After Rancher's Death, Calls for Fracking Health Study Grow Stronger
Jul 24, 2014, 12:48 pm By Sharon Kelly
Last month, Terry Greenwood, a Pennsylvania farmer whose water had been contaminated by fracking…Not Just the Atlantic: Obama Leasing Millions of Gulf Acres for Offshore Drilling
Jul 23, 2014, 5:16 pm By Steve Horn
Deploying the age-old “Friday news dump,” President Barack Obama's Interior Department gave the…Obama Administration Releases Weak Proposed Rules On Crude By Rail After Industry Lobbying Blitz
Jul 23, 2014, 1:51 pm By Justin Mikulka
The Department of Transportation released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today for the…Pennsylvania Environmental Regulators Flunk State's Own Shale Gas Audit
Jul 23, 2014, 12:08 pm By Sharon Kelly
In January 2013, Pennsylvania's auditor general announced that he would conduct an investigation…BNSF Nears Shift To One-Member Crews, Possibly Even on Dangerous Oil Trains
Jul 22, 2014, 1:55 pm By Guest
For decades, the U.S. railroad industry has successfully shed labor costs by shifting to smaller and…Maine Residents Fight American Petroleum Institute Lobbyists Over Ban on Tar Sands Shipments
Jul 21, 2014, 5:26 pm By Justin Mikulka
Portland, Maine, has become the latest battleground in the fight against tar sands oil, with local…California Orders Emergency Shutdown Of Fracking Wastewater Injection Sites Over Fears of Contaminated Aquifers
Jul 21, 2014, 5:07 pm By Mike G
California officials ordered an emergency shutdown of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites in Kern…Exclusive: E-mails Reveal Feds and Rail Companies Pressured States to Keep Oil-by-Rail Information Secret
Jul 21, 2014, 11:13 am By Justin Mikulka
Documents released to DeSmogBlog by the Washington State Military Department reveal that both the…Climate Failure: U.S. Passes Saudi Arabia As World’s Largest Oil Producer
11:07am By Don Lieber
Is President Obama’s “all of the above” energy policy a success? Or a climate failure? A…U.S. Joins Canada and Oil Industry's Lobbying Offensive To Keep Europe Open to Oilsands Imports
Fri 2:55pm By Derek Leahy
For five long years the federal government and the oil industry have lobbied against the European…Oklahoma Earthquake Swarm Spurs Fracking Wastewater Disposal Debate
Jul 17, 2014, 5:36 pm By Sharon Kelly
Last weekend, a swarm of seven earthquakes in just 14 hours between Saturday evening and Sunday…The Earth Hasn't Stopped Warming, Hate to Say It
Jul 16, 2014, 7:38 pm By Kevin Grandia
I wish it were true, but the earth is not cooling and there remains an upward curve in the…Breaking: Denton City Council Rejects Fracking Ban: Referendum Will Be on November Ballot
Jul 16, 2014, 4:26 am By Julie Dermansky
The failure of the Denton city council to pass a fracking ban in Denton, Texas, after a meeting that…CNBC Again? Marshall Institute Chairman Brings Hitler Into Climate Conversation
Jul 15, 2014, 9:08 pm By Kevin Grandia
In a live interview on CNBC, William Happer, chairman of the Marshall Institute, stated that the…New Map Shows Dramatic Time Lapse of Tar Sands Deforestation
Jul 15, 2014, 6:53 pm By Kevin Grandia
A time-lapsed map released today by the World Resources Institute using satellite imagery from…Decision on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Delayed Until After Next Federal Election
Jul 15, 2014, 6:09 pm By Emma Gilchrist
Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) announced today that it is stopping the clock on the review of…Twenty Five Arrested at Anti-Fracking Protest in Washington, DC
Jul 14, 2014, 8:39 pm By Caroline Selle
Twenty-five anti-fracking and climate activists were arrested this morning in front of the Federal…California And Texas, Pioneers In The Mainstreaming of Renewable Energy
Jul 14, 2014, 2:39 pm By Mike G
California and Texas continue to break new ground in making electricty generation from renewable…Richard Tol Dons Cloak of Climate Denial
Jul 14, 2014, 11:57 am By Guest
This is a guest post by Cindy Baxter. They were all there. A veritable octopus of conflicting…Activists Prepare July 13 Cove Point Protest, Lawsuits To Fight LNG Exports
Jul 12, 2014, 1:22 pm By Caroline Selle
Gas export terminals might be the new oil pipelines. Taking a leaf out of Keystone XL protestors’…
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