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OIL SPILLS: U.S. well sites in 2012 discharged more than Valdez
Mike Soraghan, E&E reporter EnergyWire: Monday, July 8, 2013 It went up orange, a gas-propelled geyser that rose 100 feet over the North...
Jul 12, 20131 min read
Shale oil Ponzi scheme: Harvard study confirms shale is a fracking treadmill
by TXsharon, texassharon.com, June 27, 2013 Harvard has released a new study with a hyped up headline about America becoming a No. 1 oil...
Jul 12, 20132 min read
Rules on Toxic Clean Up Chemicals Unclear as New Leak Pours into Gulf of Mexico
EcoWatch A U.S. Air Force chemical dispersing C-130 aircraft drops an oil dispersing chemical into the Gulf of Mexico as part of the...
Jul 12, 20131 min read
Confirmed: Fracking Triggers Quakes and Seismic Chaos
—By Kate Sheppard, Jaeah Lee, and Brett Brownell | Thu Jul. 11, 2013 11:04 AM PDT Major earthquakes thousands of miles away can trigger...
Jul 12, 20131 min read
“Gasland Part II”: The Fracking Empire Strikes Back
Director Josh Fox explains his expanded investigation into the natural gas industry and responds to President Obama’s climate speech. —By...
Jul 11, 20131 min read
Doddridge County gas fracking explosion injures at least 7
By David Gutman CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At least seven people were injured, four of them very seriously, after an explosion at a hydraulic...
Jul 8, 20131 min read
Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy
Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy (via Desmogblog) America is in the midst of the biggest onshore oil...
Jul 7, 20131 min read
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