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Steve Horn is a Researcher and Writer for DeSmogBlog, focusing primarily on domestic and international natural gas drilling operations and its interplay with international geopolitics. He lives in Madison, WI. subscribe to Steve Horn's feed

Arkansas Hires Notorious Private Contractor With History of Cover-Ups To Oversee Clean Up Mayflower Tar Sands Spill

Posted on: Apr 14, 2013, Source: DeSmogBlog

Witt O'Brien's has had its hands in the botched clean-up efforts of almost every high-profile oil spill disaster in recent U.S. history.

Revealed: Obama's DOE Nominee Ernest Moniz Is Super Cozy With Tar Sands, Oil and Gas Industries

Posted on: Apr 9, 2013, Source: DeSmogBlog

As Congress is set to review Moniz's nomination, here's what you should know.

Why Does Exxon Control the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?

Posted on: Apr 4, 2013, Source: DeSmogBlog

When will news media be allowed back into the designated no fly zone area?

NY Fracking Scandal: Seven Groups Demand Conflict of Interest Investigation of Cuomo Administration

Posted on: Feb 11, 2013, Source: DeSmogBlog

Cuomo's chief-of-staff actually has a direct financial interest in fracking going forward in New York state.

How the Right-Wing's Infamous ALEC Is Attacking Renewable Energy Initiatives

Posted on: Jan 15, 2013, Source: DeSmogBlog

An ALEC-backed bill, the "Electricity Freedom Act," calls for the nullification of any given state's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards.

A New Low: Shale Gas Industry Targets College Campuses, K-12 Schools

Posted on: Oct 22, 2012, Source: DeSmogBlog

Schools facing budget cuts are getting desperate for money, but fracking on school grounds is coming under fire.

Court Strikes Down Parts of Pennsylvania's Act 13, a Law Deemed "The Worst Corporate Giveaway"

Posted on: Jul 27, 2012, Source: DeSmogBlog

The bill would have stripped away local zoning laws, eliminated the legal concept of a Home Rule Charter, limited private property rights, and in the process, completely disempowered municipal governments.

How ALEC is Destroying the Teaching of Climate Change Science, One State at a Time

Posted on: Mar 22, 2012, Source: DeSmogBlog

Tennessee just became the fourth state in the nation to include climate change denial in their science education curriculum. Who's behind this crafty legislation? You guessed it.

Has Obama Just Kicked Off Another Oil War -- This Time in Africa?

Posted on: Nov 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Here's what is likely behind Obama's decision to send special forces to Uganda.

Exposed: New Documentary About Gas Drilling Hailed as Indie and Balanced, But Here's Why It's Neither

Posted on: Sep 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"Haynesville" is making the indie film circuit, but its director is actually an oil and gas man in disguise.