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    Keystone XL Remains Empty Pipe Dream for America

    Keystone XL Remains Empty Pipe Dream for America

    By Joshua Axelrod When he turned the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from dead and gone into a reawakened zombie, President Trump claimed that his doing so would mean new construction jobs, steel manufacturing jobs and money for the U.S. https://twitter.com/EcoWatch/status/824592790155907073 expand=1] Before he was elected, he used the pipeline to show how he […]

    10 Arrested as Deadline to Evacuate Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Passes

    10 Arrested as Deadline to Evacuate Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp Passes

    The deadline set by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for evacuating the Cannon Ball Dakota Access Pipeline protest site passed Wednesday and most protesters peacefully vacated before the 2 p.m. cutoff time. 4 Pipeline Fights Intensify as Dakota Access Nears Completion https://t.co/NphteXzXtJ @IENearth @FrackAction @joshfoxfilm @MarkRuffalo @NRDC — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 19, 2017 Authorities arrested […]

    Fracking Caused 6,648 Spills in Four States Alone, Duke Study Finds

    Fracking Caused 6,648 Spills in Four States Alone, Duke Study Finds

    Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has long been tied to environmental risks such as spills. The frequency of spills, however, has long been murky since states do not release standardized data. Estimates from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) vary wildly. “The number of spills nationally could range from approximately 100 to 3,700 spills annually, assuming […]

    Fracking Caused Pennsylvania Earthquakes, New Report Confirms

    Fracking Caused Pennsylvania Earthquakes, New Report Confirms

    Earthquakes in Pennsylvania are usually rare but fracking operations triggered a series of small temblors in Lawrence County last year, officials at the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced in a Feb. 17 report. Human-Induced #Earthquakes on the Rise https://t.co/eMyzTU4yqz @foe_us @SierraClub @FrackAction @DeSmogBlog @350 @billmckibben — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) January 25, 2017 Hilcorp Energy […]

    Colorado Attorney General Sues Boulder County to End Fracking Ban

    Colorado Attorney General Sues Boulder County to End Fracking Ban

    Colorado’s attorney general is suing Boulder County over its fracking ban that has been in place for the last five years. Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and the state of Colorado are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The complaint to initiate the lawsuit was received by county officials on Feb. 14, KUNC reported. The AG’s office […]

    Pope Francis: Indigenous People Should Have Final Say About Their Land

    Pope Francis: Indigenous People Should Have Final Say About Their Land

    Pope Francis defended the rights of indigenous tribes at the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome Wednesday. As part of a UN International Fund for Agricultural Development meeting, he spoke in Spanish with 40 representatives of the 300 largest indigenous groups in the world. “The particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories,” must be protected, […]

    Fracking Rule Text Disappears From Interior Department Website

    Fracking Rule Text Disappears From Interior Department Website

    By Alleen Brown In Donald Trump‘s first week as president, text describing two rules regulating the oil and gas industry was removed from an Interior Department website. The rules, limiting hydraulic fracturing and natural gas flaring on public lands, are in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. The changes were noted by the Environmental Data […]