Fracking

Victory: A Working-Class Neighborhood Defends Itself Against a Dangerous Gas Project -– And Wins

By Amanda Werner / AlterNet

Residents fought back after a company wanted to store 8 billion cubic feet of natural gas beneath a densely-populated, urban community in southeast Sacramento, California.

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Will Americans Ever Realize That a Good Life Is More Important Than Money?

By David Korten / YES! Magazine

Thousands Converge in Washington to Launch National Movement Against Fracking

By Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

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

By Steve Horn / DeSmogBlog

5 Critical Actions That Really Can Put Us on a Sustainable Path

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Four Examples from the Last Week Prove Obama Is Full of Hot Air on Climate Protection

Get Ready for Higher Prices and Less Energy Security: Our Natural Gas Reserves Are Being Plundered For Export

Sandra Steingraber's Moving Letter: From Jail on Earth Day

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Fracking

America Leads the World in Cutting CO2 Emissions. So Why Aren't We Talking About It?

David Roberts / Grist.org

Study Shows Underground Paths Boost Risk of Fracking Pollution

AFP

Revealed: NY Governor Plans to Experiment with Fracking in Economically Struggling Areas

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Fracking Los Angeles: What Life Is Like on the Country's Biggest Urban Oilfield

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

The Dark Side to North Dakota's Oil Boom

Nicholas Kusnetz / ProPublica

How The Press Distorts The News About US Energy Security

Jocelyn Fong / Media Matters for America

The Enviro Disaster You Know Nothing About: The Eco-Devastating Quest for "Frac Sand" in Rural America

Ellen Cantarow / TomDispatch.com

Meet the Christian Right-Wing Multi-Billionaire Out to Frack Our World

Bill Berkowitz / Talk To Action

Vermont Will Be First U.S. State to Ban Fracking

Environment News Service

Silencing Communities: How the Fracking Industry Keeps Its Secrets

Mike Ludwig / TruthOut.org

US Regulators Propose Companies Disclose Fracking Contaminants After Drilling

AFP

How the Private Water Industry Is Teaming Up With ALEC

Sarah Pavlus / American Independent News Network

Pivotal Figure in Fracking Debate Tumbles from Summit of His Own Ambition

Stefanie Penn Spear / EcoWatch

Drinking Water Under Threat: New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica

Independent Test Results Show Fracking Flowback Emissions Are Dangerous Toxic Chemicals

Earthworks

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

Cora Currier / ProPublica

Shocking Conflict of Interest: Private Water Companies Partner With Fracking Lobby

Sarah Pavlus / American Independent News Network

EPA's First Fracking Rules Seen as Limited and Delayed

Lena Groeger / ProPublica

The Human Cancer Risks Posed by Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction

Sandra Steingraber / AlterNet

6 Scary Extreme Energy Sources Being Tapped to Fuel the Post Peak Oil Economy

Michael I. Niman / Artvoice

Obama's Biggest Environmental 'Victory' Was Really a Big Win for Gas Drillers

Joshua Frank / AlterNet

Matt Damon to Film "Anti-Fracking Blockbuster"

Agence France Presse

Frackers Outbid Farmers For Water in Colorado Drought

Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress

Unregulated Fracking for Decades? Why California May Be a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Scott Thill / AlterNet

Some Red States Are Already Running Out Of Water

Steve Hynd / The Agonist

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