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On Latin American Poverty and Fracking, American University Disregards Scholarly Standards
American University seems to be guilty of leaving false information on its website and failing to disclose a potential conflict of interest in an article on fracking in Latin …
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Urban Fracking Bonanza Threatens Dallas Suburbs
Fort Worth, which sits on top of the vast Barnett Shale, is the first major city in America to allow extensive fracking within the city limits.
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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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Obama Approves Major Border-Crossing Fracked Gas Pipeline Used to Dilute Tar Sands
Although TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has received the lion's share of media attention, another key border-crossing pipeline benefitting tar sands producers was approved on November 19 by …
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Tilting at Gas Wells: What’s the Best Way to Defend Your Community From Fracking?
The most effective fracking bans may be the ones that make the fewest rights claims.
Fracking Lobby ANGA’s Tax Forms: Big Bucks to Media Outlets, “Other ALECs“
The public relations arm of the oil and gas fracking industry - has released its 2012 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 990 form, and it's rich with eye-opening revelations, some …
Fracking Unfocus: How the EPA’s Long-Awaited Hydraulic Fracturing Study Could Miss the Mark
The EPA study probing the fracking industry's threats to drinking water is delayed at least two years and may not address issues related to water and air contamination.
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The “Golden State’s” Brutal Past Through Native Eyes
For indigenous people in California, the most basic hurdle in self-determination - federal recognition - is blocked.
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Coast Guard Moves to Approve Barging of Hazardous Fracking Waste on Major Rivers
The Coast Guard is proposing to allow barges to transport large amounts of hazardous and radioactive wastewater from fracking operations on America's major rivers.
Obama’s Natural Gas Whoopin’ – Oil CEO Says the President Is Wrong, Go Green Instead
Can the United States, and the world for that matter, really afford to utilize natural gas as a ‘methadone’ to ween ourselves from a debilitating fossil fuel addiction?