There’s so much toxic wastewater produced from fracking oil and gas in the U.S. that it’s difficult to envision just how much water comes from the wells. Expressed in terms of barrels or swimming pools, the numbers still grow dizzyingly high.
Fueled by debt and years of easy credit, America’s energy boom is on shaky footing.
Plastic manufacturers are not responsible for the disposal of their products, so the burden is placed on people in the Philippines.
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would carry fracked gas 600 miles from West Virginia to North Carolina and possibly points farther south, has been hit with setbacks in recent weeks that raise questions about its future.
If you were to parachute into Kern County about 40 miles west of Bakersfield, you might doubt California’s status as a national leader on climate.
The Environmental Protection Agency has finally admitted that fracking contaminates drinking water resources in its widely anticipated final report on the practice.
“Standing Rock is a call to all of us to protect what we love.”
His statements show a disregard for science that is alarming in a candidate for high office
New and protracted battles in the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) war are breaking out across Pennsylvania and other states near the Marcellus Shale over pipeline companies’ use of eminent domain.
Lawrence O'Donnell explains why a protest by Native Americans in North Dakota reminds us of the history America always tries to forget.
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