Living near fracking wells increases heart attack risks
Among the known health risks caused by living near fracking wells, scientists are adding heart attacks to the list. A…
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Facing drought and fire risks, California moves to end fracking and oil extraction
California will stop issuing new fracking permits by 2024 and will halt all oil drilling by 2045, Governor Gavin Newsom…
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Investigation into chemical exposure from fracking in Pennsylvania provokes call for rapid phaseout
By Jessica Corbett “While financial analysts, policymakers, and massive corporations squabble over the finer points of the fracking debate, families…
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Big Oil’s big push back on Biden’s big climate moves
Newly-elected President Biden is making ambitious moves in an effort to tackle climate change. From immediately rejoining the Paris climate…
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Trump’s frack attack fell flat in Pennsylvania gas counties
The Trump campaign’s efforts to attack President-elect Joe Biden and win Pennsylvania by claiming he would ban fracking failed, while…
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Harvard finds elevated radiation levels in areas near fracking wells
Fracking operations, especially in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, cause elevated radiation levels as much as 12 miles downwind from…
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250 failing fracking companies to file for bankruptcy by 2021
Fracking companies are going bankrupt at a rapid pace, often with taxpayer-funded bonuses for executives, leaving harm for communities, taxpayers,…
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Pennsylvania failed to ‘prevent harm’ from fracking
Pennsylvania regulators failed to protect public health and the environment from pollution and other harms caused by fracking operations, a…
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‘They’re gonna kill us for their own greed’: Drilling plans threaten Native American health and sacred sites
Native American activists in northern New Mexico are fighting to prevent a BLM lease plan that would open millions of…
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