Publications Mix
Karoo Gas-Drill FreezeSouth Africa Endorses Plans For Karoo Gas-Drill Freeze, Ending Shell Hopes

South Africa’s Cabinet endorsed the Department of Mineral Resources’ decision to declare a moratorium on natural-gas drilling in the Karoo region, halting plans by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s largest oil company.

read more
Gas Extraction Cover UpLeaked EPA Documents Expose Decades-Old Effort to Hide Dangers of Natural Gas Ex

Efforts by lawmakers and regulators to force the federal government to better police the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," have been thwarted for the past 25 years, according to an exposé in the New York Times.

read more
Big Polluters Freed from Environmental OversightBig Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight by Stimulus - The Center for Pu

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and granted them sweeping exemptions from the most basic form of environmental oversight.

read more
Chemicals Injected Into WellsCommittee Democrats Release New Report Detailing Hydraulic Fracturing Products

Oil and gas companies injected hundreds of millions of gallons of hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals into wells in more than 13 states from 2005 to 2009, according to an investigation by Congressional Democrats.

read more
FracFocusFracFocus Chemical Disclosure Registry
Of all the lobbyists bringing their issues to Capitol Hill, the Groundwater Protection Council is one of the smaller players.  I have to wonder, reading the rankings on Open Secrets, "Lobbying Spending Database: Environment, 2009", why this groundwater organization spends less on its annual lobbying than "Fur Wraps the Hill" or the "Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy"?  Groundwater is a hot button national issue, affecting both the urban and agricultural sectors.
read more
Flamable WaterScientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking

For the first time, a scientific study,  has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire.

read more
Colossal Fracking MessA Colossal Fracking Mess

To regard its unspoiled beauty on a spring morning, you might be led to believe that the river is safely off limits from the destructive effects of industrialization. Unfortunately, you’d be mistaken.

The Delaware is now the most endangered river in the country, according to the conservation group American Rivers.

read more
Under the InfluenceLegislating Under the Influence

In the last decade alone, big energy has pumped more than $2.9 billion into electing and lobbying federal officials and candidates, according to campaign finance and lobbying disclosure reports.

read more
Sue C02 Polluters?Greenhouse Gas Emissions Case Heads to Supreme Court

Plaintiffs in Connecticut v. American Electric Power allege that six utilities' emissions are a public nuisance. New York's Attorney General Schneiderman agrees.

read more
Global WarningGlobal Warning | The environment and national security

Fracking is being rushed. it's going full tilt without the scientific, objective regulation, and analysis that important security issues warrant, even though industry experts have known about the many risks it poses to the environment and our health for years.

read more
more
Syndicate content | More...