Tag: fracking industry
Will Ohio River get optional pollution limits as new fracking-reliant plastics...
“To me, this feels like an invasion."
Fracking can cause earthquakes tens of kilometers away – new research
New research has now linked distant earthquakes to fracking, providing evidence that much larger areas surrounding sites may be at risk from drilling operations than previously demonstrated.
New warnings on plastic’s health risks as fracking industry promotes new...
And that's the heart of the problem – the rush to make plastics from cheap fracked shale gas in America hasn't been driving more polluting plants out of business, it's been adding to the world's new plastics production.
Peak shale: Is the US fracking industry already in decline?
Has the industry run out of good rock?
The fracking industry’s water nightmare
Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and that is something the industry won’t be able to ignore.
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Bureau of Land Mg’t gives Big Oil permits to drill Chaco Canyon, ignores courts
This ancestral Indigenous land is now a checkerboard of state, federal, private, and Indigenous land.
‘Plasticrust’: A new form of pollution is forming on this Portuguese island
This type of pollution incorporates itself right into the rocky shoreline of the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Victory in Illinois: Coal plant found guilty of polluting groundwater with coal ash
“Today is a huge victory for Waukegan residents who have fought for years to see corporations like NRG Energy held accountable for the toxic waste that has been illegally dumped on our Lake Michigan lakefront.”
Donald Trump is America’s shadow
So we need to celebrate the heroes of freedom and decency.
Former police officer sentenced to prison for excessive force and obstruction
“Officers aren’t only expected to enforce the law in their communities, they are expected to follow it themselves.”