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Fracking Protests Continue in Texas as New ALEC-Backed Law Bars Towns From Banning Drilling
The city of Denton, Texas, is in a showdown with Big Oil after it tried to pass a ban on fracking within its city limits
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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Highlights Dangers of Offshore Fracking and Drilling
In the same region where questionable ‘marine protected areas’ were created, state and federal government crews are cleaning up a big oil spill.
“We Are Seneca Lake”: Josh Fox and Fracking Opponents Fight Natural Gas Storage Site in Upstate New York
We speak to Josh Fox and air his new documentary short, “We Are Seneca Lake.”
Denton Frackettes Respond to Texas Legislative Attack on Local Democracy
The Frackettes, a troupe of community organizers from Denton, have launched a video response to the Texas Legislature's passage of HB40.
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A Pipeline Strikes Deep in the Heart of Texas
One of the last unspoiled regions in Texas faces construction of a pipeline wider than Keystone to supply Mexico with US fracked gas.
Poor in Pennsylvania? You’re Fracked
Hydraulic fracturing wells and the pollution from them are more likely to impact poor communities in Pennsylvania.
Republicans Aim to Preempt Local Democracy, Target Fracking Bans
Texas Republicans approved a bill blocking Denton's fracking ban and gutting cities' ability to regulate the industry.
California’s New Climate Goal Undermined by Fracking Pollution
Gov. Jerry Brown today announced an important new plan to reduce California's greenhouse gas pollution by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
Thoughts About President Obama, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Pete Seeger
Andrew Cuomo's place in history regarding fracking remains to be seen.
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Wine Over Brine
Developers want to warehouse fracked gas in the heart of New York's wine country.