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10 Democratic candidates would ban fracking. Here are the others who...
“Fracking poisons air and water, and makes people sick. Americans know it, and finally, Democratic candidates are beginning to get the picture.”
‘Another win for the climate’: Judge orders disclosure of climate impacts...
“This isn’t a matter of doing more paperwork, it’s a matter of enforcing restraint to preserve our ability to keep making progress for the climate.”
Firm of top Biden advisor Anita Dunn works for fracked gas...
“Joe Biden has called climate change an existential threat and in the coming weeks will release a bold proposal that addresses climate change in a lasting and meaningful way.”
Warren Buffett, fear, and greed in fracked oil fields
Buffett is known for advising investors to be “fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
Bernie Sanders calls for national ban on fracking
While scientific studies conclude fracking poses a threat to climate, air quality and water supply, Sanders said it is a major contributor to the world's climate crisis.
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.
EPA decides not to regulate fracking wastewater as Pennsylvania study reveals...
“Failure to update rules for the disposal and handling of dangerous oil and gas wastes is an egregious dereliction of duty and an intolerable threat to the health and safety of American citizens.”
Trump administration to open a million acres of public holdings in...
"Trump's plan would unleash a fracking frenzy that puts California's people and wildlife in harm's way."
‘Virtually no risk of drilling restrictions,’ West Virginia official tells fracking-reliant...
This week, at an industry conference focused on wooing petrochemical producers to West Virginia, officials from the state and federal government made...
Climate crisis be damned, ‘shale revolution’ poised to make US net...
New oil and gas development "will impede the rest of the world's ability to manage a climate-safe, equitable decline of oil and gas production."
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