Tag: fracking
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Follow the Fracking Money All the Way to Keystone XL Conflicts of Interest
Most don’t think of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, when pondering the future of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline—but they should.
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BLM to Examine Air Pollution Before Approving Oil & Gas Wells in Colorado
BLM will reexamine the air pollution potential of 34 oil and gas projects involving more than 1,300 wells proposed on Colorado’s Western Slope. The agency will also establish and maintain a publicly-accessible …
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Investigation Continues Into Fatal Explosion at WV Fracking Site
Last month, in the early Sunday morning hours of July 7, an explosion at a natural gas drill site in Doddridge County, WV, launched federal and state investigations into what ignited the fire and caused the subsequent explosion …
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Fossil Fuel Industry Launches $5 Million Disinformation Campaign in Australia
It is a pushback against the successful Lock the Gate campaign waged against coal seam gas extraction by farmers and environmentalists across Australia …
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Fracking Companies Issue Gag Orders and Buy Victims’ Silence
“These gag orders are the reason [drillers] can give testimony to Congress and say there are no documented cases of contamination.”