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Gas Rush: Fracking in Depth
As fracking spreads across the country, Truthout chronicles earthquakes, blowouts, political battles and a swelling grassroots opposition. Gas drilling is quickly changing the landscape in Washington and our own backyards, and it's time to hold the government and industry accountable.
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Welcome to Gasland: Denton, Texas Residents Face Fracking Impacts From EagleRidge Energy
In Denton, Texas, 40 miles northwest of Dallas, residents and students at the University of North Texas are getting a free course in what it's like to live in …
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Canadian Police Use Military Tactics to Disperse Indigenous Anti-Fracking Blockade
New Brunswick Mounted Police deploy rubber bullets and tear gas, arrest 40 protesters for blockading highway.
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Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government Shutdown
Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills …
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More Details on Ocean Fracking Revealed as Environmentalists Challenge Federal Regulators
An environmental group plans to take legal action if federal agencies fail to halt offshore fracking in California's Santa Barbara Channel.
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The Hard Numbers on Fracking: Radiation, Toxic Wastewater and Air Pollution
Years after fracking technology prompted an oil and gas rush, researchers are finding radioactive and other pollutants near facilities, adding to mounting evidence of environmental damage, but the federal …
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Eco-Investigators Say Fracking Air Pollution Is Poisoning Families in Texas
When residents with health symptoms seemed to be ignored by government regulators, Advocacy group Earthworks made startling discoveries about the effects of fracking on a Texas neighborhood.
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Fracking in Paradise
While the Golden State may be sitting on an oil fortune, the California coast is all too familiar with offshore drilling catastrophes.
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Offshore Fracking Uproar Grows in California In Wake of Truthout Report
Since Truthout revealed that federal regulators have approved at least two fracking operations off the California coast, the uproar has intensified.
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Dirty Energy’s Dirty Tactics: Boulder on the Front Lines of the Renewable Energy Future
The transition to clean energy and grid independence frightens the utility industry, which is fighting the people in places like Boulder, Colorado.
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Frackonomics: The Science and Economics of the Gas Boom
We need a public employment program geared toward the construction of a new sustainable energy system.