David V. Goliath: Colorado Towns Take On Gas Giants To Rein In Fracking
Read the entire story at http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/30/2854001/colorado-fracking-battle/ By Tom Kenworthy on October 30,...
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Oct 29, 20131 min read
Groups Petition BLM to Protect Fragile Wyoming Habitat From Oil and Gas Drilling
Drilling in the Douglas Core Area undermines the efforts of local residents and ranchers to protect sage grouse habitat. The male sage...
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Oct 25, 20131 min read
Proposed Fracked-Gas Export Facility from Maryland to Asia Vehemently Opposed
Ted Glick |October 24, 2013 3:43 pm The first town hall meeting concerning the risks of the proposed Cove Point Liquified Natural Gas...
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Oct 20, 20131 min read
Supreme Court Preserves Victory Over Oil/Gas Development
Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah. The park is known for its impressive geological wonders. (Darren J. Bradley / Shutterstock)...
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Oct 16, 20133 min read
Fracking by the Numbers: New Report First to Quantify Damage Done by Gas Drilling
News Release Contact John Rumpler, Environment America Fracking by the Numbers New Report First to Quantify Damage Done by Gas Drilling...
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Oct 14, 20131 min read
Canadian Scientists Expose Their Government’s Tar Sands Obsession at DC Briefing
EcoWatch A delegation of Canadian scientists and activists participated in a briefing today at the National Press Club in Washington, DC,...
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Oct 9, 20131 min read
Groups Send List of Requirements for Fracking Regulations to Illinois Officials
Jeff Biggers In a letter sent this week to the key legislative committee and state IDNR agency officials, the groups representing rural...
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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 3, 20132 min read
Radioactive Wastewater From Fracking Is Found in a Pennsylvania Stream
Smithsonian.com Surprising Science October 2, 2013 New testing of treated wastewater from fracking shows that it contains high levels of...
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Sep 30, 20131 min read
Boxer asks EPA to ensure safety of L.A. neighborhood near oil field
California senator wants the agency to address chemical odors wafting through University Park neighborhood from Allenco oil field. Los...
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Sep 24, 20131 min read
Setting the Record Straight on Tar Sands and Water Use
Environmental Defence Big Oil is spending millions of dollars to try to greenwash the tar sands, Canada’s fastest growing source of...
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Sep 23, 20131 min read
Eco-Investigators Say Fracking Air Pollution Is Poisoning Families in Texas
Monday, 23 September 2013 10:00 Chiot’s Run)Cameron Cerny moved with his mother and father to Karnes County in southern Texas 10 years...
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Sep 20, 20134 min read
EXPERTS: FRACKING METHANE LEAKAGE STUDY FINANCED BY GAS INDUSTRY WITH PARTNER, EDF, IS DEEPLY FLAWED
Numerous Problems Outlined With How Study Was Conducted in Order to Achieve Results Inconsistent with Findings of Independent Researchers...
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Sep 20, 20132 min read
Pennsylvania State Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
EcoWatch By Laura Beans announced the introduction of the Natural Gas Drilling Moratorium Act, Senate Bill 1100, that would place a...
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Sep 10, 20131 min read
Grandparents Tell Gov. Hickenlooper Not to Frack Their Grandchildren’s Future
Food & Water Watch Concerned grandparents from across Colorado delivered a letter yesterday to tell Gov. Hickenlooper (D-CO) and other...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
Petition: Don’t let energy corporations silence kids about fracking with gag orders!
“Stop silencing children. Take immediate legal action to remove the Hallowich children from the gag order placed on their family, and...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
The Flip Side Of Obama’s Keystone XL Delay
Even as President Obama cast a veneer of caution over the Keystone pipeline’s northern half, he quietly expedited dozens of similar...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
In the Path of Exxon’s Pegasus Pipeline Across Arkansas: People, Water, Farms (Part 2)
The broken pipe snakes through a crucial Ark. watershed where there’s only one shut-off valve for the line, a fact that is making state...
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Sep 5, 20131 min read
Statement on Preliminary Findings from the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Study
Concerned Health Professionals of NY August 27, 2013 by Larysa Dyrszka, MD; Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL; and Sandra Steingraber, PhD Early...
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