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Fracking
May 2, 2016
How Fracking Funds the Radical Right
The same fracking bosses are the heroes of one book and the villains of another.
April 29, 2016
Why Methane Is Having a Moment
The greenhouse gas hasn't gotten the attention such a potent carbon-polluter deserves. But that's about to change.
April 11, 2016
New Yorkers don’t like fracking, and that’s a problem for Hillary Clinton.
March 7, 2016
On fracking, Sanders has a one word answer: “No.”
February 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Leftward Shift on Climate
Helped along by both President Obama and Bernie Sanders, Clinton has broken her silence on fossil fuel extraction from public lands.
January 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders’s Radical Environmental Proposal
Hillary Clinton keeps adopting his positions, but not this one.
June 4, 2015
EPA Study Shows Fracking Can Contaminate Water, and Both Drillers and Environmentalists Declare Victory
Everyone has their own interpretation
March 20, 2015
Fracking Is Good for American Consumers
But we still need to account for the environmental costs
March 20, 2015
The Obama Administration Is Finally Regulating Fracking—But Not Enough
January 28, 2015
Fracking Isn't the Job Creator You Think it Is
December 17, 2014
Andrew "I'm Not a Scientist" Cuomo Listens to Scientists on Fracking
October 28, 2014
Energy Companies Are Spending Millions to Fight Local Fracking Bans Because They're Terrified
July 15, 2014
Fracking Is Setting Earthquake Records in Oklahoma, Scientists Say. Is a Big One Coming?
February 5, 2014
Evidence Is Mounting that Fracking Causes Birth Defects
September 6, 2013
A Scary New Study Erases Doubts That Fracking Causes Earthquakes
August 22, 2013
Scott Walker's Sand Grab: Wisconsin Wants a Piece of the Fracking Boom, No Matter Who Gets Hurt
June 6, 2013
The Amish Are Getting Fracked
Their religion prohibits lawsuits—and the energy companies know it

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