On Fracking, Clinton And Sanders Give Vastly Different Answers

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders gave vastly different answers on fracking at the CNN Democratic debate on Sunday, illustrating a key policy contrast between the two....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/06/3757137/sanders-hits-clinton-on-fracking/

Michigan Republicans Are Trying To Change Election Law To Stop Liberal Ballot Initiatives | ThinkProgress

“They are trying to stop [us] cold,” said LuAnne Kozma of the Committee to Ban Fracking In Michigan. “They are trying to cut us off and force us into court.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/24/3762667/michigan-republicans-fracking-ban-legal-marijuana/

Millions Of Americans Are Living In Areas That Are At Risk From Human-Caused Earthquakes

Six states are particularly at risk from human-caused earthquakes, according to the USGS...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/28/3763910/usgs-maps-earthquake-risk-fracking/

11 Terrible Right-Wing Laws and Ideas Pushed by Far-Right Republicans Near You

It can happen to your town too. 
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/11-terrible-right-wing-laws-and-ideas-pushed-far-right-republicans-near-you

How Is This Not National News?

--A massive methane leak in Porter Ranch, California, has displaced thousands of residents and is releasing over 30,000 kilograms of methane per hour...
https://youtu.be/7x-4VRg-cRc

This One Suit Could Take Down Oklahoma's Oil And Gas Industry | ThinkProgress

“You, the industry, needs to pay the cost of your operations,” Geis said. “If that turns out to be uneconomical, than you need to rethink your economic model.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/11/3730531/oil-gas-doesnt-want-to-pay-for-earthquake-damage/

The U.S. Is About To Get A Lot More Fracking, Thanks To Congress

Big Oil is going to get $22 billion in profits because of this...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/09/3729646/oil-export-ban-likely-lifted-in-spending-bill/

Fracking Companies Have Been Getting Worse About Disclosing The Chemicals They Use

According to a new study published in the journal Energy Policy, fracking companies have become less forthcoming since 2013 about the chemicals used in their operations, citing “the use of proprietary compounds” as grounds for limiting their disclosure.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/11/25/3725778/fracking-chemicals-who-knows/

Youth Activists Take To The Street In Washington D.C.

Activists shut down central Washington D.C. this morning to demand political action on climate change, immigration, and racial ... Read more

New Concern Over Quakes in Oklahoma Near a Hub of U.S. Oil

A sharp earthquake in central Oklahoma last weekend has raised fresh concern about the security of a vast crude oil storage complex, close to the quake’s center, that sits at the crossroads of the nation’s oil pipeline network.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/us/new-concern-over-quakes-in-oklahoma-near-a-hub-of-us-oil.html

Oil Goes Down, Bankruptcies Go Up - These 5 Frackers Could Be Next To Fall

With oil prices closing today below $42 a barrel, the edifice of America's oil and gas boom is finally crumbling. The number of companies in bankruptc...  Read more

How Dick Cheney Kicked off an Era of Cancer Clusters and Eco-Disasters from Fracking

The Energy Policy Act of 2005, which holds the Halliburton Loophole, exempts oil and gas firms from environmental protection laws.
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Environmental Group Sues California Over ‘Fundamentally Flawed’ Fracking Report

An environmental group is suing the state of California's oil agency for not incorporating certain information into its ... Read more

Fracking Industry Billionaires Give Record $15 Million To Ted Cruz's Super PAC | Alternet

Thanks to the Citizens United decision at the Supreme Court, the ultra-rich and corporations are essentially freed up to give unlimited amounts of money to organizations called Super Political Action Committees (PACs) that, while technically legally barred from directly coordinating with campaigns, can do everything else they can to promote candidacies.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/fracking-industry-billionaires-give-record-15-million-ted-cruzs-super-pac

ALEC's Scary Corporate Agenda -- 7 of Their Most Anti-Democratic and Science-Denying Ideas

ALEC's annual gathering revealed how right-wingers will push dangerous legislation across the country.
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Methane Leakage from Natural Gas Production Could Be Higher Than Previously Estimated

...Even in small quantities, methane leakage is an important part of the climate change equation for natural gas because methane (the primary component of natural gas) is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Different greenhouse gases are ranked according to their Global Warming Potential (GWP), which describes their warming impact as a multiple of the impact caused by carbon dioxide, the most prevalent greenhouse gas....
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Fracking Linked to Heart Conditions and Neurological Illness

People who live near fracking sites suffer higher rates of heart conditions and neurological illnesses, says new research...
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One Congressman’s Fight To Keep Fracking Waste Out Of Drinking Water

Even treated fracking waste can become unsafe when exposed to our public wastewater treatment system.  ... Read more

California Has No Idea What’s In Its Fracking Chemicals, Study Finds

A California fracking study finds much to wonder about.  ... Read more

Big Texas Oil and Gas Torpedo a Small City's Effort to Ban Fracking — Bye Bye Local Democracy

The people spoke and were promptly ignored.
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