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    Fossil Fuels 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Fossil Fuels 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Are Fossil Fuels? Fossil fuels are fuels that literally come from fossils. Tens of millions of years ago, plants took energy from the sun and used it to turn carbon dioxide and water into carbon and hydrogen via photosynthesis. Animals ate those plants and stored the same elements in their bodies. […]

    Google Ads Helped Daily Wire Spread Climate Denial, Report Finds

    Google Ads Helped Daily Wire Spread Climate Denial, Report Finds

    Google helped Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire spread climate disinformation online by selling the outlet millions of dollars of advertising, revealed a new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. By selling ads to the popular conservative disinformation site for searches like “climate change is a hoax” and “is global warming a scam,” Google ensured the […]

    Children Living Near Fracking Sites Face Higher Leukemia Risks, Study Finds

    Children Living Near Fracking Sites Face Higher Leukemia Risks, Study Finds

    Pennsylvania children who grew up near oil and gas fracking sites are at higher risk for leukemia, a study published Wednesday in Environmental Health Perspectives finds. The study’s findings are consistent with a plethora of research on health risks associated with fracking. Yale researchers using Pennsylvania cancer registry data, found children between the ages of 2–7 years-old who […]

    UK Delays Closure of Controversial Fracking Sites

    UK Delays Closure of Controversial Fracking Sites

    When the UK government imposed a moratorium on fracking in 2019, climate campaigners breathed a sigh of relief.  Now, however, there are concerns that the practice might be resurrected in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The government said on Thursday that fracking-company Cuadrilla did not yet have to seal and shutter two wells at […]

    Living Near Fracking Sites Increases Risk of Early Death, Study Finds

    Living Near Fracking Sites Increases Risk of Early Death, Study Finds

    A new study shows that older adults who live near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas developments (UOGD), such as fracking sites and directional drilling, experience higher risks of early deaths. The study, published in the journal Nature Energy by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the first time researchers have been […]

    First-of-Its-Kind Study Measures Fracking’s Impact on Nearby Surface Water Quality

    First-of-Its-Kind Study Measures Fracking’s Impact on Nearby Surface Water Quality

    A new study correlates poorer surface water quality with nearby hydraulic fracturing but finds that the impacts aren’t major enough to be considered harmful by federal regulators. However, the researchers noted they weren’t able to study “potentially more dangerous” substances related to fracking because of a lack of data. While some published studies have already […]

    Environmental Activists Halt Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction

    Environmental Activists Halt Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction

    Environmental activists temporarily shut down construction of the already over-budget and behind schedule Mountain Valley Pipeline in southwestern Virginia on Monday. Organizers with the group Appalachians Against Pipelines said 10 people locked themselves to construction equipment to protect native species threatened by the controversial pipeline that would carry fracked gas — primarily methane — more […]