Author: Abrahm Lustgarten

Stories by Abrahm Lustgarten

Abrahm Lustgarten is a former staff writer and contributor for Fortune, and has written for Salon, Esquire, the Washington Post and the New York Times since receiving his master's in journalism from Columbia University in 2003.

Radioactive Wastewater in New York Raises More Concerns About Oil Drilling

In a state hardly equipped to deal with such materials, drilling advocates have yet to explain where the water will go.
Posted on Nov 10, 2009, Source: ProPublica

NYC's Drinking Water at Risk? State OKs Controversial Gas Drilling Inside the Watershed

Have the necessary precautions been put in place by the state to safeguard drinking water for 9 million people?
Posted on Oct 1, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Oil and Gas Drilling Operation Responsible for 3 Chemical Spills in 2 Weeks

More bad news about the threats to water quality from drilling operations that use fracking.
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than Officials Said

Methane released from gas drilling has caused a fatal explosion and water contamination across seven counties in Pennsylvania.
Posted on Aug 5, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Energy Industry Threatens Water Quality, Sways Congress with Misleading Data

The industry is misleading the public into a false choice between the economy and the environment.
Posted on Jul 9, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Water

The bills would require the energy industry to disclose the chemicals it uses in a controversial drilling practice that threatens drinking water.
Posted on Jun 16, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Congress May Close Huge Drilling Industry Loophole that Threatens Clean Drinking Water

Congress is having second thoughts about the environmental dangers posed by the burgeoning gas drilling industry.
Posted on May 26, 2009, Source: ProPublica

Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling

When houses are exploding because of gas seeping into well water, you know you have a serious problem.
Posted on Apr 30, 2009, Source: ProPublica

New York's Drinking Water Threatened by Drilling Plans

The state has done little to study the impacts drilling might have on water supplies and is unprepared to treat the waste water it produces.
Posted on Feb 27, 2009, Source: ProPublica

How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans

A rush to develop domestic oil, gas and uranium deposits along the Colorado River and its tributaries is a threat to our children's future
Posted on Dec 26, 2008, Source: ProPublica

NYC: Gas Drilling Will Raise the Cost of Water by 30 Percent

NYC's chief accountant warned state officials that drilling could have "crippling implications" for the city's water system.
Posted on Dec 16, 2008, Source: ProPublica

New York's Water Threatened by Natural Gas Drilling?

For months public concern has been growing that upstate mining may be threatening the water supply for New York City's 9 million people.
Posted on Dec 3, 2008, Source: ProPublica

Industry and EPA Collaborated to Hide the Truth about How Natural Gas Drilling Is Threatening Drinking Water

One of the greatest threats to our water and our health may come from a process involved in natural gas drilling. But EPA is keeping mum.
Posted on Nov 20, 2008, Source: ProPublica

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