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Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding...

Jul 13, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears

Saving Chaco: As coronavirus c...

May 19, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Saving Chaco: As coronavirus consumes New Mexico, drilling threatens sacred land

Sheltering Near Fracking

May 5, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Sheltering Near Fracking

Methane Emissions Crisis and R...

Feb 20, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Methane Emissions Crisis and Rapid Global Heating: It is all Fossil Fuel Drilling and Fracking

Big Oil wants to dump more was...

Jan 22, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

For more than six months, twin brothers Ronald and Donald Schweitzer have watched large amounts of salty wastewater bubble up from the ground in their wheat field. The “saltwater purge” has killed three trees and several acres of crops on their northwest Oklahoma farm.

While Talking up Climate Actio...

Dec 20, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Even as international climate negotiators tried to make progress at the UN climate summit in Madrid in early December, fossil fuel production and consumption has continued to rise, and major oil companies have been seeking new horizons to exploit.

A Methane Leak, Seen From Spac...

Dec 20, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The first satellite designed to continuously monitor the planet for methane leaks made a startling discovery last year: A little known gas-well accident at an Ohio fracking site was in fact one of the largest methane leaks ever recorded in the United States.

Fossil fuel companies roll out...

Sep 17, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Forget “climate change” and “global warming”: Environmental advocates are increasingly using phrases that emphasize the urgency of our planetary pickle, such as “climate crisis,” “climate emergency,” and “existential threat.”

National Grid to NYC customers...

Jul 11, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

On Monday, the leading distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, National Grid, sent an urgent-sounding email to many of its New York customers —

“No Evidence” That Fracking Ca...

Jun 21, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

A group of doctors and scientists have released a report highlighting that 84 percent of studies published from 2009-2015 on the health impacts of fracking conclude the industry causes harm to human health.

Court to Big Fracking Company:...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

In a key property rights decision, two West Virginia residents scored a rare victory from the state Supreme Court.

Washington State Governor Jay ...

May 9, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

“This is great news, but as a presidential candidate, in order to show real national leadership on climate and clean energy, Inslee must endorse a ban on fracking across the country.”

Trump plans to allow fracking ...

Apr 26, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Environmental groups are preparing for a fight against the proposal that would end a five-year fracking moratorium in central California

Puerto Rico faces a flood of f...

Mar 29, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster.

BLM lists sacred land outside ...

Feb 1, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

“Oil and gas has already devastated our state’s air quality, water quality and flow, and public health. It’s clear the Trump administration will stop at nothing to sacrifice public interest for private profits.”

Fracked shale oil wells drying...

Jan 11, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

“Other countries, namely China, are frantically investing in renewables. For us to crow about our oil wealth, and not focus on renewables, is for us to miss the opportunity to be leaders in the world as it’s going to be.”

Court Orders Moratorium on Off...

Nov 9, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

A federal court today ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.

In Colorado, a Bitter Battle O...

Oct 23, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

After years of bitter fights over oil and gas development, Colorado voters have managed to get a statewide anti-fracking measure on the November ballot.