costs, climate change implications, and health concerns of unconventional gas?
• What will be the future of fracking in the American – and global – energy fields?

These questions were addressed in the session with Samantha Malone, Manager of Science and Communications of FracTracker Alliance.

FracTracker Alliance is an NGO based in Pennsylvania, US, that is dedicated to enhancing the public’s understanding of the (unconventional) oil and gas industry by providing data and analyses at fractracker.org.
Ms Malone holds a master of public health degree from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health and travels to Switzerland and Germany this summer on a tour related to FracTracker and unconventional drilling issues.