Fracking
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A Reformed Fracker Exposes the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Toxic Lies
An excerpt from ‘Petroleum-238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It’ tells the story of a bank robber-turned-fracker who became a whistleblower
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Banks Must Divest From the Coastal GasLink Pipeline — or Hollywood Might Divest From Them
Banks financing the West Coast pipeline are enabling climate destruction and mistreatment of Indigenous peoples, write Mark Ruffalo and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham
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The Oil and Gas Industry Produces Radioactive Waste. Lots of It
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council confirms Rolling Stone's bombshell investigation into the fossil fuel industry's waste problem
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Because Fracking Wasn't Already Toxic Enough, the Oil and Gas Industry Decided to Add 'Forever Chemicals' to the Mix
The EPA allowed PFAS, a highly toxic class of compounds linked to cancer and birth defects, to be used in fracking wells since 2011, a new report reveals
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The Corpus Christi Water Wars
A coalition of residents is trying to halt the region's rapid industrial sprawl. The fight is now centered on the water supply for a massive new Exxon SABIC plastics plant in the drought-prone Texas city
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The Climate Debates: Can America Break Its Natural Gas Addiction?
Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell hosts a series of debates on climate solutions. For this installment, he speaks with writer and activist Julian Brave NoiseCat and Professor Arvind Ravikumar about how to wean the U.S. off of natural gas
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'Resist, Goddamn It. Resist': James Cromwell's Message on Climate Change
"What we need is a paradigm shift. A paradigm shift is a revolution. It's like Bernie's — only more so."
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Nature Scores a Big Win Against Fracking in a Small Pennsylvania Town
After a seven-year battle, Grant Township fought off a permit for an injection well. "Fights like ours should mushroom all around Pennsylvania,” says town supervisor
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How the New Oil Wars Could Upend Trump’s Re-Election Bid
Plummeting oil prices and debt-ridden frackers further complicate 2020
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America’s Radioactive Secret
Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America
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