Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 10, 2009. In a state hardly equipped to deal with such materials, drilling advocates have yet to explain where the water will go.
Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. November 3, 2009. The future of this ecologically rich area is now in the hands of oil and gas companies that have leased thousands of acres to drill in the Marcellus Shale.
Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica. October 28, 2009. The company's announcement takes many of NYC's concerns off the table, but others, including what will happen with the wastewater from drilling across the state, remain.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. October 1, 2009. Have the necessary precautions been put in place by the state to safeguard drinking water for 9 million people?
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. June 16, 2009. The bills would require the energy industry to disclose the chemicals it uses in a controversial drilling practice that threatens drinking water.
Steve Kretzmann, Huffington Post. June 11, 2009. If Shell's CEO really cared about the Ogoni people, he would end practices that continue to ruin their lives.
Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. January 27, 2009. Drilling put in motion by Clinton and Bush have had such devastating effects on Arctic communities it fits the UN definition of cultural genocide.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 16, 2008. NYC's chief accountant warned state officials that drilling could have "crippling implications" for the city's water system.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 3, 2008. For months public concern has been growing that upstate mining may be threatening the water supply for New York City's 9 million people.
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 20, 2008. 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.
Margaret Williams, Yale Environment 360. November 19, 2008. Obama must reverse Bush policies to avoid irreparable harm to Arctic wildlife and to some of the most biologically productive waters on earth.
David Sassoon, SolveClimate. October 6, 2008. America's energy and climate future will be determined by what the nation decides to do with its deposits of oil shale.
Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor. September 18, 2008. Water and chemicals injected at high pressure can extract more gas and may threaten drinking water in places like New York and Texas.
Kate Sheppard, Grist.org. August 4, 2008. In a speech today, Obama spoke about more drilling in exchange for comprehensive energy legislation and his own plan to mandate more renewable energy.
Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: Video. July 21, 2008. McCain's latest ad blames Obama for rising gas prices and claims drilling is the answer. Both those assertions are false.
Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report. July 15, 2008. Conservatives are preying on concern over gas prices by propagating false myths that drilling for oil off our coasts will lower the cost of gas.
Javier Sierra, Sierra Club. July 8, 2008. Would more permits for oil drilling benefit U.S. consumers? McCain would like you to think so, but there's more to the story than he's telling.
Lester Feder, Huffington Post. June 20, 2008. McCain's recent flip flop on off-shore oil drilling shows his campaign's efforts to define the 2008 election narrative are in disarray.
