Wednesday, September 30, 2026

EPA Bans Fracking Wastewater from Sewage Treatment Plants

“While no known municipal treatment plants currently accept fracking waste, the option could have become more attractive to drillers as standards tightened on other waste disposal methods.”

From across the country, gifts of tiny houses arrive for Standing Rock

How five large trees in remote Oregon ended up as winter housing for water protectors, including their first newborn baby.

Trump’s personal investments ride on completion of Dakota Access Pipeline

The ardent supporter of fossil fuels also wants to bring back the Keystone XL and announced plans to undo President Obama's climate change and environmental policies.

Grow your own food—and a kinder world: How veganic farming can turn your garden...

More than just growing food without animal products, veganic farming reimagines agriculture as a space where humans, wildlife, and even soil microbes can coexist and flourish together, offering a bold and compassionate alternative to traditional organic methods.

30 Powerful Photos Show Standoff Between Militarized Police and Dakota Access Pipeline Protestors

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a direct threat to the life, rights and water of the Standing Rock Sioux.

Like Keystone XL, much of Dakota Access pipeline steel made by Russian company tied...

Similar to Keystone XL, the steel production for the Dakota Access pipeline was a done deal long ago, well before the pipeline got all the permits it needed.

How a Russian steel oligarch and Putin ally is profiting from the Keystone XL...

DeSmog’s findings come as Trump is under scrutiny from Congress, U.S. intelligence agencies, and others for his personal and presidential campaign team’s ties to Russia.

The faces of extinction: The species we lost in 2019

Three bird species, two frogs, a shark, a famous snail and one of the world’s largest freshwater fish were among those declared extinct this year.
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Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell speaks out before jail time for peaceful anti-fracking protest

Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell and Pramilla Malick are going to jail today for their nonviolent protest against a natural gas-fired power plant that uses fracked gas in Orange County, New York.

Bernie Sanders’ surprise speech outside the White House on rejecting Dakota pipeline & Trump

“Today we are saying it is time for a new approach to the Native American people, not to run a pipeline through their land.”