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January 15, 2016

Commission Passes First Countywide Ban on Oil and Gas Waste in West Virginia

Fayette County bans the storage, disposal or use of oil and natural gas waste By Sarah Plummer, Register-Herald Reporter, January 13, 2016 The Fayette County Commission’s […]
January 4, 2016

Obama Signs Exxon-, Koch-Backed Bill Expediting Pipeline Permits

During the Paris Climate Summit, President Obama signed a bill into law with a provision that expedites permitting of oil and gas pipelines in the U.S. […]
January 2, 2016

Study: Fracking Lowers Home Values by $30K

Housing markets are responding to homeowners’ concerns about groundwater contamination from shale gas development By Sue Heavenrich, The Marcellus Effect, December 20, 2015 A study published […]
December 31, 2015

Video Makes Visible CA’s Unseen Natural Gas Disaster

A huge methane leak near Los Angeles is spewing tens of thousands of pounds of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every hour By Todd Woody, TakePart, […]
December 7, 2015

Massive Natural Gas Storage Leak Alarms CA Residents, Climate Activists

Rupture at Aliso Canyon natural gas storage site has released the equivalent of 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and won’t be plugged for another 3 […]
November 25, 2015

EPA Finding on Fracking's Water Pollution Disputed by Its Own Scientists

Panel finds little basis for claim that fracking has not led to ‘widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water.’ By Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, November 19, 2015 […]
November 23, 2015

Groundwater Not as Renewable as Thought

Study findings a call to better manage and protect the resource By Andrew Nikiforuk, TheTyee.ca, November 21, 2015 Groundwater, the globe’s most dependable water insurance system, […]
November 17, 2015

Tell Gov. Cuomo to Go Slow on Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

Your snail mail letters have paid off! There is now a ban on high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State. Governor Cuomo based his decision […]
November 17, 2015

Tell Your Rep. to Ban Frack Waste in NJ

Last year New Jersey’s Assembly and Senate, with nearly unanimous bipartisan agreement, voted to ban hydraulic fracturing waste being treated, discharged, disposed of or stored in […]
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