Fracking

Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Ruling Against Major Pipeline

Rainbow over waterway in Brooklyn, New York

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

This story may be updated. Ireland is poised to ban onshore fracking after its Senate on Wednesday passed a bill outlawing the oil and gas extraction method. Anti-fracking campaigning group Love Leitrim celebrated the development as a "victory for people power." Victory for people power today as bill passes through the irish Seanad. Now just needs...

DAPL Developer Spills Drilling Fluids Into Wetlands While Constructing Another Pipeline

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is under...

Colorado Youth Score Decisive Legal Victory Against Fracking Industry

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

A group of Colorado teenagers scored a " huge " victory against the state's...

Architect of Federal Fracking Loophole May Head Trump Environmental Council

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Trump's Interior Dept to Retract Obama-Era Fracking Rule

Email Dump Reveals EPA Chief Pruitt's Cozy Ties With Fossil Fuels Industry

500+ Groups Urge Senators: 'Use All Your Power' to Block Anti-Environment Pruitt

Republicans Suddenly Value Big Government as Cities Go Liberal

EPA Finally Concludes Fracking Pollutes Drinking Water

'Like An Arsonist Fighting Fires': Outrage Grows Over Trump's EPA Pick

Oklahoma Earthquake Shows Fracking's Potential for "Serious Harm"

Oklahoma Rattled by Earthquake Near Pipeline Epicenter

'Major Win for Environment': Bill to Ban Fracking in Ireland Moves Forward

With New Study in Hand, Pennsylvanians Reiterate Call for Fracking Ban

Wikileaks Drops E-Reader Version of Clinton Speeches with New Email Dump

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What the Frack: N.D. Oil Well Ron Burgundy Is Leaking, But They Don't Have To Tell Us How Much

Days after a report of “substantial gaps in oversight” at thousands of high-risk fracking wells, emergency officials announced a leak at Tioga, N.D.'s Ron Burgundy 3-23-14H fracking well, which is under a confidentiality agreement that protects its owners from having to tell the public what the hell is going on there. Alarmingly, 22% of North Dakota's 1,813 oil and gas wells have such “tight hole” status, probably because the state awards it to any operators who ask. What's most scary here:...