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Royals and Aristocrats Seek Big Gains From Fracking in Britain
The British government wants to be u201ca leader of the shale gas revolutionu201d and is offering massive tax breaks to the industry, despite its devastating ecological impact.
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.
Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable
While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly we will get there.
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California Lawmakers Demand Federal Investigation of Offshore Fracking
With fracking operations to extract fossil fuels off the California coast stepping up, lawmakers in that state are demanding to know why the federal government is approving such operations …
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Life at Louisiana’s Toxic Sinkhole: An Eco-Disaster Continues With No End in Sight
A year after a toxic sinkhole caused by one of Texas Brine's salt caverns either drove neighborhood homeowners in Louisiana out of their houses or left them with ongoing …
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Watchdogs: Regulators Fail to Enforce Pipeline Safety Despite Spills and Deadly Accidents
A watchdog group's data supports accusations that federal regulators are either negligent or too cozy with the energy industry to ensure the public's safety from gas explosions and pipeline …
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Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells
Many corporations work like tumor cells for the relentless destruction of the environment.
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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Gas Land
The Obama Administration has proposed new regulations for fracking on 756 million acres of public and tribal lands.
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Former Mobil Oil VP is speaking out about the dangers of fracking.
State Department Admits It Doesn’t Know Keystone XL’s Exact Route
Big Oil's refusal to release the exact route of the Keystone XL puts thousands of American lives at risk.