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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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Rural New York Township Fights FERC-Approved Gas Compressor
FERC has allowed a gas compressor station in Minisink, New Jersey, even though a preferable alternative is 10 miles away.
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Public Education in the Crosshairs – ALEC’s Private Scholarship Tax Credits
ALEC's model bills for scholarship tax credits for private school tuition harm the people they are purported to help.
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EPA Proposes Rules for New Power Plants; Fight Over Coal’s Carbon Pollution Heats Up
The EPA will propose the first-ever carbon pollution standards for new coal-burning power plants.
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Frackademia: The People and Money Behind the EDF Methane Emissions Study
The long-awaited Environmental Defense Fund-sponsored fracking fugitive methane emissions study is finally out. Unfortunately, it's another case of “frackademia.”
Death by Corporation, Part IV: Dissolving the Planet for Oil
The oil and gas industry pumps millions of gallons of highly hazardous hydrofluoric acid into wells underground, endangering Americans,
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.
Putting It All On the (Pipe)line
Clare Donohue spent her teenage years growing up in the Catskill Mountains hamlet of Roscoe where water was central to the area’s way of life. Her family often fished …
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.
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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.