A ban would protect public health and our essential resources, sending the message that our communities are more important than the interests of the big oil and gas companies.
Jennifer Krill, Earth Island Journal. March 31, 2011.
It's not a choice between coal and natural gas. We are facing a choice between a truly clean energy future or more of the same. Natural gas is just a bridge to nowhere.
Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. February 1, 2011.
Oil and gas service companies used tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel in fracking operations between 2005 and 2009, thus violating the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Industry spends millions trying to convince the public and our lawmakers of the benefits of "natural" gas, but a quick look at the propaganda reveals some deep flaws.
Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. March 2, 2010.
Rural communities are feeling the heat of a troubled economy, especially farmers. Will natural gas drilling be their saving grace or an environmental nightmare?
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. December 8, 2009.
An estimated 77 billion barrels of contaminated water were generated worldwide in 2000 by oil and gas operations. In recent years this volume has increased.
Natural gas is "clean" only in contrast to coal -- just as a bacon cheeseburger can only be regarded as healthful compared with a double bacon cheeseburger.
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.
