Why Fossil Fuel Divestment isn’t Enough for New England students
In the past few weeks students across the country have been demanding that their schools stop profiting from oil, coal and gas companies.
environmental effects of fracking
Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking Movement
In a win for climate activists and the anti-fracking movement, and a blow to fossil fuel polluters and the federal regulatory agencies that enable them, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied a key permit to companies seeking to build a 124-mile fracked gas pipeline.
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study
Another scientific study has confirmed that fracking, the controversial technology that blasts apart low-grade rocks containing molecules of hydrocarbons, can contaminate groundwater.
Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada
A groundbreaking study published today in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link, for the first time, between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas and earthquakes.
Dimock Water Contamination Verdict Prompts Calls for Federal Action on Fracking
Last week, in a historic verdict, a Pennsylvania jury awarded $4.24 million to two families in Dimock, PA who sued a shale gas driller, Cabot Oil and Gas Corp., over negligent drilling that contaminated their drinking water supplies.
Large Methane Leaks Highlight Ongoing Risk to Climate
A new study of the recent methane leak in Aliso Canyon, California confirms that it was the largest methane leak in US history.
Lawsuit Filed Over Oklahoma’s ‘Fracking’ Earthquakes as Its Third Largest Quake Is Felt in 7 Other States
The Sierra Club and the public interest law firm Public Justice have filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against three energy companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, in Oklahoma.
California Offshore Oil Fracking Permits Halted While Federal Government Performs Environmental Review
The U.S. federal government will stop approving offshore oil fracking operations off California’s coast while it studies how damaging the practice is to the health of wildlife and the environment.
In North Dakota’s Booming Oil Patch, One Tribe Beat Back Fracking
The water, more than anything, explains why members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians acted so quickly when they learned their region was next in line for fracking.
Oklahoma Residents Sue 12 ‘Reckless’ Fracking Companies for Earthquake Damage
Oklahoma has seen a dramatic uptick in earthquakes in recent years, and some residents refuse to sit idly by.
“Abandoned” by EPA, Landowners from Dimock, Pavillion, Parker County Demand Inclusion in EPA National Fracking Study
For the past five years, the EPA has undertaken a highly-consequential national study on the impacts that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can have on American drinking water supplies.
As the Fracking Boom Spreads, One Watershed Draws the Line
After spreading across Pennsylvania, fracking for natural gas has run into government bans in the Delaware River watershed.