Fracking

One Pennsylvania Town Shows How to Properly ‘Zone’ Fracking

One Pennsylvania Town Shows How to Properly ‘Zone’ Fracking

By Peter Hart Pennsylvania is home to more than 10,000 fracking wells, which forces communities to live with air pollution, water contamination and an array of health problems linked to drilling. The frackers want to drill more wells, and the state’s Democratic governor is not going to do anything to slow it down. But local […]

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    Indigenous Group Sues Exxon, Energy Majors Over Fracking Waste Contamination in Patagonia

    Indigenous Group Sues Exxon, Energy Majors Over Fracking Waste Contamination in Patagonia

    A major indigenous group in the Argentine Patagonia is suing some of world’s biggest oil and gas companies over illegal fracking waste dumps that put the “sensitive Patagonian environment,” local wildlife and communities at risk, according to Greenpeace. The Mapuche Confederation of Neuquén filed a lawsuit against Exxon, French company Total and the Argentina-based Pan […]

    UK Fracking Paused Again After Largest Quake Yet

    UK Fracking Paused Again After Largest Quake Yet

    It would appear that the resurgence of fracking in the UK is on very shaky ground. A company called Cuadrilla restarted the controversial technique at a site in Lancashire, in Northwest England, just two months ago after a seven year hiatus. But it spent a month of that time doing tests with smaller volumes of […]

    Energy Transfer’s Troubled Pipeline Projects Amass 800+ Violations

    Energy Transfer’s Troubled Pipeline Projects Amass 800+ Violations

    A damning new report has highlighted the spotty incident record of Energy Transfer, which owns tens of thousands of miles of pipelines across America, including the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based energy company and its subsidiary Sunoco have amassed more than 800 federal and state permit violations and millions of dollars in fines while […]

    Report: 90% of Pipeline Blasts Draw No Financial Penalties

    Report: 90% of Pipeline Blasts Draw No Financial Penalties

    A striking report has revealed that 90 percent of the 137 interstate pipeline fires or explosions since 2010 have drawn no financial penalties for the companies responsible. The article from E&E News reporter Mike Soraghan underscores the federal Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) weak authority over the fossil fuel industry for these disasters. […]

    World’s Largest Fracked-Gas-to-Methanol Refinery Must Be Stopped: Submit a Comment Today!

    World’s Largest Fracked-Gas-to-Methanol Refinery Must Be Stopped: Submit a Comment Today!

    Tuesday, a report written by the company proposing the world’s largest fracked-gas-to-methanol refinery was released by the Port of Kalama and Cowlitz County, Washington. The proposed fossil fuel refinery is controversial because of the impacts on both local residents’ health and our climate. Despite the company’s claim that the refinery could result in a climate […]

    Ban Gas and Diesel Vehicles? Spain Proposes Bill to Address Climate Change

    Ban Gas and Diesel Vehicles? Spain Proposes Bill to Address Climate Change

    The Spanish government is considering a slew of new climate-regulations in order to slash its greenhouse gas emissions, including a ban on sale of gasoline and diesel cars beginning in 2040. A draft of the country’s “Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition” published Tuesday also proposes measures such as ending fossil fuels subsidies, a […]

    Why Plans to Turn America’s Rust Belt Into a New Plastics Belt Are Bad News for the Climate

    Why Plans to Turn America’s Rust Belt Into a New Plastics Belt Are Bad News for the Climate

    By Sharon Kelly The petrochemical industry anticipates spending a total of over $200 billion on factories, pipelines, and other infrastructure in the U.S. that will rely on shale gas, the American Chemistry Council announced in September. Construction is already underway at many sites. This building spree would dramatically expand the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor (known […]