New Brunswick Oil Train Derails, Forcing Dozens Of Evacuations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/new-brunswick-oil-train-derails_n_4558812.html AP | Posted: 01/07/2014 11:21 pm...
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Jan 7, 20141 min read
Exclusive: Permit Shows Bakken Shale Oil in Casselton Train Explosion Contained High Levels of Volat
On January 2, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a major safety alert, declaring oil obtained...
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Jan 7, 20141 min read
Research Links Proximity to Fracking and Low Birth Weight in Newborns
It maybe early in a new year, but already new research has been published which raises serious health concerns about fracking. What is...
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Jan 6, 20141 min read
Exxon to Face Criminal Charges for 50,000+ Gallon Fracking Wastewater Spill
By Emily Atkin Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of...
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Dec 31, 20133 min read
Train Derailment Causes Fiery Destruction In Casselton, ND
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/train-derailment_n_4520730.html By DAVE KOLPACK 12/30/13 09:54 PM ET EST Valley News Live –...
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Dec 24, 20131 min read
Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Gets Approved, Ignores Massive Opposition
In a long-awaited announcement, the National Energy Board (NEB) released the final recommendation from the Joint Review Panel (JRP) to...
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Dec 17, 20132 min read
MU Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function
School of Medicine University of Missouri Health System MU Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function...
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Dec 1, 20131 min read
2 more oil spills reported in N.D.
November 19, 2013 11:31 am • By Jessica Holdman Jessica Holdman Two more oil spills have been reported in the state. The state Health...
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Nov 11, 20131 min read
Industry Word Games Mislead Americans on Fracking
SkyTruth |November 8, 2013 3:34 pm | Comments By David Manthos Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, and other drilling...
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Nov 8, 20131 min read
Oil and Gas Regulations Fail to Protect Communities’ Water
A report was released today identifying and examining the dangers to water quality posed by oil and gas production in the states of...
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Oct 30, 20131 min read
North Dakota Fails to Disclose Hundreds of Oil Spills to the Public
A September oil pipeline spill is calling into question North Dakota’s lack of disclosure laws, which have allowed nearly 300 spills in...
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Oct 25, 20131 min read
Internal Documents Reveal Coverup in North Dakota Oil Spill
By Jesse Coleman North Dakota, long known for its cattle ranches and open spaces, has recently become one of the oil and gas industry’s...
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Oct 24, 20131 min read
Hundreds Protest Tar Sands Pipeline as Expert Warns of 90 Percent Probability of Line 9 Rupture
By Derek Leahy The international pipeline safety expert who last August described Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline as “high risk for a rupture”...
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Oct 21, 20132 min read
Fracking fluid blows out nearby well
kasa.com Cleanup costs, competing technologies at issue By Tina Jensen Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 9:52 AM MDT Published:...
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Oct 15, 20131 min read
ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat
http://news.msn.com/us/nd-farmer-finds-oil-spill-while-harvesting-wheat?ocid=msnnws N.D.’s response to an oil spill the size of seven...
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Oct 11, 20131 min read
Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government
Friday, 11 October 2013 10:32 By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog | Report Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled...
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Oct 6, 20132 min read
SIU grad Rendleman talks about experience with fracking
The Southern http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu-grad-rendleman-talks-about-experience-with-fracking/article_b0ca0cb4-2cad-11e3-a4e0-00...
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Oct 4, 20131 min read
The Hard Numbers on Fracking: Radiation, Toxic Wastewater and Air Pollution
Friday, 04 October 2013 09:21 By Mike Ludwig, Truthout Kordite / Flickr)Researchers have found elevated levels of radioactive material...
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Oct 2, 20131 min read
The Big Push: Putting Tar Sands Through Old Oil Pipelines
Wednesday, 02 October 2013 10:47 However, the company wasn’t always perfect. One of its natural gas pipes ruptured 18 years ago near...
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Sep 23, 20131 min read
Colorado Flooding Triggers More Oil and Gas Spills
Cliff Willmeng The crisis for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) that last week’s floods created is now, thanks to community...
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