Background
The Atkinson Center promotes and supports objective, interdisciplinary investigations and discourse on various issues related to natural gas drilling and carbon sequestration, particularly those relating to the Marcellus Shale formation.
In the News:
- January 3, 2012
A commentary on "The greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas in shale formations" was written by by Lawrence M. Cathles (EAS), Larry Brown (EAS), Andrew Hunter (CHEME), and Milton Taam was published in Climatic Change Letters, a peer-reviewed journal. - March 13, 2011
Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations - New research by Prof. Robert Howarth (EEB) and Tony Ingraffea (CEE) was published in Climatic Change Letters.
Related Cornell Research:
In the last two years, ACSF provided seed funding through the Academic Venture Fund for the following related projects:
- Methane Production in Natural Gas Extraction from Shale (2011)
- Monitoring Air and Water Quality in Marcellus Shale Drilling Sites (2010)
- Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Risk Analysis for Carbon Sequestration (2010)
- The Impact of Green Energy Development on Rural Community Sustainability (2009)
- Energy Transitions/Marcellus White Paper (August, 2011 revision)
Other Cornell Resources
Spring 2011 Events
- Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Natural Gas Extraction and Delivery in the United States (Abstract, Slides)
May 12: Timothy J. Skone (National Energy Technology Laboratory, DOE) - The Role of Natural Gas in the Energy Mix of the Future (Abstract)
May 3: Bill Langin (Shell) - Can We Get to Sustainable? Energy Resource Development in the 21st Century (Abstract & Bio)
April 26: John P. Martin (JPMartin Energy Strategy LLC) - Politics in the Marcellus Shale: Fossil Fools and Fracking (Abstract)
April 19: Lance Simmens (Special Asst. on Energy Issues to PA Gov. Rendell) and Josh Fox (Director of "Gasland") - Well Construction and Wellbore Integrity Evaluation (Abstract)
April 12, 2011: Andrew Duguid (Schlumberger) - Balancing Environmental Tradeoffs Associated with Natural Gas Production (Abstract, Slides, Video)
March 29, 2011: Richard Haut, PhD (Senior Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center) - Developing Natural Gas in the Marcellus and other Shale Formations is Likely to Aggravate Global Warming (Slides, Video)
March 15, 2011: Bob Howarth (EEB), Tony Ingraffea (CEE) - Gases in the Subsurface and the Marcellus (Slides, Video)
March 8, 2011: L. M. Cathles (EAS) - Gas Drilling, Sustainability, & Energy Policy
March 31-April 2, 2011: The Cornell Environmental Law Society hosted a two-day conference on energy policy, the global energy market, and the integral role the law can and must play in creating energy security and ensuring a sustainable future.
