Fracking

DAPL Developer Spills Drilling Fluids Into Wetlands While Constructing Another Pipeline

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 fracking industry on Thursday when a three-judge panel ruled that the health of citizens and environment takes precedence over oil and gas interests. The decision, handed down by the Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday, requires that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation...

Architect of Federal Fracking Loophole May Head Trump Environmental Council

Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog

Confidential sources have told Politico that Bill Cooper — current...

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

Nika Knight, staff writer

$A fracking well flare in Scott Township, Pennsylvania.$

The Interior Department under President Donald Trump is planning to revoke a...

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

UK Dismantles Democracy to Double Down on Fracked Gas

23 Arrested Protesting McAuliffe's "Stunning Lack of Political Courage" on Climate

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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:...