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US Falling Emissions a Mirage: Offshoring and Fracking
Just switching to a fuel source that purportedly creates less carbon dioxide such as natural gas does not necessarily produce a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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In Fracking Fight, a Worry About How Best To Measure Health Threats
In Pennsylvania, opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air quality complaints.
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Who Gets on the FBI’s Most Wanted List?
What damage was inflicted by Diego truly is all “allegedly” because all that has happened so far is a grand jury has indicted him. A grand jury could indict …
Victory: Court Substantially Narrows Injunction Against Pennsylvania Anti-Fracking Activist Vera Scroggins
Revised order lifts restrictions on hundreds of square miles of advocate's home county.
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Dahr Jamail | Radiation Leak at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Site Highlights Problems
A recent fire and radiation release at a uranium repository in New Mexico has brought renewed focus on what to do with a growing stockpile of radioactive waste.
Saturated With Oil Money, Texas Legislature Saved Industry From Pollution Rule
The Texas legislature's rush to protect the oil and gas industry reflects a culture in which politics and business are almost inseparable.
Environmentalists Call For Ban on Fracking in Ohio After Earthquakes
Environmental groups are calling for a ban on fracking in Ohio after a series of small earthquakes erupted near an active fracking site last week.
Contaminated Water Supplies, Health Concerns Accumulate With Fracking Boom in Pennsylvania
As research confirms water contamination by hydraulic fracturing, an alarming amount of hazardous chemicals - including arsenic, chloride, barium and radium - are found in Pennsylvania groundwater.
Oil Industry Conjures Illusion of Public Support for KXL Using ALEC Politicians
The American Petroleum Institute and other groups have been directing state legislators to make statements in favor of the pipeline.
Historic Climate Action Shows Millennials Ready to Fight For Their Future
When nearly 400 millennials committed civil disobedience on Sunday in front of the White House to protest the Keystone XL pipeline, they sent a clear message to President Obama: …