Hydraulic fracking

Tech
New EPA Report Affirms Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water
Meanwhile, Trump just appointed Texas governor Rick Perry and oil magnate Rex Tillerson.
Meredith Rutland Bauer
12.13.16
Tech
Hydraulic Fracking Is Behind Thousands of Earthquakes in the Midwest This Year
Oklahoma has already had seven earthquakes today.
Meredith Rutland Bauer
11.7.16
Travel
Meet the Insurgents on the Front Line of America’s Fracking War
Activists from rural Pennsylvania to Washington, DC are monitoring drilling activity, organizing communities, and getting themselves arrested in an effort to stop companies from pulling natural gas out of the ground.
Peter Rugh
1.8.15

Environment
Forty-Five Years Ago, the Government Used Subterranean Nukes to Dig for Natural Gas
Operation Plowshare was all about using nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes—but the program produced few economic benefits and, activists say, polluted Colorado with radiation.
Josiah M. Hesse, Josiah Hesse
10.16.14