Former Ohio Excavator Pleads Guilty to Dumping Contaminated Fracking Water
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Mar 24, 2014, 12:01 pm By Julie Dermansky
Heavy fuel oil that spilled from a Kirby Inland Marine oil barge after it collided with a cargo ship…Research Shows Some Test Methods Miss 99 Percent of Radium in Fracking Waste
Mar 24, 2014, 8:00 am By Sharon Kelly
Every year, fracking generates hundreds of billions of gallons of wastewater laced with corrosive…Colorado Legislators Seek to Punish Cities that Ban Fracking
Mar 21, 2014, 5:45 pm By Anne Landman
Two Colorado legislators announced they are introducing a ballot initiative aimed at punishing…Science Journal Set To Retract Paper Linking Climate Change Scepticism To Conspiracy Theorists After Sceptics Shout Libel
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Joe Oliver, Canada’s new federal Minister of Finance, made quite a name for himself during his…AAAS "What We Know" Initiative: Same Denial, Different Issue - From Ozone Depletion to Climate Change
Wed 4:19pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Cindy Baxter, cross-posted from PolluterWatch with permission. It must be…Coal Exporter United Bulk Sued For Polluting Mississippi River
Wed 3:41pm By Farron Cousins
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit earlier this week against United Bulk,…The Human Face of TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline
Wed 1:25pm By Raphael Lopoukhine
A photographer who has shot for National Geographic Traveller is setting out on a road trip along…A Record Year of Oil Train Accidents Leaves Insurers Wary
Mar 18, 2014, 9:00 am By Sharon Kelly
Spurred by the shale drilling rush that has progressed at breakneck speed, the railroad industry has…Fracking California's Coast: Billions of Gallons of Fracking Pollution Legalized By Feds
Mar 17, 2014, 6:00 pm By Farron Cousins
If an energy company accidentally spilled 9 billion gallons of toxic waste into the ocean, the…Why ExxonMobil's Partnerships With Russia's Rosneft Challenge the Narrative of U.S. Exports As Energy Weapon
Mar 17, 2014, 4:39 pm By Steve Horn
In a long-awaited moment in a hotly contested zone currently occupied by the Russian…The "Significance" Trap: New Economic Analysis Finds that Keystone XL Would Increase Tar Sands Production, Carbon Emissions
Mar 16, 2014, 9:00 am By Ben Jervey
In its environmental assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. State Department…Debunked: Eight Things the U.S. State Keystone XL Report Got Wrong About the Alberta Oilsands
Mar 15, 2014, 5:37 pm By Indra Das
Last week the Alberta government responded to the U.S. State Department's final supplemental…New Business Coalition Forms in Colorado to Fight Anti-Fracking Movement
Mar 15, 2014, 5:10 pm By Anne Landman
A new pro-fracking business coalition called "Vital for Colorado" (VfC) has sprung up to fight the…Is Organised Climate Science Denial Criminally Negligent?
Mar 15, 2014, 9:00 am By Guest
By Lawrence Torcello, Rochester Institute of Technology. This article was originally published…Chevron RICO Verdict Sets Dangerous Precedent For Activists
Mar 14, 2014, 5:30 pm By Mike G
Last week, Chevron's RICO suit against the lawyers representing 30,000 Ecuadoreans impacted by the…Columbia River Coal Pollution Lawsuit Against BNSF Railway Moves Forward As New Research Raises Air Quality Concerns On Seattle Rail Lines
Mar 14, 2014, 5:02 pm By Emma Gilchrist
A lawsuit against the BNSF Railway Company will proceed after the U.S. District Court for the…Why Nothing Will Happen On Oil by Rail Safety
Mar 14, 2014, 4:29 pm By Justin Mikulka
In the past month, there have been numerous public relations efforts suggesting that much is being…General James Jones Didn't Disclose Industry Ties Before Testimony at Keystone XL Hearing
Mar 13, 2014, 4:59 am By Steve Horn
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing today (March 13) on the U.S. State…
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