Lifting Ban On U.S. Crude Oil Export Would Enable Massive Fracking Expansion
The reality is that lifting the oil export ban will result in large increases in fracking for oil in the U.S.
environmental effects of fracking
Recession, Not Fracking, Behind Drop in U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Scientists Conclude
And while the drop in emissions happened at roughly the same time as the fracking rush spread, shale gas had relatively little to do with the drop in carbon emissions, according to a scientific paper published today in the journal Nature Communications.
Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power
Let’s amend the famous line from Joni Mitchell’s “Yellow Taxi” to fit this moment in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. There, Big Energy seems determined to turn paradise, if not into a parking lot, then into a massive storage area for fracked natural gas.
Energy from Below: the Anti-Fracking Movement
The anti-fracking movement is about more than ecological issues. Discussing alternative ways to organize energy and society are central to this struggle.
Citizens Can Sue Fracking Companies for Earthquake Damage, Says Oklahoma Supreme Court
Oklahoma almost never used to have earthquakes. But in the last six years they’ve increased so much that last year the state surged past California as the most seismically active state in the continental U.S
Defra Reports Reveals Extent of Impacts on People Living near Fracking Wells
People that live near fracking sites could be affected by health problems and financial hardships – and fracking might not even help climate change – a government report has revealed.
Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case
The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a motion by the country’s most powerful energy regulator that Jessica Ernst’s case involving fracking and groundwater contamination raises no significant constitutional claim and should be dismissed.
EPA’s New Fracking Study: A Close Look at the Numbers Buried in the Fine Print
EPA’s draft assessment made one thing clear: fracking has repeatedly contaminated drinking water supplies (a fact that the industry has long aggressively denied).
Return Of The Fractivist
Throughout history, nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience have invigorated movements to successfully ban harmful practices, pass laws, and overthrow dictators.
We Are Seneca Lake: Josh Fox & Fracking Opponents Fight Natural Gas Storage Site in Upstate NY
With over 250 arrests and counting, We Are Seneca Lake is becoming one of the largest environmental civil disobedience protests in New York history.
8 States Dealing With Huge Increases in Fracking Earthquakes
A new report, released Thursday from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), identified eight states in the eastern and central U.S. where fracking operations have led to dramatic increases in earthquakes, primarily from the injection of the wastewater byproduct of drilling operations into underground wells.
Fracking Increases Radon Gas Hazard, US Study Finds
Another major U.S. health study has found that the hydraulic fracking of unconventional rock formations can liberate and accelerate the release of radon, a highly carcinogenic gas.