A group of energy companies including Royal Dutch Shell and SASOL have leased the rights to a huge, gas-rich shale field in South Africa, where they plan to use hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas. So now, as we’ve seen in Pennsylvania, New York and the rest of the Marcellus Shale region, environmental groups and […]

Officials in several parts of Texas have extended the burn ban that went into effect last Monday until July 25, the Herald Democrat reported. Burn bans are frequently enacted across the country in the summer, most often in an effort to curb air pollution. Grayson County approved the ban for different reasons, but the rules […]