Research sheds light on dark corner of B.C.’s oil and gas industry

By David SuzukiMay 5, 2017No Comments1 Min Read

Photo: Jenelle Schneider/Calgary: Banff, Alberta in 2007

We’ve long known extracting oil and gas comes with negative consequences, and rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, increases the problems and adds new ones — excessive water use and contamination, earthquakes, destruction of habitat and agricultural lands and methane emissions among them.