New Shill Gas Study Published by SUNY Buffalo Institute With Heavy Industry Ties
When does a study on the unconventional shale gas industry become a "shill gas study"? The quick answer: when nearly everyone writing and peer reviewing it has close ties to the industry they're...
View ArticlePublic Accountability Initiative Produces New Report on SUNY Buffalo's "Shill...
The Public Accountability Initiative (PAI) has upped the ante on DeSmogBlog's reporting on what we coined a "Shill Gas Study" recently conducted by SUNY Buffalo.In our critique of the "study" we...
View ArticleFrackademia: Controversial SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute's Reputation Unraveling
A storm is brewing in Buffalo and it's not the record snow storm typically associated with upstate New York. Rather, it's taking place in the ivory tower of academia and revolves around hydraulic...
View ArticleWhitewash: SUNY Buffalo Defends Controversial Shale Gas Institute
On Friday, SUNY Buffalo's President's Office released a lengthy and long-awaited 162-page report upon request of the SUNY System Board of Trustees that delved into the substantive facts surrounding the...
View ArticleKeystone XL Contractor and SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute Conduct LA County's...
A huge report was published on Oct. 10 by Los Angeles County that'll likely open the floodgates for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") for unconventional oil and gas in the Monterey Shale basin. The...
View ArticleBreaking: SUNY Buffalo Shuts "Frackademia" Center, Shale Resources and...
Today, SUNY Buffalo closed the doors of its Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), what we at DeSmog have described as an epicenter for "frackademia" and a public relations front for the oil and...
View ArticleUnion of Concerned Scientists Cites DeSmog's "Frackademia" Work in Major Report
The Union of Concerned Scientists'Center for Science and Democracy has released a new report titled “Toward an Evidence-Based Fracking Debate” and DeSmogBlog's “frackademia” work takes the center stage...
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