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EartherEnvironmental Justice

The 'Revolutionary' Fight Over California's Hidden Oil and Gas Wells

At the corner of West Pico Blvd. and South Genesee Ave. in west Los Angeles sits a tan, six-story building. It’s…

Audrey Carleton

PublishedDecember 30, 2020

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Fracking Is Elevating Levels of Radioactivity Downwind

Hydraulic fracturing has been a big topic of the upcoming presidential election. Biden has refused to ban it, Trump…

Dharna Noor

PublishedOctober 14, 2020

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A Plan That Would Help the Climate and Laid-Off Fossil Fuel Workers

The oil economy is in shambles. Fossil fuel companies can’t pay their loans, and bankruptcies are surging.

Dharna Noor

PublishedJuly 21, 2020

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EartherEnvironmental Justice

Fracked Up: Drilling Pollutant Could Mess With Testosterone

New research offers another potential downside of fracking: an increased risk of impotence and fertility problems in…

Yessenia Funes

PublishedMarch 31, 2020

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EartherClimate Change

RuPaul Has a Fracking Empire on His Wyoming Ranch

As if we needed any more evidence that the world is a psychedelic hellscape, RuPaul—yeah, that RuPaul— and his…

Dharna Noor

and Dhruv Mehrotra

PublishedMarch 16, 2020

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EartherClimate Change

There Is Only One Right Plan for Fracking

Solving the climate crisis will require politicians to aspire to new levels of ambition, free themselves from the fos…

Yessenia Funes

PublishedMarch 16, 2020

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EartherClimate Change

The Billionaire Who Built the Dakota Access Pipeline Is 'Scared to Death' of a Fracking Ban

Folks, we’ve got a real dilemma on our hands, and that dilemma is whether or not we should ban fracking. It’s a very…

Dharna Noor

PublishedFebruary 6, 2020

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EartherEnvironmental Policy

Huge New Review of Fracking's Health Hazards Will Help Communities Fight It

A sweeping report that evolved from work that helped ban fracking in New York State has been released to help the…

Erin Biba

PublishedJune 27, 2019

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EartherEnvironmental Policy

How a Single Sentence in a Colorado Bill Could Pump the Brakes on the Fracking Boom

Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones is no stranger to conflict with the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission, the…

Jason Plautz

PublishedApril 11, 2019

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EartherClimate Change

The EPA Updated its Fracking Pages With Oil and Gas Industry Talking Points

Fracking opened up a whole new world of U.S. oil and gas production, along with a pandora’s box of impacts on the…

Brian Kahn

PublishedNovember 16, 2018

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TechPolitics

The Weird Story of How a Ban on Indoor Vaping Also Killed Offshore Drilling in Florida

A lot of interesting ballot measures were taken up by voters on Tuesday but none of them were more curious than…

Rhett Jones

PublishedNovember 8, 2018

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EartherEarth Science

Fracking Uses a Lot More Water Than It Did 5 Years Ago

Public concern over hydraulic fracturing (better known as fracking) has often focused on the potential for this…

Yessenia Funes

PublishedAugust 15, 2018

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The First Trailer for Simon Pegg's Slaughterhouse Rulez Promises a Bloody Proper Fight

If you wanna be the teacher’s pet, baby you just better forget it...because you’re probably about to be devoured by…

Beth Elderkin

PublishedAugust 9, 2018

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EartherConservation

Fracking Could Be Reducing Stream Flow

Most people are worried about water pollution when they criticize hydraulic fracturing. However, fracking might also…

Yessenia Funes

PublishedJanuary 31, 2018

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EartherEnvironmental Justice

For Native People, Fighting Trump's Repeal of Fracking Regulations Is Personal

Navajo Nation member Mario Atencio has seen the ways oil and gas can divide people. His cousins work for the…

Yessenia Funes

PublishedJanuary 26, 2018

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EartherEnergy

Rick Perry to Davos: Freedom Tastes Like American Fracked Gas

Let’s check in with notable glasses-wearer and likely Burning Man attendee Rick Perry. The Energy Secretary is in…

Brian Kahn

PublishedJanuary 24, 2018

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How Oklahoma Spent Years Muddying the Connection Between Industry and Earthquakes

OKLAHOMA CITY-In the rotunda that towers above lawmakers at the Oklahoma State Capitol, the names of oil and gas…

Daniel Rivero

PublishedDecember 19, 2017

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2/21/17

Spills From Fracking Are Worse Than We Imagined

An alarming new study has identified 6,600 chemical spills related to hydraulic fracturing in just four US states…

George Dvorsky

PublishedFebruary 21, 2017

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12/14/16

The EPA Finally Admits That Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water

A new report by the US Environmental Protection Agency concludes that hydraulic fracturing is capable of…

George Dvorsky

PublishedDecember 14, 2016

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11/17/16

This Is How Fracking Can Cause Earthquakes

It’s generally believed that hydraulic fracturing is behind the recent spate of earthquakes in regions not usually…

George Dvorsky

PublishedNovember 17, 2016

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