Tag: natural gas
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Another Chemical Plant Explodes as Industry Booms Due to Cheap Natural Gas from Fracking
Less than two months after the disaster at West Fertilizer Co. in West, TX, another chemical plant erupted in flames Thursday just south of Baton Rouge, LA. The explosion at the Williams Olefins plant in Geismar killed at least …
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Oil and Gas Industry Targets Tennessee After State Passes Fracking Rules
The relatively untapped Chattanooga shale field—which runs from southern Kentucky through central Tennessee—will soon see a long awaited incursion of major gas and oil companies …
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Sandra Steingraber’s Manifesto: Illinois Fracking Rules a Betrayal of Democracy and Science
“Knowing that our own government has abdicated its responsibility to protect the safety and well-being of the citizenry, knowing that no one is coming to save us, we declare our intent to save ourselves …”
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Fracking Industry Asks NY Court of Appeals to Throw Out Bans
“Our client, the Town of Dryden, is prepared to continue fighting to preserve its way of life from the consequences of oil and gas development and we’ll fight alongside them until this matter is resolved once and for all.”
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Public Lands: Drilling Takes Precedence Over Conservation
Under President Obama, the pace of drilling on public lands is double that of protecting public lands. The current U.S. Congress is the first since World War II to fail to designate a single new acre of protected land. The integrity of natural lands in the U.S. are in jeopardy. Severe droughts, raging wildfires and…