Tag: fracking
New study says earthquakes in Texas are caused by fracking
So far this year TexNet seismographs have recorded 209 earthquakes, compared to 192 in 2018.
Washington petrochemical plant subsidies would violate federal ‘double dipping’ rules say...
The Port of Kalama methanol plant, if built on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, would expand North America’s capacity to export products produced by fracked shale gas wells.
Will the fracking revolution peak before ever making money?
Many signs are pointing to the fact that geology — how much oil and gas is present in the shale — will be the defining factor going forward for the U.S. fracking industry.
Another virtual pipeline truck carrying fracked gas crashes in New York....
On Monday around 1:00 a.m., a “Virtual Pipeline” truck carrying compressed natural gas mined from the Marcellus Shale crashed on Interstate 88...
The US is exporting a fracked climate catastrophe
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.
Environmentalists demand explanations for “secret” fracking chemicals in Ohio
“People need to know. People have a right to know, and first responders have a right to know if they might be exposed to those types of chemicals.”
Bernie Sanders promises, if elected, all administration members will oppose fracking...
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced yesterday that if elected for 2020 U.S. President, his administration would only be made up of officials who,...
California fights back against Trump administration’s plans to frack and drill...
“We do not want fracking. We do not want new oil wells in San Luis Obispo County.”
UK’s only fracking site stops work after two earthquakes in less...
“Even small vibrations at ground level can be the sign of far more damaging impacts deep underground.”
How an application for propane fracking attempts to circumvent New York’s...
Fracking with water is a bad investment. Fracking with propane is worse.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Israel accused of assassinating five Gaza journalists in targeted airstrike
Al Jazeera calls deadly strike on press tent “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom” as press freedom groups warn of pattern of killings and smear campaigns against reporters in Gaza.