Tag: fracking

15 candidates for state legislature have promised to stop fracking and the construction of pipelines, which are tearing up rural Pennsylvania.

Has the industry run out of good rock?

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.

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.

"Instead of weakening protections, Trump should clean up the mess the mining industry has already left behind in our forests."

Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.

"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."

"We want to get it taken care of as quickly as possible."

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.

The 24” diameter pipeline responsible for the blast had gone into service just seven days earlier.