For the past four months, www.ShaleReporter.com, published by Pennsylvania-based Calkins Media (parent company of WWSB), and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting have been investigating the international practice of natural gas extraction, Hydraulic Fracturing, commonly known as fracking.

RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — Three hours west of Denver, across the Continental Divide, the Rocky Mountains begin the long transition into high desert plateaus.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Artists Against Fracking say the group and supporter-celebrities, including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, haven't been told to register as lobbyists in their campaign to stop gas drilling in New York, but will if required to continue their cause.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Celebrities belonging to the group Artists Against Fracking be wielding star power to influence New York law, but they may also be running afoul of it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee wants to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas on a state-owned tract of rolling woodland, raising the hackles of environmentalists who question its stated goal of raising funds to research the environmental impact of such drilling.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A good-government advocate and two experts in lobbying law are calling on New York to examine whether celebrities opposing gas drilling should reveal their finances.

SUGAR LAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2013--Wireless Seismic, Inc., the leading innovator of real-time and cable-free seismic data acquisition systems for the oil and gas industry, announced today the sale of its RT System 2 seismic data acquisition system to West Bay Geophysical, Inc., a subsidiary of West Bay Exploration. Headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, West Bay will use the RT System 2 for 2D and 3D vibroseis projects in Michigan starting in early July.