Tag: fracking
A new crop of candidates, refusing industry money, vow to halt...
15 candidates for state legislature have promised to stop fracking and the construction of pipelines, which are tearing up rural Pennsylvania.
Peak shale: Is the US fracking industry already in decline?
Has the industry run out of good rock?
First ‘Red’ level tremor at UK fracking site put legal pause...
Cuadrilla Resources was forced by law to pause operations at its site in Lancashire, England when a tremor with a magnitude of 0.8 took place in the area Friday morning.
US oil exports are exceeding almost all predictions – thanks to fracking
The fracking boom in Texas and New Mexico and subsequent export boom is a shining example – illuminated by the flares of fracked gas – of exactly what not to be doing.
Trump admin. wants to make it easier to frack and mine...
"Instead of weakening protections, Trump should clean up the mess the mining industry has already left behind in our forests."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
Fracking chemicals dumped in the Allegheny River a decade ago are...
"We don't know how much of an impact this has on human health, or if it has any impact at all, but this means it's entering the food chain."
North Dakota pipeline spills thousands of barrels of produced water, cause...
"We want to get it taken care of as quickly as possible."
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.
Pipeline that exploded in Pennsylvania part of push to build fracking-reliant...
The 24” diameter pipeline responsible for the blast had gone into service just seven days earlier.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.