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The Ugly Truth about Methane Pollution from Fracking
Pollution billows off a gas plant in California. Recently, the Obama administration came out with its plans to regulate methane from oil and gas wells. These rules will be the first of their kind, and...
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Stand with the Woman who Stood Up to Mining Industry Bullying
In 2011, the mining company Minera Yanacocha eyed the land of Máxima Acuña Chaupe, an indigenous farmer whose property was located near the Blue Lagoon lake (Laguna Azul) in the Peruvians highlands of...
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Going Solar: An off-grid perspective on small-scale solar
I recently wrapped up installation on a medium sized off-grid solar system on my remote property in south-central Montana. I felt my story is worth telling, because it was easier and cheaper than I...
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Shedding light on a gas patch blackout
When a friend recently asked me how work was going, I told him about an investigative research project that Earthworks was finishing up. He responded with a quote by writer Kurt Vonnegut: “Another flaw...
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Rockin’ the Bakken, 21st Century Style
North Dakota’s Bakken boom, and potential bust, are definitely in the news. Journalists, documentary filmmakers, landowners, andcommunity groups have given it a name and a face. Yet it’s still hard to...
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Californians’ fracking health risks exposed, ignored
There will be a webinar today at 11am PST on the findings of this report. Click here to sign up.Earthworks, in partnership with Clean Water Action, recently published California’s first infrared...
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Wasting Away: new report investigates the mess fracking leaves behind
I once worked at an office with a big sign in the employee kitchen: “Your parents don’t work here. Clean up after yourself.” Some years later when I began to visit gas drilling areas, those words often...
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Stop Wasting California’s Water on Fracking
California is in the middle of a severe drought.How severe? State officials expect the 2015 statewide snowpack to be about 6% of normal.Can you imagine having only 6% of the water you normally have to...
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Xeni Gwet’in Mining Activist Wins Goldman Environmental Prize
We are thrilled to join the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest prize for grassroots environmental activism, in honoring Xeni Gwet’in leader Marilyn Baptiste of British Columbia, Canada...
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An unwelcome web of gas infrastructure
Whenever I see a spiderweb in the woods, I’m awestruck by the careful, diligent work it took and the ability of a small insect to adjust its design to the surrounding trees or bushes. Unfortunately,...
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Support Mothers Fighting Dirty Gold Mining!
Happy Mother’s Day! Large scale, industrial mining disproportionately impacts women. So they’re often on the frontlines, fighting dirty mining projects and demanding responsible behavior from mining...
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If it walks and talks like a duck…Time to stop NY frack waste!
For several years, New York made headlines by continuing to delay (and delay…) the decision whether to allow shale gas development. Then the state made history last December by saying no because the...
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New Fracking Air Pollution Rule Reduces Harmful Pollution
Today, the Obama administration released its proposed rule to limit air pollution from fracking and other oil and gas operations. The Methane Pollution Standard is the first limits on methane emissions...
View ArticlePorter Ranch methane leak doesn’t bode well for climate
Have you ever seen methane? What about benzene? Or the chemical the gas company adds to make your stovetop gas stink, mercaptan? I asked residents at a Save Porter Ranch meeting in northwest Los...
View ArticlePorter Ranch Is Only Tip of the Iceberg Exposing Catastrophic Impacts of...
Natural gas is not cleaner than coal.But thanks to boatloads of advertising and campaign contributions, oil and gas lobbyists has convinced many politicians, including President Obama, that replacing...
View ArticleWill Pennsylvania cut oil & gas air pollution?
Oil and gas field residents ask important questions, such as “Are the wells and facilities polluting the air?” and "Is that why I’m sick?” Unfortunately, industry representatives and some elected...
View Article12 million+ Americans live in the oil & gas threat zone
Today, Clean Air Task Force and Earthworks unveiled a suite of tools designed to inform and mobilize Americans about the health risks from toxic air pollution from the oil and gas industry. For the...
View ArticlePennsylvania Declares Victory on Oil & Gas Regs While Failing to Protect...
Thanks to a bill passed this June by the state legislature, Pennsylvania now has the dubious distinction of being the only state in the nation to abandon oil and gas regulations after they’ve been...
View ArticleSave Dory's Home
You may be one of the millions of people who have seen Finding Dory.In the movie, the spunky Dory is looking for her home. But what if that home is buried in toxic mine waste?This is a real threat...
View ArticleInternational Seabed Authority: Protect Ocean Ecosystems
Deep-sea mining sounds like something out of a science fiction novel — and indeed, the claims by companies hoping to extract metals from cobalt crusts, manganese nodules, and hydrothermal vents on deep...
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