Tag: fracking

The push for climate change’s non-inclusion in NEPA appraisals “puts our country, our communities, and our people at great risk.”

Maryland is leading the way in the movement to ban fracking.

Voter initiatives banning fracking in U.S. cities and counties have faced obstacles at the state level all over the nation.

Fracking and horizontal drilling have enabled oil and gas development to encroach more and more into places where people live.

Most spills occurred in the the first three years of a well's life.

The disposal of wastewater produced from fracking has led to the alarming increase of earthquakes.

Records show that energy companies have spent millions of dollars to stop the anti-fracking measures.

Fracking has already harmed the state's drinking water, air quality, and increased the speed of climate change.

The agency said that fracking oil production is expected to ramp up to 6 million barrels per day, well into next decade.

“This is likely to be the most influential domestic energy policy position within the White House [and] will comfort industry and conservatives who view him as a champion for free-market energy and environment policy.”