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Fracking in or near your backyard
The film “Promised Land,” now showing in theaters across the country, plays off the intense national conversation about the relatively new natural gas drilling technology called high volume horizontal...
EWG Seeks Answers About Loophole in Proposed New York Fracking Plan
EWG is requesting records from New York officials to shed light on a potentially glaring loophole in the state's draft plan for regulating high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the event that Gov...
Drilling Rigs: Not So Pretty In Pink
I almost spilled my coffee the day I clicked the link in my morning email to an article in the Norman, Okla. newspaper headlined, "Drilling rig to raise awareness of breast cancer."
Environmental Groups Sue California for Failing to Regulate Fracking
EWG has joined several prominent environmental groups in filing suit against California regulators for failing to evaluate the impact of hydraulic fracturing operations in the state, as required by...
Fracking Leases May Lower Property Values, Default Mortgages
Hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and gas may enrich drillers - but at a prohibitive cost for some landowners near wells.
Craft energy policy to protect fresh water
Guaranteeing a clean and ample supply of water should be at the core of our energy policy. Sometimes Washington seems to have forgotten that. But a recent survey shows that the American people have...
Study shows fracking can pollute
A new water quality study near gas drilling operations in northeastern Pennsylvania counters natural gas industry claims that gas and hydraulic fracturing chemicals can't seep into the drinking water...
"You Can't Find What You Don't Look For"
Our California fracking report continued to gain fantastic coverage this week with three large stories in Santa Cruz Weekly, Sacramento News and Review and Wines and Vines. Our president, Ken Cook...
Fracking and Endocrine Disruptors, Sunscreen and Endometriosis
Our California fracking report continued to gain fantastic coverage this week with three large stories in Santa Cruz Weekly, Sacramento News and Review and Wines and Vines. Our president, Ken Cook...
Ohio Regulators: Link Between Recent Quakes and Fracking 'Compelling,' Prompting New Standards
Polluted water resources. Compromised housing values. And now, earthquakes? As companies increasingly rely on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to expand U.S. oil and gas operations, regulators are...
California: The Wild West of Fracking
In some states, oil and gas companies have begun to face (gasp!) some basic regulations, such as required reporting of where and when they hydraulically fracture (or "frack") wells, and even...
Concerned about Drilling in New York? So are scientists.
New York is considering lifting its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas drilling technology in which large volumes of water, sand and chemicals are injected into the ground at high...
Fraccidents
We've all seen (or at least heard of) the movie "Erin Brockovich" in which a bold and fiercely determined mom takes on a chemical company for exposing a small town and the families and children that...
Save the Delaware River
Since George Washington crossed the Delaware in 1776, the river has become an iconic American image. Nearly 16 million people rely on the Delaware river for drinking water, and every year 5.4 million...
Save the Delaware River
Since George Washington crossed the Delaware in 1776, the river has become an iconic American image. Nearly 16 million people rely on the Delaware river for drinking water, and every year 5.4 million...
Fracking Jobs? N.Y. Residents Need not Apply
Think fracking for natural gas means jobs? Think again.
Cemeteries: The Next Drilling Frontier?
When it comes to drilling in the Marcellus Shale, the natural gas industry leaves no stone unturned.
DOE fracking report states obvious, little else
People across the country are rightly concerned about natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing near their homes. Thanks to new technologies, the exploitation of shale gas formations has expanded...
DOE fracking report states obvious, little else
People across the country are rightly concerned about natural gas drilling and fracturing near their homes. Thanks to new technologies, the exploitation of shale gas formations has expanded rapidly...
On Fracking: Now, Cracks in the Façade
Imagine, if you can: Nearly overnight, your water well begins producing slimy, off-color foul smelling and worse tasting water. It's unusable. You can't drink it. You can't bathe in it. You can't wash...
