Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding...

Jul 13, 2020 by

Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears

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Saving Chaco: As coronavirus c...

May 19, 2020 by

Saving Chaco: As coronavirus consumes New Mexico, drilling threatens sacred land

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Sheltering Near Fracking

May 5, 2020 by

Sheltering Near Fracking

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Methane Emissions Crisis and R...

Feb 20, 2020 by

Methane Emissions Crisis and Rapid Global Heating: It is all Fossil Fuel Drilling and Fracking

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Big Oil wants to dump more was...

Jan 22, 2020 by

For more than six months, twin brothers Ronald and Donald Schweitzer have watched large amounts of salty wastewater bubble up from the ground in their wheat field. The “saltwater purge” has killed three trees and several acres of crops on their northwest Oklahoma farm.

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While Talking up Climate Actio...

Dec 20, 2019 by

Even as international climate negotiators tried to make progress at the UN climate summit in Madrid in early December, fossil fuel production and consumption has continued to rise, and major oil companies have been seeking new horizons to exploit.

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A Methane Leak, Seen From Spac...

Dec 20, 2019 by

The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in fact one of the largest methane leaks ever recorded in the United States.

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Fossil fuel companies roll out...

Sep 17, 2019 by

Forget “climate change” and “global warming”: Environmental advocates are increasingly using phrases that emphasize the urgency of our planetary pickle, such as “climate crisis,” “climate emergency,” and “existential threat.”

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National Grid to NYC customers...

Jul 11, 2019 by

On Monday, the leading distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, National Grid, sent an urgent-sounding email to many of its New York customers —

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“No Evidence” That Fracking Ca...

Jun 21, 2019 by

A group of doctors and scientists have released a report highlighting that 84 percent of studies published from 2009-2015 on the health impacts of fracking conclude the industry causes harm to human health.

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Court to Big Fracking Company:...

Jun 6, 2019 by

In a key property rights decision, two West Virginia residents scored a rare victory from the state Supreme Court.

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Washington State Governor Jay ...

May 9, 2019 by

“This is great news, but as a presidential candidate, in order to show real national leadership on climate and clean energy, Inslee must endorse a ban on fracking across the country.”

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Trump plans to allow fracking ...

Apr 26, 2019 by

Environmental groups are preparing for a fight against the proposal that would end a five-year fracking moratorium in central California

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Puerto Rico faces a flood of f...

Mar 29, 2019 by

The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster.

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BLM lists sacred land outside ...

Feb 1, 2019 by

“Oil and gas has already devastated our state’s air quality, water quality and flow, and public health. It’s clear the Trump administration will stop at nothing to sacrifice public interest for private profits.”

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Fracked shale oil wells drying...

Jan 11, 2019 by

“Other countries, namely China, are frantically investing in renewables. For us to crow about our oil wealth, and not focus on renewables, is for us to miss the opportunity to be leaders in the world as it’s going to be.”

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Court Orders Moratorium on Off...

Nov 9, 2018 by

A federal court today ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.

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In Colorado, a Bitter Battle O...

Oct 23, 2018 by

After years of bitter fights over oil and gas development, Colorado voters have managed to get a statewide anti-fracking measure on the November ballot.

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Fracking Chemicals Dumped in A...

Sep 26, 2018 by

Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped…

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Fracking is destroying U.S. wa...

Aug 17, 2018 by

[Translate] Toxic wastewater from fracking jumps 14-fold from 2011 to 2016 — and it may get 50 times bigger by 2030. Joe Romm think...

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Some rare good climate news: t...

Jun 22, 2018 by

[Translate] Bill McKibben From Wall Street to the pope, many increasingly see fossil fuels as anything but a sure bet. That gives us...

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Evidence Grows that Hawaii Vol...

Jun 4, 2018 by

[Translate] Written by Dr Michael Salla expolitics.org The surge in volcanic activity in the lower Puna region of the Big Island of...

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Trump’s Direct Assault on Nati...

May 2, 2018 by

[Translate] by Nancy LeTourneau    WASHINGTONMONTHLY.COM   Political Animal Gage Skidmore/Flickr Much has been made of Donald Trump’s...

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Why Fracking Is a Symptom of t...

Mar 9, 2018 by

The battle over fracking pits corporate power against communities whose very health is imperiled.

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Why Is Fracking Controversial?

Feb 27, 2018 by

10 Claims that Help Us Understand Natural Gas Drilling Controversy

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EPA Finally Concludes that Fra...

Sep 15, 2017 by

[Translate] The country’s push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed in on natural gas, but cases of water contamination have...

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Our ravenous appetite turns hu...

Sep 12, 2017 by

[Translate] August 1, 2017 Photo by Flickr user Peter Craven. (cc) 2009 Subscribe to Hightower’s Radio Lowdown with your...

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Fracking Has an Enormous Radio...

Sep 4, 2017 by

[Translate] Environment Lax federal and state regulations have led to the illegal dumping of dirty drilling fluids. By Lorraine Chow...

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How Fracking Violates Human Ri...

Jul 27, 2017 by

[Translate] Environment Peoples Climate March, New York City, September 21, 2014. Photo Credit: andyparker72/Shutterstock   We...

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Stand With Sanders Against ‘Pr...

Jul 24, 2017 by

[Translate] By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams   VIA TRUTHDIG   Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking on Capitol Hill in June. (Edward Kimmel...

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