Inside the Fight Over Extracting Water From Texas for Fracking in New Mexico
The oil business in New Mexico is booming, but due to the state's stricter laws the groundwater being used to access petroleum is pumped in from Texas.
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Home Values Are Another Casualty of Fracking
In Oklahoma, major earthquakes—virtually unknown in the state until the fracking boom—depress property values.
More Fracking, More Toxics
Increases in toxic ozone and benzene gases as a result of fracking pose a threat to our air quality.
The Difficulty, and Importance, of Tracking U.S. Methane Emissions
New research says rice paddies and decomposing wetlands account for a recent uptick of methane in the atmosphere — but America shouldn’t use that as an excuse.
The EPA’s Latest Report Finds Fracking to Be a Threat to U.S. Water Supplies
The EPA’s finding, endorsed by environmentalists, comes as the Trump administration prepares to rethink regulation of the gas…
The EPA Finally Confirmed That Fracking Is Terrible for Drinking Water
But is the agency’s new report too little, too late? By Jared Keller (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images) After…
Is Fracking in the U.K. Really So Bad?
The U.K. is turning to natural gas to curb carbon dioxide emissions, but should we still be fracking…
Did Fracking Wastewater Disposal Cause East Texas’ Biggest Earthquake?
It would appear so, according to a new study. Yet the Texas agency tasked with regulating oil drillers…
People Are Calling Natural Gas a ‘Bridge’ to a Sustainable Future—They’re Wrong
For America to reach full renewable energy, we need to re-focus our investments — and divest ourselves of some dangerous…
