Tag: fracking
Despite disappointing returns, oil driller pushes ahead with fracking near rare...
Apache's big oilfield dreams risk doing irreversible harm to an irreplaceable place .
The secret of the great American fracking bubble
The series will look at how fracking companies are shifting these epic losses to the American taxpayers.
World may hit 2 degrees of warming in 10-15 years thanks...
Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University, outlined more precisely the role U.S. fracking is playing in changing the world's climate.
We are drowning in plastic, and fracking companies are profiting
Plastic production wreaks havoc on people and the planet – from fracking wells and pipelines in Pennsylvania, to air pollution from plastic plants in Scotland.
This vigilante scientist trekked over 10,000 kilometers to reveal BC’s leaking...
John Werring could detect gas leaking from the wells just with his nose. His curiosity was officially piqued.
Obama alums are pushing fracked gas exports. That’s exactly what Trump...
At least five of these Obama officials now work for natural gas export companies.
It takes FIVE MILLION gallons of freshwater to frack a single...
Five million gallons equals 250,000 bathtubs, or seven Olympic-sized swimming pools.
NASA Study: Fracking is fueling climate change
The rise is “substantially larger” than was previously thought.
Study: Babies with low birth weights more likely near Pennsylvania fracking...
This study adds to the existing scientific literature that tells us there are serious public health consequences linked to fracking.
Lawsuit launched against Trump EPA for approving fracking waste dumping into...
At least 10 fracking chemicals routinely used in offshore fracking could kill or harm a broad variety of marine species, including marine mammals and fish.
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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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
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.